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Data Conversion Specialist
Austin, Texas (Hybrid or fully remote)
Contract
Minimum:
4 Data conversion development for large-scale pension administration system modernization programs; source-to-target mapping, ETL execution, exception handling, and validation across multi-billion-record legacy data sets
4 SSIS package development and BIML scripting for automated, repeatable data extraction, transformation, and load processes across legacy pension and structured relational data environments
4 SQL Server and T-SQL development including complex stored procedures, views, indexing strategies, query optimization, and execution plan analysis to support high-volume ETL and reconciliation workflows
3 C# and .NET development for data conversion automation scripts, SSIS custom components, and backend data processing logic within a structured SDLC environment
3 Legacy system data migration experience including source environments; multi-environment extract and load processes; participation in mock runs, UAT cycles, and production cutover activities
2 Data reconciliation processes including record count validation, key field comparison, exception reporting, authorization and exclusion logic, and validation within a large-scale pension or benefits modernization platform
Preferred:
3 Azure Data Factory, PySpark, or Apache Airflow pipeline development for ELT/ETL orchestration, incremental loading strategies, and data quality validation in cloud or hybrid data environments
2 Power BI or SSRS dashboard and report development including ETL job completion tracking, exception rate reporting, and data quality KPI visualization for program leadership and QA teams
2 Cloud data warehouse development using dbt Core for staging, intermediate, and reporting layer transformations with incremental load strategies (SnowPro Core or Microsoft Fabric certification a plus)
2 Defect triage and root cause analysis using SQL scripts and SSIS debugging techniques; cross-functional collaboration with QA, functional testers, and business analysts during mock loads and UAT resolution cycles