Principal SQL Developer

  • $152,000–$163,000 Per Year
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Skills

  • Access Controlunmatched
  • Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)unmatched
  • Apache Hadoopunmatched
  • Apache Sparkunmatched
  • Big Dataunmatched
  • Business Solutionsunmatched
  • Capacity Managementunmatched
  • Cloud Computingunmatched
  • Clustering Softwareunmatched
  • Code Reviewsunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Computer Scienceunmatched
  • Data Analysisunmatched
  • Data Modelingunmatched
  • Data Qualityunmatched
  • Data Recoveryunmatched
  • Data Scienceunmatched
  • Data Warehousingunmatched
  • Database Administrationunmatched
  • Database Architectureunmatched
  • Database Designunmatched
  • Database Extract Transform and Load (ETL)unmatched
  • Database Management Software/Systems (DBMS)unmatched
  • DevOpsunmatched
  • Disaster Recoveryunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Enterprise Applicationsunmatched
  • Governmentunmatched
  • HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)unmatched
  • Healthcare Softwareunmatched
  • High Availabilityunmatched
  • Identify Issuesunmatched
  • Informaticaunmatched
  • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
  • Information/Data Security (InfoSec)unmatched
  • Integration Testingunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • MCDBA - Microsoft Certified Database Administratorunmatched
  • Mentoringunmatched
  • Microsoft Certificationsunmatched
  • Microsoft SQL Serverunmatched
  • Microsoft Transact-SQL (T-SQL)unmatched
  • Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
  • MySQLunmatched
  • Operations Processesunmatched
  • Oracle Databaseunmatched
  • Oracle PL-SQLunmatched
  • Performance Tuning/Optimizationunmatched
  • PostgreSQLunmatched
  • Product Lifecycleunmatched
  • Public Financeunmatched
  • Public Healthunmatched
  • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
  • Regulationsunmatched
  • Regulatory Requirementsunmatched
  • Replication and Remote Mirroringunmatched
  • SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
  • SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)unmatched
  • SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)unmatched
  • SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)unmatched
  • Snowflake Schemaunmatched
  • Star Schemaunmatched
  • Stored Proceduresunmatched
  • System Lifecycleunmatched
  • Systems Engineeringunmatched
  • Technical Leadershipunmatched
  • Technical/Engineering Designunmatched
  • Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched

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.
Core responsibilities:
  • 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.
Required qualifications:
  • 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.
Preferred qualifications:
  • 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.

Numbers & Facts

LocationWashington, DC
Salary$152,000–$163,000 Per Year

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