Lead SQL DBA /Developer

InterSources Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

InterSources Inc. seeks an Expert SQL/Data Engineer to design, optimize and scale complex SQL queries and ETL pipelines in Azure. The role involves data ingestion, loading, validation and performance tuning across cloud platforms.

The ideal candidate has strong Power BI experience, financial analysis skills, and telecom industry exposure, with a proven ability to perform high-volume, accurate work and manage resource allocation independently.

Qualifications

• Expert-level SQL querying and database tuning experience.
• Strong SQL coding, querying, Azure/ETL, or Azure SQL experience.
• DBA responsibilities including indexing, security, provisioning, permissions.
• Power BI is required.
• Financial analysis and telecom industry experience preferred.
• Experience with project-based financial management, telecom expense management, budgeting/forecasting, and auditing is a plus.
• In-depth invoice analysis and audit.
• Superior skills with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook).
• Outstanding organizational and quantitative skills; ability to manage complex resource allocation.
• Ability to perform high-volume work accurately and independently.
• Ability to perform financial analysis using various financial systems.
• Data Ingestion & Loading: ETL/ELT pipelines; load from files, APIs, vendor portals, Excel, external systems; validate data; automate imports; write complex SQL; debug slow queries.
• Cloud platforms: Azure SQL, AWS RDS; data-lake integration, pipelines, blob storage; DevOps/CI for deployments and testing.

Responsibilities

• Must develop and optimize complex SQL queries and database tuning.
• Create, manage, and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Load data from files, APIs, vendor portals, Excel and external systems.
• Validate incoming data and manage staging tables.
• Automate imports with stored procedures and scheduled jobs.
• Write and optimize SQL queries; debug slow queries.
• Collaborate with finance and telecom stakeholders.

Skills

SQL querying

Database tuning

Power BI

Azure/ETL experience

Financial analysis

Telecom industry knowledge

Data analysis

High-volume work

Independent work

Tools

Azure SQL

ETL/ELT pipelines

Power BI

AWS RDS

DevOps/CI tools

Excel

Job description

- Expert -level SQL querying /Database tuning experience is required -

• Strong SQL coding, querying, Azure/ETL, or Azure SQL experience.
• The DBA responsibilities involved everything that you listed - indexing / security / provisioning / permissions
• Power BI - required
• Financial Analysis - highly preferred
• Telecom Industry experience -preferred

Experience with project-based financial management, telecom expense management, budgeting / forecasting and or auditing a plus

In-depth invoice analysis and audit

Superior skills with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)

Outstanding organizational and quantitative skills as well as experience managing and resolving complex resource allocation problems

Ability to perform high-volume work accurately and independently

Ability to perform financial analysis using various financial system preferred

Data Ingestion & Loading

Create, manage, and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines.

Load data from files, APIs, vendor portals, Excel and external systems.

Validate incoming data, handle malformed records, and manage staging tables.

Automate imports with stored procedures, scripts, or scheduled jobs.

Write complex SQL queries (joins, windows, CTEs, aggregation).

Debug and optimize slow queries.

Modern Platform Skills (Cloud‐Friendly)

Deploy and manage databases in cloud platforms (Azure SQL, AWS RDS, etc.).

Understand data‐lake integration, pipelines, and blob storage workflows.

Use DevOps/CI tools for automated deployments and testing