Senior ETL Developer

Onyx Government Services,LLC; Fairfax (VA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Company-paid holidays

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Onyx Government Services, LLC, headquartered in Fairfax, VA, seeks a Sr ETL Developer with strong dbt and SQL skills to design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines for DoD/IC analytics.

The role requires expert ETL/ELT capabilities, PL/SQL, SSIS, and experience with Oracle and PostgreSQL. CI/CD, Git, and Jira in an Agile setting are essential assets, with a potential for cloud integration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 7 years of database/ETL development or data processing and analytics experience.
• Strong hands-on dbt experience including models, tests, snapshots, macros, seeds, and documentation.
• Hands-on SQL/PL/SQL skills and experience with data warehousing concepts.
• Experience with SSIS and Oracle and PostgreSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop ETL/ELT data pipelines and transformation workflows.
• Build and maintain dbt models, sources, tests, snapshots, and documentation.
• Convert PL/SQL procedures into SSIS packages and optimize SQL queries.
• Troubleshoot ETL solutions and ensure data quality across data warehouses.
• Collaborate with team and clients in an Agile environment using Jira.

Skills

dbt

SQL

PL/SQL

Git

CI/CD

Jira

Agile

Tableau

Python

Airflow

AWS

Azure

GCP

Oracle

PostgreSQL

Data warehousing

SSIS

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Git

Tableau

Jira

Job description

Company Description

Onyx Government Services, LLC., is a Service-Disable Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. We specialize in data management, integration, and analysis solutions to provide decision-ready information to Command and Control (C2) and Decision Support Systems. We have demonstrated expertise in the field of Information Technology, database & COTS integration, and custom software development. Onyx pairs subject matter and functional experts with developers to provide high quality, tailored solutions. In support of our various efforts, we have developed the Onyx Data Management Toolkit, a combination of Agile Development principles, COTS Integration, and custom software, to deliver flexible, cost-effective solutions to a variety of Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and Law Enforcement agencies.

Job Description

Onyx Government Service is seeking an experienced Sr. ETL Developer with strong hands‑on experience in dbt (data build tool) to design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and transformation processes to support Federal data management and Advanced Analytics projects. The ideal candidate will have strong SQL skills, experience working with modern data platforms, and a solid understanding of data warehousing and ETL/ELT practices. This individual will be responsible for creating data warehouse structures and writing ETL procedure, querying databases, Data Quality assurance, and troubleshooting.

The Sr. ETL Developer will join our team as one of the senior developers for a data‑warehousing project to solve business intelligence challenges. The position requires deep technical expertise in dbt, PL/SQL, SSIS, BI tools, ETL, and data profiling.

Previous consulting experience using an agile delivery methodology is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop ETL processes
• Design, develop, and maintain reliable ETL/ELT data pipelines.
• Develop and maintain data transformation workflows using dbt.
• Write complex and optimized SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, and analysis.
• Build and maintain dbt models, sources, tests, snapshots, and documentation.
• Convert existing PL/SQL procedures into SSIS packages
• Troubleshoot existing ETL solutions
• Query Oracle databases for data analysis and data quality assurance

Required:

Security Clearance: Must possess active BI or NACLC Public Trust security clearance.

• Bachelor’s degree with 7 years of database (specifically ETL) development, or data processing/analytical experience or combination thereof.
• Strong hands‑on experience with dbt, including models, tests, snapshots, macros, seeds, and documentation.
• Experience with Git and source‑control‑based development.
• Familiarity with CI/CD processes and automated testing.
• Strong SQL and PL/SQL skills
• Expertise with data warehouse.
• Experience with SSIS
• Experience with Oracle and PostgreSQL databases
• Strong conceptual, analytical, and decision‑making skills
• Ability to work as a collaborative team, mentoring and training the client on the various tools and techniques to build a complete data warehouse solution
• Experience with Jira in managing tasks and good understanding of Agile process
• Must be comfortable working in a fast‑paced, flexible environment, and take the initiative to learn new tools quickly
• Excellent innovation, interpersonal, and communication skills required.
• Must have good communication and writing skills

Desired:

• Experience in Tableau dashboard design and development
• SAS Enterprise Guide Development
• Experience with Python for data engineering or automation.
• Experience with Airflow, Dagster, or similar orchestration tools.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience implementing dbt CI/CD workflows.
• Familiarity with data governance, data lineage, and data quality frameworks.
• Quality assurance and validation experience, specifically comparing multiple data sources for discrepancies and inconsistencies

Estimated Salary Range:

$130,000-$145,000

The salary range for this position represents the anticipated compensation at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as the candidate's qualifications, experience, education, skills, contract requirements, funding and other business considerations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Company‑paid holidays
• Short‑term and long‑term disability insurance
• Life insurance

Equal Employment Opportunity

Onyx Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process.