Novalink Solutions LLC - NC FAST Power BI and Data engineer

Data Engineer is needed in Raleigh, United States.

Client: Novalink Solutions LLC

Location: Raleigh, NC, us

Contract: Contract

Job Description

DHHS-ITD is seeking a Data Engineer for the design, development, and optimization of a cloud-based analytics environment built on Microsoft Azure and Power BI for the Child Welfare and Medicaid Program(s). The Department of Health and Human Services requires the assistance of a contract resource to serve as a Data Engineer responsible for the design, development, and optimization of data pipelines and analytics solutions/dashboards on cloud-based data platforms. This work will leverage Azure Synapse Analytics, Power BI, and integrations with Salesforce or Curam/Oracle to support program needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze source systems and design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, and related Azure services.
• Build and manage data ingestion workflows from Salesforce, including API integrations, schema alignment, and performance tuning.
• Develop and maintain data models, data transformations, and semantic layers to support Power BI reporting and analytics.
• Optimize Synapse pipelines, SQL queries, and data storage for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures, Salesforce API issues, and Power BI dataset/dataflow refresh problems.

Requirements

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount of Experience

• Strong Hands-on experience configuring, designing, developing and testing dashboards using Power BI: Required, 5 Years
• Experience supporting Power BI datasets, dataflows, and DirectQuery/Import models: Required, 5 Years
• Experience working with structured and semi-structured data formats (JSON, CSV, Parquet, etc.): Required, 3 Years
• Strong experience in designing and optimizing scalable data pipelines using modern platforms like Azure Synapse, Snowflake or Databricks workflows: Required, 3 Years
• SQL Mastery: Advanced query writing, ETL/ELT, performance tuning, and optimization: Required, 5 Years
• Programming Languages: Strong proficiency in Python or Scala for data processing: Required, 3 Years
• Hands-on experience in developing efficient PL/SQL procedures: Required, 5 Years
• Experience with Programming and Scripting (SQL, T-SQL, and data query optimization): Required, 2 Years
• Solid understanding of Azure cloud services (Synapse, Data Lake, Data Factory, Azure SQL, monitoring tools): Required, 2 Years
• Experience in Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), Delta Lake, and data modeling concepts and Warehousing (star schema, snowflake schema): Required, 2 Years

Additional Information

This position is contractual and focused on utilizing Azure technologies to better support Child Welfare and Medicaid program functionalities.