Senior Core Application SQL Developer

General Dynamics IT; United States; Remote; USD 149,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan options

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

General Dynamics IT is seeking a Senior SQL Developer to lead database design, development, and integration across core systems supporting federal healthcare missions.

You will collaborate with architects, analysts, QA, SMEs, and vendors to ensure stable, scalable, and secure backend functionality, with a focus on modernization and HIPAA/compliance practices.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of SQL/database development or backend software experience

Responsibilities

• Lead SQL development, database design, and integration across core systems
• Collaborate with architects, analysts, QA, SMEs, data engineers and vendors
• Drive data/system challenges, optimize performance, support modernization
• Utilize SQL, stored procedures, ETL/ELT, APIs, EDI, and cloud data tech in secure ops

Skills

SQL

Database design

ETL/ELT

APIs

EDI transactions

CI/CD

Cloud data

Security/compliance

Education

Technical training / certification / degree

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring platforms

Job description

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Public Trust/Other Required: MBI (T2)

Job Family: Data Science and Data Engineering

Job Qualifications:

• Skills: Backend Systems, Database Design, Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Certifications: None
• Experience: 5 + years of related experience
• US Citizenship Required: No

Job Description:

Contribute to the strategic direction of the business and support impactful mission outcomes as a TPA Core Services Senior SQL Developer at GDIT.

In this role, you will enable the success of one of the most critical federal healthcare missions and help ensure the stability, performance, and modernization of the data and application systems supporting the World Trade Center Health Program.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

• Lead SQL development, database design, and integration work across core TPA systems-ensuring solutions are stable, scalable, secure, and aligned with business and technical requirements.
• Collaborate with architects, business analysts, QA testers, operational SMEs, data engineers, and system vendors to enhance and validate backend functionality essential to healthcare delivery.
• Drive outcomes by resolving complex data and system challenges, optimizing database performance, supporting modernization initiatives, and contributing to cross-system interoperability during Transition In and steady state.
• Utilize SQL development, stored procedures, ETL/ELT tools, APIs, EDI frameworks, cloud data technologies, and DevSecOps practices to implement secure and compliant solutions for federal healthcare operations.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Technical training, certification(s), or degree
• 3+ years of related SQL/database development, backend software development, or system integration experience
• Strong proficiency with SQL, relational database design, stored procedures, performance tuning, ETL processes, and modern integration patterns; experience with APIs, EDI transactions, cloud data environments, Git, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring platforms
• Security clearance level: MB(T2)
• Ability to work across technical and operational teams; familiarity with HIPAA, secure handling of PHI/PII, and federal security/compliance requirements; experience supporting complex system integrations
• up to 10% travel, as needed

The likely salary range for this position is $149,469 - $184,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: Less than 10%

T elecommuting Options: Remote

Work Location: Any Location / Remote

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual i