SSIS ETL Engineer (Temporary Project Role)
6-Month Contract * Onsite in Allen, TX (M-F, 9:00 AM-6:00 PM CST)
Do you specialize in building and optimizing SSIS-driven ETL pipelines in complex, on-prem SQL Server environments?
Join the Data & Analytics team at UNIFY Financial Credit Union, where your work will directly power critical decision-making across the organization.
Where You'll Work
This is an onsite, 6-month temporary project assignment at UNIFY's Operations Center in Allen, TX. The project is tied to the maintenance and integration of two disparate, corporate SQL environments, due to CommunityAmerica Credit Union's recent merger with UNIFY.
Candidates must be commutable to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, to work M-F onsite daily, and also for a final in-person interview.
What You'll Do
In this role, you will be the primary engineer responsible for building, tuning, and modernizing our SSIS ecosystem and streamlining our SQL Server infrastructure. Your core focus will be on SSIS ETL optimization, across multiple VM-based SQL Server instances.
SSIS, ETL & Data Pipeline Engineering (Primary Focus)
Develop, enhance, and document SSIS packages supporting enterprise-wide ingestion, transformation, and load workflows
Rebuild or refactor legacy SSIS packages for performance, reliability, and maintainability
Optimize SQL Agent job workflows and SSIS runtime performance
Diagnose and resolve ETL failures, bottlenecks, and dependency issues
Adapt pipelines to support evolving business logic and new data sources
Lead efforts to consolidate two disparate data environments into a unified, well-governed ETL framework
SQL Server Administration (On-Prem Environment)
Administer and support multiple on-prem VM-based SQL Server instances
Tune queries, indexes, and stored procedures to improve ETL throughput
Monitor server health, job schedules, storage utilization, and performance baselines
Implement and maintain SQL Server security, access controls, and encryption best practices
Support patching, configuration, and general environment hygiene
(Preferred, but not required) Assist with Azure SQL Managed Instance components
Analytics & Reporting Integration
Work with analysts to ensure clean, complete, well-modeled datasets flow into Power BI and SSRS
Validate data accuracy throughout ETL stages and support semantic model improvements
Contribute to data governance, lineage tracking, and documentation initiatives
What You'll Bring
5+ years of hands-on SSIS ETL pipeline development in enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments with particular expertise in building, tuning, and troubleshooting complex ETL pipelines
Strong T-SQL proficiency, including stored procedures, functions, and performance tuning
3+ years administering SQL Server (on-prem preferred)
Ability to analyze complex data flows and engineer stable, well-documented solutions
Familiarity with analytics/reporting platforms such as Power BI or Tableau
Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills
Preferred: Some experience with Azure SQL (Managed Instance or Azure SQL Database)
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