Senior .NET & SQL Tech Lead — Azure, ADF, Microservices (Hybrid)

Kainos Innovative Solutions; Mechanicsville (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kainos Innovative Solutions seeks a senior Technical Lead with strong SQL Server and .NET/C# expertise to support a tolling modernization program. The consultant will provide technical leadership while remaining hands-on with SQL engineering, .NET backend development, database modernization, Azure, ADF, API integration, and microservices.

The role requires leading technical design discussions, hands-on development, mentoring, and collaboration across multiple teams, while ensuring PCI, data

Qualifications

• 10+ years overall IT experience.
• 7+ years SQL Server development.
• 5+ years .NET/C# backend development.
• 3–5 years Technical Lead experience.
• 3+ years modernization/migration projects.
• 3+ years Azure SQL / SQL Server on Azure IaaS VMs.
• 3+ years Azure Data Factory (ADF) and ETL.
• 3+ years Agile delivery/team collaboration.
• Strong experience with T-SQL, stored procedures, indexing and performance tuning.
• Experience with REST APIs / backend services.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design discussions for microservices, database modernization, and API integration.
• Perform hands-on SQL Server development, including T-SQL, stored procedures, views, indexing, and performance tuning.
• Support .NET/C# backend and API development and data-access patterns.
• Lead and mentor senior developers and provide technical direction.
• Work closely with PM/Scrum Master and technical SMEs.
• Design and develop Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipelines for migration and ETL.
• Support migration from monolithic databases toward microservice-aligned schemas.
• Conduct code and technical documentation reviews.
• Collaborate with .NET, SQL, BA, QA, DevOps, Cloud, and CAB teams.
• Ensure compliance with PCI, data retention, security, and audit requirements.
• Work within Agile/Scrum delivery processes.

Skills

SQL Server development

.NET/C#

Azure

ADF / ETL

APIs / backend

Microservices

Technical leadership

Agile / Scrum

Performance tuning

Data modernization

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure SQL

SQL Server on Azure IaaS

REST APIs

Job description

Kainos Innovative Solutions seeks a senior Technical Lead with strong SQL Server and .NET/C# expertise to support a tolling modernization program. The consultant will provide technical leadership while remaining hands-on with SQL engineering, .NET backend development, database modernization, Azure, ADF, API integration, and microservices.

The role requires leading technical design discussions, hands-on development, mentoring, and collaboration across multiple teams, while ensuring PCI, data