[Hiring] Contract Database Support SME @OCT Consulting, LLC

Role Description

OCT currently has an opening for a Contract Database Support SME to support a client. This position is contingent upon contract award.

The SME serves as the dedicated resource that ensures accuracy, usability, and security in the contract data environment. This person will be a SME in modern database and reporting tools, including Microsoft 365 applications, SharePoint Online, and SQL-based systems.

• Database Development and Maintenance: Design and update database structures, forms, queries, and dashboards to meet evolving acquisition and contracting requirements, leveraging modern tools such as SQL Server, SharePoint Online lists/libraries, and Power Platform.
• Testing and Quality Assurance: Conduct functional and regression testing of database modifications to ensure accuracy, reliability, security, and compliance with agency standards.
• Documentation: Prepare and maintain technical documentation for database objects, workflows, integrations, and user guidance to support continuity of operations and knowledge transfer.
• Reporting and Analytics: Develop and refine reports, queries, and interactive dashboards using Power BI and other analytics tools to provide actionable insights into acquisition activities, contract status, and resource utilization -- responding to queries and questions as needed.
• Transition Support: Assist in possible migration to a new integrated contract writing and financial management system, including creation of a legacy data repository to preserve historical records, ensure data integrity, and enable seamless access to archived information.
• Technical Expertise: Provide advisory support and troubleshooting for database-related issues, leveraging SME-level proficiency in Microsoft 365, Power Platform, SharePoint Online, and SQL-based solutions to optimize performance, usability, and scalability.
• Data Extraction & Validation: Extract and validate contract and procurement data, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and consistency of all outputs to support reliable acquisition decision-making.
• Contract Data Analytics: Produce recurring reports and conduct trend analyses on obligations, expenditures, and contract actions, identifying anomalies, compliance risks, and inefficiencies to strengthen oversight and improve contract execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field
• 10+ years experience in database support roles
• Proficiency in SQL Server including query writing and database design
• Highly proficient in Microsoft 365 applications (Excel, Power BI)
• Proficiency in SharePoint Online
• Experience utilizing Power BI and other analytics tools to develop reports, queries, and interactive dashboards
• Ability to obtain and maintain required security clearance; background investigation may involve credit, fingerprint, and law enforcement agency checks
• Fully remote/telework position with requirement to use camera during Microsoft Teams meetings when directed

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Retirement savings 401K plan provided by an industry leading provider with 3% employer contributions of the employee’s gross salary
• Paid Time Off and Standard Government Holidays
• Life Insurance, Short- and Long-Term disability benefits
• Training Benefits
• Salary Range: $90,000 - $115,000 yearly commensurate with experience, education, etc.