Senior ETL Developer

The database environment includes:

• Multiple SQL Server instances

• Multiple Collection Environments (Development, Quality Assurance/Testing, Pre-Release, and Production)

• Numerous SQL Reporting Services Servers

• 35+ collection databases

• 100+ analysis databases

This position is the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the CEPI SLDS data warehouse and requires considerable independent judgment directing and coordinating the appropriate data administration and management methods, practices, procedures and tools, to complete the required assignments. Expertise is required in Microsoft SQL Server database support, and professional knowledge on CEDS standard.

This position is heavily involved with strategic and tactical information design, the analysis of business areas, security, and data modeling to meet data collection needs and the transition of ETL process from on premise to cloud servers. Responsibility includes the identification, analysis, categorizing, synthesis, design, and productive use of business information. In addition, this position is responsible for enforcing/ensuring that the architectural frameworks are properly implemented and enforced, monitoring and upgrading the server infrastructure that supports the database environment.

Description of work:

1. Responsible for data analysis and database management. Involved in maintenance, enhancement, designing of data dictionaries, physical and logical database models, and performance tuning. Knowledge of the utilities and production tools used for data storage management to support the Application Team. Coordinates physical changes to computer databases; codes, tests, and implements physical database, applying knowledge of database management system.

2. Establishes physical database parameters. Uses structured query language (SQL) to define database objects using database definition language (DDL) and control access to database objects using data control language (DCL). Tests and corrects errors and refines changes to database.

3. Enters SQL to create production database. Uses database utility programs and 3rd party utilities to monitor database performance, such as distribution of records and amount of available memory. Directs programmers and analysts to make changes to database management system. Reviews and corrects programs. Answers user questions. Confers with coworkers to determine the impact of data base changes on other systems.

4. Evaluates users' requests for new data elements and systems, incorporates them into the existing shared data environment, and provides technical assistance. Coordinates the use of data to ensure data integrity and control redundancy, loads databases, and reorganizes as needed. Performs data modeling and prototyping. Performs logical and physical data modeling, designs relational database models, and creates physical data models from logical data models. Performs security recovery procedures.

5. Executes the procedures necessary to save, retrieve, and recover databases from hardware and software failures within established procedures. Assists with determining, implementing, and enhancing standards on database security and with monitoring agency disaster recovery procedures and systems.

6. Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of computer programming and systems design; of computer operations, systems, and procedures; of project control and cost estimating techniques; of computer programming languages; of data processing flowcharting techniques; of database structures and theories; and of current database technologies.

Top Skills/Requirements:

• Years of experience: 12 or more years of experience in the field is required.
• A bachelor’s degree is required.
• Azure Database Services
• SQL Data Modeling
• ETL Experience

QUAL NOTES

Number of openings: 1

Location: Hybrid 2 days a week Lansing, MI; wed and thurs in office

Is it approved: Yes

Project Scope:

• Day to day will be a mix of DBA work which will consist of ETL, snapshots, moving data, etc. Each day varies on customer requirements.
• The main project will be on the access database warehouse. This person will need to move the data into the cloud as they go. In addition, this project will require assistance with ETL processes.
• Will eventually be moving from on prem to Azure.

Team Size & Breakdown:

• Part of the regular DBA team which includes 6 DBAs and 2 Data Warehouse architects. All work together supporting CEPI.

High-Level Individual Duties:

• Influx of tickets each day, mostly snapshotting data, changing look ups and updating views. Changes based on customer needs. 120 different ETLs throughout the year.

Must-Haves (Concepts & Tools):

• ETL
• Experience with SSIS, databricks, synapse
• Azure Database Services
• SQL Experience
• MS SQL 2016+
• SQL Scripting (PL/SQL, T-SQL, U-SQL)
• High volume, fast moving environments
• Soft skills: customer service perspective and ability to break down process/work to the customer. Communication must be strong
• 7+ years of experience

Nice-to-Haves:

• DevOps/ Git
• SAS