Azure Data Engineer

State of Mississippi - Engineer - Azure Data Engineer - MS - MDEK12 - 155185 (Remote)


Duration: Until 02/28/2031



Posting Close Date: 2/12/2026 1:00:00 PM



Preferred Skills:

• Experience with student information management systems and K-12 data and reporting
• Experience with Common Education Data Standards (CEDS)
• Azure Data Engineer Associate certification

Required Skills:


A minimum of 5 years of experience in the following:

• Advanced development and orchestration of data pipelines using Azure Data Factory/Synapse or similar cloud based platforms. (pipelines, triggers, integration runtimes, parameterization).
• Data warehousing and analytics engineering using Azure Synapse Analytics or similar cloud based platforms (dedicated and serverless SQL pools).
• Strong T-SQL skills, including query optimization, indexing strategies, stored procedures, and performance tuning.
• Implementation of ETL/ELT frameworks, including incremental loads, CDC patterns, and error handling.
• Integration of structured and semi-structured data (CSV, JSON, XML) from APIs, SFTP, and vendor systems.
• Source control and deployment practices using Azure DevOps, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.

This is a remote position.