Database Developer (SQL) - Project Lead

Job Description

Job Description:\n\nwe're committed to fostering healthy lives and communities. Our team of over 2,900 professionals operates across 70 offices statewide, boasting a rich diversity of talent united by a shared dedication to impactful work. As stewards of public health, we have a proud history of attracting and retaining top-tier individuals who seek fulfilling careers that directly impact people's well-being. We're on the lookout for self-driven individuals who thrive in collaborative settings, capable of working autonomously while also being responsive to priority tasks. Crucially, candidates must excel at cultivating effective relationships with colleagues from various backgrounds and across all levels of the organization. Join us in making a meaningful difference in South Carolina's health and environment. Why is this position open (new role, increased workload, new dept, resignation, promotion)? If backfill Position – What separated the candidate you initially selected from all the other resumes presented? This opening is a new program specific position to support the technical needs of our STD HIV staff. Some current projects include data migrations to our replacement Electronic Disease Surveillance System (EDSS), ongoing Data Warehousing project, upcoming eCR projects, and general Data Pipeline improvements and monitoring. The position may also support related Lab and Disease Surveillance systems and help with CDC Data Modernization Efforts. Scope of the project: Candidates should be self-motivated, team-oriented, work under limited supervision, and respond to priority tasks. Candidates must be able to independently research and design processes, create specifications, develop, lead testing, perform code reviews, actively engage with the team and stakeholders, attend meetings, provide guidance, and respond promptly. A Senior Data Developer is needed to support the STD / HIV program area. Project work includes transition from our current to replacement Electronic Disease Surveillance System (EDSS), the continuing Data Warehousing project, Data Pipeline improvement, and supporting new solutions for eCR onboarding and utilization. This need includes requirements gathering with customers, providing technical advice, time and effort estimates, and project documentation including status reporting. Expected work includes process development and automation, ETL solutions, advanced querying, stored procedure creation, parsing various data formats including xml and HL7, SSIS development and debugging, and reporting. The developer will help with testing, validations, user acceptance testing, deployment, and post implementation support. Continued support will consist of modifications to include new data elements. Ensure systems are following industry best practices to ensure strategic initiatives and compliance with federal and state regulatory laws and ensure business continuity. The candidate may also provide proactive monitoring processes for immediate identification and resolution of data processing issues. This position will be a part of the team responsible for supporting critical systems and environments used by our STD HIV team, the Public Health Lab, and Disease Surveillance. Position: Database Developer (SQL) - Project Lead Start Date: immediately Duration: 12 months Possibility of Extension? No Public Sector/Gov’t Experience Required? Preferable Pre-employment Checks (drug, credit, criminal, motor vehicle)? Credit-7-year history; Criminal background check- 7 year history; E-Verify, Confidentiality Agreement, Drug-Free Affidavit, Business Associate Agreement Daily Duties / Responsibilities: The candidate will work closely with members of the Systems Integration, Health Data Visualizations, and Database Administration teams as well as STD / HIV program staff. The candidate should be self-motivated and team-oriented, work under limited supervision, and respond to priority tasks. The candidate must be able to independently research and design processes, create specifications and data flows, develop ETL processes, make stored procedures, advanced queries, and reports, assist with validations, actively engage with the Team and stakeholders, attend meetings, provide guidance, and respond promptly. Participate in a team comprised of DPH and solution implementation staff providing STD HIV system and data migration support, data pipeline improvement and monitoring, data warehousing and reporting. New solutions for eCR onboarding, import and utilization will be included. Work can consist of planning, design, configuration, process development, SSIS and script coding, and automation of data flows. Will coordinate with the assigned IT Section Manager and Team Lead on daily assignments/tasks. Will coordinate and collaborate with contract and vendor staff, existing DPH staff, and other I. T. professionals working with the Office of Information Technology. Ensure assignments are completed accurately and on time, assist with problem resolution, mitigate issues, provide solutions, communicate, and escalate as needed to management, and report progress to the manager. Will advise staff on code conversions, database and query design, optimization, process improvements and automation, validations, reporting, and report creation. Work with vendors and staff on deliverables, debugging, and converting current processes to SSIS and PowerBI. This includes rewriting existing SAS solutions to conform to best practices and updated coding standards and improving efficiency, performance, and maintenance. Specific duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following: • Prepare and maintain process documentation, data flows, and diagrams for assigned processes (new and existing). • Work with end users to perform gap analysis, gather and document functional requirements, and create necessary processes • Assist with project and time management including estimates and status reporting • Ability to plan, organize, review, and implement associated project milestones to completion. • Process Development, Process Automation, and ETL Solutions • SQL stored procedure creation, advanced query design, debugging, and optimization (MS T-SQL) • Rewriting of SAS code into SSIS Packages and Power B.I.; SSIS Debugging, Rewriting and optimization of remaining SAS code and queries as needed. • Data Pipeline and Reporting Development, Modification, Improvement, and Monitoring • Help format and automate data uploads into the Data Warehouse and Disease Surveillance Systems like CDC SAMS / eHARS and the new Electronic Disease Surveillance System (EpiTrax) • Parsing of multiple data formats including xml\\\, csv, SOAP, HL7 • Assist with system, data and database migrations and related changes, testing, and validation • Help with eCR solutions including condition authoring, data import and utilization, process automation and troubleshooting, and data review, analysis, and reporting • Monitor production processing to ensure proper data flow and response times • Help to perform and automate daily maintenance processes • Debug, troubleshoot, and optimize new and existing processes. • Resolve processing issues. • Support related server, database, software upgrades, and new environment configuration • Ensure maximum system uptime for critical components to ensure business continuity. • Advise the Team on best practice and techniques. Mentor team and staff on advanced topics. • Modification / rewrite of existing processes and creation of new processes to be compliant with agency security requirements and following industry best standards SCDPH will utilize this position for 40 hours per week for the project’s duration. In general, standard weekday work hours are expected. The selected candidate may be able to work flexible hours during the week for the purpose of providing coverage on weekends when necessary and preapproved. Total week hours (to include the weekend) should not exceed 40 unless approved in advance (i.e., hours worked on Saturday and/or Sunday would be deducted from hours worked Mon-Fri). This position would need to be available to support critical systems during business hours, on off-hours, and weekends. The candidate will work closely with the Systems Integration Section Manager and Project Manager(s) to identify, prioritize, and schedule workload and implementation to I. T. standards and procedures. The candidate will also work closely with customers and subject matter experts on process design, migration to the platforms, and testing. This will also include compliance with DPH security policy/procedures and integrating systems, when possible, to streamline staff workflows, user security, data analytics, and reporting. Module support of the project. • DPH will require that selected personnel sign the DPH confidentiality agreement and/or Business Associate (BA) agreement if applicable. All web services must be secure. • DPH will not accept any offers including an “up-lift” charge. The rate paid per consultant must not exceed the maximum rate established for this position described in the State contract terms. • Follow agency IT Standards, policies, and procedures to include documentation. • All source code (compiled and un-compiled) will become the sole property of the South Carolina Department of Public Health. Any source code, data, product, or functionality resulting from this SOW or previously owned/developed by DPH will remain the sole property of DPH and is not to be incorporated into the core product of any vendor's application. Any modifications and interfaces developed under said contract will not be used by the contractor for any independent project of the contractor or published or publicized by the contractor without written permission of DPH. • DPH has the final say on all programming choices. Payment Schedule: The State will not pay any extra costs (i.e. Travel, employee benefits, insurance, room and board, etc.) for temporary employees under this contract. DPH Support: DPH will provide: • All required information including formulas, data, and mechanisms to check output. • Staff to assist with any application or data questions. • Conference rooms and scheduling for any application demos. • A virtual workstation with required software. Required Skills (rank in order of Importance): 1. 3+ Years of Experience with MS T- SQL (Stored Procedures, Advanced Queries, Optimization) 2. 3+ Years of Experience with ETL Process Development 3. 1+ Year of Experience with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) 4. 3+ Years of Experience with Report Development 5. 3+ Years of Experience with Data Warehousing & Relational Databases 6. 1+ Year of Experience HL7 v 2.3.1 - 2.5.1 and ORU Messages 7. 3+ Years of Experience with XML 8. 3+ Years of Experience with MS SQL Server 2016+ 9. 1+ Year of Experience with security and data classification related to CDC, HIPAA, CJIS, PHI, PII Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance): 1. Ability to manage large data sets (1 TB+) 2. Requirements Gathering & Documentation 3. Public Health / Disease Surveillance Systems Experience 4. Statistical Analysis System (SAS) 5. LOINC / SNOMED 6. FASTQ FILES AND DEMULTIPLEXING 7. R & RStudio Environment / Tools • Microsoft SQL Server (2016+), T- SQL, SSMS • SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and ETL/Data Pipeline development • Data Warehousing environments and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI) • HL7 v2.x (including ORU), XML, CSV, and other structured data formats • Healthcare/public health data systems (e.g., EDSS, eHARS, CDC reporting systems) • Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) and data exchange integrations SAS (legacy processes) and scripting for data transformation • HIPAA, PHI/PII, and CDC data standards and security compliance Additional Skills (rank in order of Importance) 1. Ability to deal effectively with the needs of technical peers, technical and user management, users, vendors, and staff members, and to communicate clearly and effectively in spoken and written form 2. Solid background in data integration, staging, quality and distribution 3. Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skillsRequirements Skill Type Skill Name CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill 3+ Years of Experience with MS T-SQL (Stored Procedures, Advanced Queries, Optimization) CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill 3+ Years of Experience with ETL Process Development CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill 1+ Year of Experience with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill 3+ Years of Experience with Report Development CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill 3+ Years of Experience with Data Warehousing & Relational Databases CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill 1+ Year of Experience with HL7 v 2.3.1 - 2.5.1 and ORU Messages CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill 3+ Years of Experience with XML CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill 3+ Years of Experience with MS SQL Server 2016+ CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill 1+ Year of Experience with security and data classification related to CDC, HIPAA, CJIS, PHI, PIIPreferred Skills Skill Type Skill Name CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill Ability to manage large data sets (1 TB+) CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill Requirements Gathering & Documentation CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill Public Health / Disease Surveillance Systems Experience CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill Statistical Analysis System (SAS) CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill LOINC / SNOMED CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill FASTQ Files and Demultiplexing CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill R&R Studio