Principal SQL Developer
| Verified Pay check_circle | Provided by the employer$152000 - $163000 per year |
|---|---|
| Hours | Full-time |
| Location | Washington, DC 20001 Washington, District of Columbia open_in_new |
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Job Description
Job Description
Job Summary:
- Provide technical leadership to design, develop, optimize, and secure enterprise data platforms supporting analytics and critical business applications for a public sector healthcare finance environment.
- Translate complex business and regulatory requirements into scalable, reliable, high performance data solutions.
- Lead end to end data architecture for relational and cloud platforms, including schema design, indexing strategies, and data integrity.
- Own performance tuning for complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and database configurations in high volume environments.
- Architect, build, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines to integrate data from diverse sources into data warehouses and downstream stores.
- Define and govern data modeling standards, design practices, tools, and development lifecycle processes.
- Enforce database security, access controls, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery aligned to regulations (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR).
- Proactively monitor databases, troubleshoot complex issues, and implement permanent fixes to minimize downtime.
- Produce and maintain comprehensive documentation for architectures, pipelines, standards, and operational procedures.
- Provide technical leadership, code reviews, and mentoring for SQL developers and data engineers.
- Partner with senior leadership, application teams, data science, and business stakeholders to align data strategies and roadmaps.
- Create implementation, testing, and integration plans for new platforms, features, and migrations.
- Lead adoption of advanced data technologies and platforms to maximize IT investment and value.
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 6 years leading advanced technology or service projects with full systems engineering lifecycle exposure.
- 6 years creating implementation, integration, test plans, and training materials.
- Deep expertise with major DBMS platforms (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and advanced T SQL/PL/SQL.
- Strong experience delivering analytics platforms and enterprise apps using SQL, SSRS, SSIS, SSAS, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Python, and DAX.
- Hands on data modeling (dimensional/star/snowflake), ETL tools (SSIS/Informatica), and cloud data platforms (Azure SQL, AWS RDS).
- Solid knowledge of database architecture, high availability (clustering/replication), and capacity planning.
- Senior level understanding of healthcare management systems and experience engaging senior executives.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- Master's degree in CS, IT, data, or related field.
- Certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate.
- Experience with Big Data technologies (Spark, Hadoop) and DevOps practices.
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Full-time Jobs Part-time Jobs Gig Jobs Posting ID: 1310101419 Posted: 2026-10-29 Job Title: Principal Sql Developer