SQL Developer & Analyst Team Lead (Remote)

About the role

A 100% remote SQL Development / Data Analysis Team Lead is sought to support a large federal government healthcare modernization project, working with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The role leads a team responsible for SQL development, clinical data analysis, reporting and data quality monitoring for electronic health record (EHR) modernization. It sits in a remote, multidisciplinary Agile environment and requires the candidate to live in the continental US.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and mentor SQL developers and data analysts, assign tasks, set priorities, monitor deliverables, conduct technical reviews and support onboarding and performance improvement.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership on SQL Server queries, scripts and transformation logic, set coding standards, peer review practices and database performance guidelines.
• Oversee healthcare data analysis, integration and migration, including data flows, source-to-target mappings, data models and data warehouse structures.
• Direct data quality monitoring, validation and reconciliation, lead root cause investigations and coordinate corrective actions with development and QA teams.
• Act as technical point of contact for program leadership and VA stakeholders, coordinate data reviews, communicate findings, manage risks and review reports and dashboards before release.
• Maintain technical documentation such as data dictionaries, runbooks, validation protocols, Agile workflows and responsible AI-assisted development standards.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or another engineering/technical discipline, or 8 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading or acting as technical lead for SQL development, data analysis or data engineering teams.
• Experience in Agile environments using JIRA, Azure DevOps or similar tools.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Government/Public Trust clearance, including fingerprinting when required.
• U.S. citizenship and successful completion of a background check.

Required skills

• Advanced SQL queries, scripts and data transformation with Microsoft SQL Server, including indexing, normalization and performance tuning.
• Analyzing healthcare or clinical datasets, with familiarity with HL7, FHIR or VistA, and reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau or Microsoft Excel.
• Preferred: experience with VA systems (VX130, Oracle Health Millennium, CDW), InterSystems IRIS, Caché, mirrored databases and EHR migration.
• Preferred: experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot.

What we offer

• Medical, dental and vision coverage.
• 401k with employer match.
• PTO and federal holidays.
• Corporate laptop and training opportunities.