SQL DBA

Novalink Solutions LLC•Madison, WI

18h

About The Position

The Child Support Services Applications Team is part of the Department of Social Services (DSS) and is responsible for developing and maintaining applications in support of the Child Support Services Division (CSSD) including PACSS (Palmetto Automated Child Support System), SDNH (State Directory of New Hires) and the Client Portal application. The Department seeks a highly motivated individual who has the skills and experience of designing, developing and supporting enterprise scale web applications in the Child Support Applications group under the South Carolina Department of Social Services. This is a posting of a position to perform in the role of SQL Database Administrator and Senior Developer that is responsible for developing applications and database integrations using the Microsoft SQL Server platform. This will include reports, vendor exports, data warehousing tasks and other data related tasks. The candidate will take initiative in performance, working independently and with groups to effectively accomplish project objectives.

Requirements

5+ years of experience as a SQL DBA
5+ years of large system architecture
Large scale production system implementation experience
Experience overseeing work of Software Development Vendors
MS SQL Server
TFS (Team Foundation Server)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022
C#, ASP.net, and/or .NET
Powershell

Nice To Haves

Experience with Child Support Enforcement system design and development
Experience with PowerBI

Responsibilities

Identifying, extracting and transforming required data based on business requirements and following data governance standards
Performing detailed data analysis and data profiling supporting the development and implementation of data cleanse/create processes and other strategies that optimize data quality
Understanding performance, quality, and schedule considerations
Interpreting complex data and communicate it in an effective manner, leveraging advanced reporting techniques
Recognizing data patterns, quantify potential issues, and identify solutions
Standardizing, harmonizing, cleaning, preparing, and using data for datasets development, reporting, and analysis
Providing support to the project team in terms of technical specification and build of interface objects
Lead efforts to design, test and validate system interfaces
Work with state (agency IT staff) and Federal partners to design, test and implement interface files and procedures for data exchange
Inspect and correct, as necessary, interface partner files in production
Serve as primary contact for any interface production file issues during nightly batch process, monitors batch process for errors
Act as liaison between Child Support team and interface partners
Perform code, technical and logical reviews
Monitor database growth trends and recommend normalization strategies and maintenance improvements to ensure long-term performance and scalability
Design, develop and manage data analysis reports using Microsoft PowerBI platform
Serve as primary DBA for Child Support related applications
Participate in the monitoring, oversight and reporting on the execution of the System Development Contractor’s performance as it relates to development, daily operations activities including batch and online performance.
Developing and maintaining enterprise data authoritative ownership and stewardship metadata
Communicating and supporting the implementation of corporate policies, standards, and procedures that provide effective architecture, governance, and management of the organization’s information/data assets
Developing and maintaining effective and efficient information architecture and data ownership awareness and training programs
Monitoring regulatory and compliance guidelines (such as data retention and audit requirements) to determine impact on enterprise information architecture