Data Steward (onsite)

Job Description

Job Description

NOTABLES

• Opportunity Type : FTE
• Role Title : Data Steward
• Compensation : The end client has indicated they are open on base salary here. Come back with your best offer, and they will assess you based on your work history.
• Client Location : The end client's headquarters is in Wheaton, IL.
• Work Arrangement : 100% onsite. They are firm on this.
• Work Authorization : The end client cannot support visa sponsorship; therefore, candidates must be U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents (Green Card holders). No EAD, H1, F1, OPT, etc.
• Core Skills : Data Stewardship, Data Quality, Master Data Management.
• Nice to have Skills : T-SQL, SSIS, Database Administration, Development Roles (.NET), System/Business Analyst roles.

DESCRIPTION

Our end client is seeking a Data Steward / Application Support Engineer to join their team and take ownership of ongoing data integrity, system reliability, and production support efforts across a suite of data-driven applications.

This role is ideal for someone with strong SQL Server experience who enjoys solving real-world data problems, investigating anomalies, and ensuring smooth day-to-day operation of business-critical systems. The ideal candidate combines production support discipline with an application developer's mindset-comfortable not just loading data, but understanding the why behind it, troubleshooting root causes, and working directly with business users to ensure everything works as expected.

While this person may assist in application development-particularly during a transition from .NET Framework to .NET Core-the long-term focus is on maintaining high data quality, supporting event-driven data updates (e.g., fund launches and mergers), and proactively identifying and resolving production issues.

SKILLS - REQUIRED:

• Data Quality Roles (Data Steward, Data Quality Analyst, Data Quality Specialist, Data Governance Analyst, Master Data Management, MDM, etc.)
• Data Quality Focus Areas (partial data, data format, missing data, duplicate records, consistency across systems, data matches, valid values, etc.)
• Data Quality Tools (SQL Server Data Quality Services, DQS, SQL Server Master Data Services, MDS, Informatica Data Quality, Talend Data Quality, Ataccama, Data Ladder, Data Match, Melissa Data, etc.)
• Data loading (Bulk Copy Program, BCP, BULK INSERT, OPENROWSET, OPENDATASOURCE)
• of record, orphaned records, valid values, etc.)
• Database Performance Tuning (SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS, Query Execution Plans, Database Tuning Advisor, DTA, SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer, Redgate SQL Monitor, SentryOne, SQL Diagnostic, dbForge Monitor)

SKILLS - NICE TO HAVE:

• T-SQL
• SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
• Database Administration
• .NET
• System Analyst roles
• Business Analyst roles

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own daily, weekly, and monthly production support processes tied to data integrity and application functionality
• Load, validate, and reconcile large data sets, ensuring completeness, consistency, and correctness
• Identify and resolve missing, partial, or duplicate data through structured data quality workflows
• Investigate and fix data anomalies, bad records, and performance issues in collaboration with other teams
• Engage with business stakeholders to clarify issues and ensure alignment between data and operational needs
• Contribute to performance tuning efforts (queries, jobs, stored procedures) using SQL Server tooling
• Help support the ongoing migration from .NET Framework to .NET Core where appropriate

HOW TO APPLY:

If you are a motivated and organized individual passionate about Information Technology, we would love to hear from you. To apply, please answer our applicant questions and submit your resume detailing your qualifications and relevant experience. We look forward to hearing from you!

Amplified Sourcing is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws .

Offers of employment or continued employment may be contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Background checks are standard practice and are a requirement of doing business (contractual obligation, etc.).

Information obtained through a background check will only be used for purposes of determining a candidate's or employee's eligibility for employment (or ongoing employment). Background checks are not intended to disqualify or otherwise limit the pool of individuals eligible for a role, but instead are intended to confirm a decision to hire a candidate. Any information obtained through a background check will not be used to discriminate against a candidate on the basis of their race, color, sex/gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state or local law.