Job Description
Where You’ll Work
This is an onsite, 6-month temporary project assignment at our client's office in Allen, TX.
The project is tied to the maintenance and integration of two disparate, corporate SQL environments, due to a recent merger & acquisition.
Candidates must be commutable to the Dallas–Fort Worth area, to work M-F onsite daily, and also for a final in-person interview.
What You’ll Do
In this role, you will be the primary engineer responsible for building, tuning, and modernizing our SSIS ecosystem and streamlining our SQL Server infrastructure. Your core focus will be on SSIS ETL optimization, across multiple VM-based SQL Server instances.
SSIS, ETL & Data Pipeline Engineering (Primary Focus)
- Develop, enhance, and document SSIS packages supporting enterprise-wide ingestion, transformation, and load workflows
- Rebuild or refactor legacy SSIS packages for performance, reliability, and maintainability
- Optimize SQL Agent job workflows and SSIS runtime performance
- Diagnose and resolve ETL failures, bottlenecks, and dependency issues
- Adapt pipelines to support evolving business logic and new data sources
- Lead efforts to consolidate two disparate data environments into a unified, well-governed ETL framework
SQL Server Administration (On-Prem Environment)
- Administer and support multiple on-prem VM-based SQL Server instances
- Tune queries, indexes, and stored procedures to improve ETL throughput
- Monitor server health, job schedules, storage utilization, and performance baselines
- Implement and maintain SQL Server security, access controls, and encryption best practices
- Support patching, configuration, and general environment hygiene
- (Preferred, but not required) Assist with Azure SQL Managed Instance components
Analytics & Reporting Integration
- Work with analysts to ensure clean, complete, well-modeled datasets flow into Power BI and SSRS
- Validate data accuracy throughout ETL stages and support semantic model improvements
- Contribute to data governance, lineage tracking, and documentation initiatives
What You’ll Bring
- 5+ years of hands-on SSIS ETL pipeline development in enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments with particular expertise in building, tuning, and troubleshooting complex ETL pipelines
- Strong T-SQL proficiency, including stored procedures, functions, and performance tuning
- 3+ years administering SQL Server (on-prem preferred)
- Ability to analyze complex data flows and engineer stable, well-documented solutions
- Familiarity with analytics/reporting platforms such as Power BI or Tableau
- Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills
- Preferred: Some experience with Azure SQL (Managed Instance or Azure SQL Database)