Job Title: Senior Cloud DBA / ETL–ELT Data Pipeline Engineer
Location: Everett, MA 02149
Duration: 6 Months Contract
"Navitas Partners, LLC" is seeking Senior Cloud DBA / ETL–ELT Data Pipeline Engineer for an exciting job in Everett, MA.
Create, configure, and manage cloud-native databases (RDS Oracle, Aurora, PostgreSQL, Snowflake).
Monitor and optimize query execution, compute scaling, and storage performance.
Implement backup/snapshot policies, PITR, and cross-region replication.
Apply security best practices including encryption, access controls, masking, and auditing to meet FERPA/PII compliance.
Manage schema migrations, versioned deployments, and data pipelines.
Lead re-engineering and migration of legacy SSIS ETL processes to modern SQL-based solutions using Apache Airflow for orchestration.
Perform discovery, solution design, re-platforming, debugging, unit testing, and code packaging.
Develop and support Apache Airflow scheduling and dependency management frameworks.
Conduct performance tuning and benchmark new solutions against legacy on-prem systems.
Use Jira for task management and GitHub for version control, code reviews, and pull requests.
Hands-on experience with Oracle RDS.
Experience with AWS services such as S3, Managed Airflow (MWAA), and Data Migration Service (DMS).
Experience working with SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, or Snowflake.
Strong SQL skills and ability to translate Oracle PL/SQL and stored procedures to platforms such as Snowflake.
Knowledge of data warehouse concepts: normalization, fact/dimension tables, SCDs.
Understanding of Change Data Capture (CDC); experience with Kafka or similar tools is a plus.
Familiarity with JSON, XML, CSV and common data interchange formats.
Basic scripting experience (Python, PowerShell, Bash).
Ability to write unit tests and validate migrated ETL/ELT code.
Experience with Apache Airflow including DAG development, scheduling, and dependency management.
Knowledge of Snowflake capabilities: Snowpipe, cloning, time travel, RBAC.
Experience in large organizations; public sector (state/federal) strongly preferred.
Understanding of education and student data domains.
Experience using GitHub, Jira, and modern software development workflows.
About Navitas Partners, LLC certified WBENC and one of the fastest-growing Technical / IT staffing firms in the US providing services to numerous clients. We offer the most competitive pay for every position. We understand this is a partnership. You will not be blindsided and your salary will be discussed upfront.