NC FAST Data Engineer

DHHS-ITD is seeking a Data Engineer for development and optimization of end-to-end solutions using Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics and Power BI for the Child Welfare Program.

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) requires the assistance of a contract resource to serve as a Data Engineer for the development and optimization of data pipelines, analytics solutions, and cloud-based data platforms. This role will be instrumental in designing and implementing end-to-end data engineering solutions using Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics to meet child welfare business needs.

Key Responsibilities :

• Synapse

Design, Develop and maintain data models in Synapse to support reporting and analytics

Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and stakeholders to gather requirements, design visualizations, and provide training to use self-service BI Tools.

Required / Desired Skills

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

Experience in designing and optimizing scalable data pipelines using modern platforms like Azure Synapse, Snowflake or Databricks workflows

Required

Years

Programming Languages : Strong proficiency in Python or Scala for data processing.

Required

Years

SQL Mastery : Advanced query writing, performance tuning, and optimization.

Required

Years

Hands-on experience in developing efficient PL / SQL procedures

Required

Years

Experience with Programming and Scripting (SQL, T-SQL, and data query optimization)

Required

Years

Experience with Azure Data Platform (Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, and Azure SQL Database)

Highly desired

Years

Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS and Azure) and associated services for data processing and storage

Highly desired

Years

Experience with Power BI

Nice to have

Years