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Title: Senior Database Developer/ Administrator
Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid)
Client: Texas Health and Human Services Commission (TX HHSC) -(537601496)
Duration: 10 Months
Due date: 10/03/2025
Position will be 3 days remote with 2 days (Thurs & Fri) required to be onsite at the location listed above. Program will only allow candidates who are LOCAL TO THE AUSTIN AREA ONLY (Within 50-mile radius).
Description of Services:
We are seeking a Senior Database Developer/ Administrator with 10+ years of experience in Microsoft Access and cloud-native SQL to lead the migration of legacy Access databases into modern, high-performance SQL platforms. This role will work closely with program users to analyze existing data structures, design and execute schema transformations, ETL pipelines, validation checks, and cut-over plans, and guide stakeholders through a seamless data transition.
Required skills:
12 Years of Proven experience in designing, developing, and maintaining advanced MS Access databases, including the creation of normalized table structures, sophisticated queries for data extraction and manipulation, intuitive data entry forms, and comprehensive rpts
10 Years of Expert-level relational database design, normalization, ER modeling, schema refactoring, and translating Access data models into scalable SQL schemas
10 Years of Experience with Microsoft Access, including table design, complex queries, forms, reports, and Skilled in leveraging VBA for custom functionalities and workflow automation
10 Years of Experience with migrating legacy databases into at least one major cloud SQL service (Azure SQL Database/Managed Instance. PostgreSQL, AWS RDS for SQL Server/MySQL)
8 Years of ETL tool experience with SSIS, Azure Data Factory, AWS Database Migration Service (DMS), or equivalent
8 Years of creating migration runbooks, data dictionaries, technical documentation, and delivering training or knowledge-transfer sessions
8 Years of Experience with RDBMS admin/console tools such as TOAD, SSMS and/or SQL Developer.
8 Years of Configuring data integration and batch processing solutions in Azure Data Factory and/or SSIS; monitoring data ingestion processes and performance; review query plans and identify problem areas in execution plans.
8 Years of Migrating data from legacy database to new target database
Preferred skills:
6 Years of Hands-on experience with CI/CD methodology, GitHub, JIRA
6 Years of Hands-on experience with data visualization/reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau
6 Years of Hands-on experience with Agile Development Methodologies
3 Years of Prior experience in healthcare or Public Health
3 Years of Experience implementing and using agile methodologies and best practices for 1 or more State of Texas Agencies