Database Administrator

FastTek Global; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Dental (FastTek pays major

Vision

PTO Program

Long Term Disability (100% paid)

Life Insurance (100% paid)

401(k) with immediate vesting and 3%

Job summary

FastTek Global is seeking a Senior SQL Server SME to support the CEPI SLDS modernization, focusing on data warehousing, data modeling, and ETL development in a complex Microsoft SQL Server environment. You will lead data architecture decisions, coordinate with software teams, and drive cloud-enabled ETL modernization efforts.

The role requires deep expertise in SQL Server, CEDS standards, and data governance, with a focus on scalable, secure data solutions for state education systems.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Microsoft SQL Server environments.
• Strong understanding of CEPI SLDS data warehouse and CEDS standards.
• Proven ability to design and optimize data pipelines and ETL processes.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and expand data pipelines with ETL processes.
• Analyze and manage data, maintain data dictionaries and models.
• Define database objects using SQL, DDL and control access (DCL).
• Coordinate changes with developers and analysts to ensure data integrity.
• Support migration of ETL processes from on premise to cloud environments.

Skills

Azure Database Services

SQL Data Modeling

Data Structure

ETL Development

Job description

Skills

• 12+ years of experience
• SQL Data Modeling/Structure

Top Skills & Years of Experience (at least 3-5):

• 12+ years of experience
• Azure Database Services
• SQL Data Modeling/Structure
• Extensive ETL development experience

Clear and concise written and verbal communication is crucial to success and productivity in this role

Job Description

• This position supports the Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) database environment primary for the Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) modernization with the Common Education Data Standards (CEDS).

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.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Designs, implements, and continuously expands/maintains data pipelines by performing extraction, transformation, and loading activities. Responsible for data preparation jobs, data analysis and data reporting. Performs technical troubleshooting, root cause analysis and provides technical expertise for ETL jobs. Collaborates with developers. business and other team members to design and deliver correct high-quality data and to provide advice and support.
• 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 data base management system.
• 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.
• Enters SQL to create production data base. 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 data base management system. Reviews and corrects programs. Answers user questions. Confers with coworkers to determine impact of data base changes on other systems.
• 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. Responsible for the development of ETLs. Performs logical and physical data modeling, designs relational database models, and creates physical data models from logical data models. Performs security recovery procedures.
• 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.

Top 3 Skills Needed

• Azure Database services
• SQL Data Modeling/structure
• Extensive ETL development experience.
• Minimum Years of experience in the field required: 12 years

Required / Must Have

• TSQL: 8-10 years
• ETL development: 6-8 years
• PowerShell: 5 years
• Azure DevOps: 5 years
• Scrum: 5 years

Additional Info

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet . We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories . Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra . We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.

We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years !

FastTek Global is a financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused .

We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest . Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.

Benefits

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.

FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 , 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!

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