Technical Lead .NET / SQL / Azure

Technical Lead – .NET / SQL / Azure

Location: Mechanicsville, VA – Hybrid
Onsite: 1 day/week – Local candidates only
Contract: 12 months + possible extension
Start: ASAP

Job Summary
seeking a senior Technical Lead with strong SQL Server and .NET/C# expertise to support a tolling modernization program. The consultant will provide technical leadership while remaining hands-on with SQL engineering, .NET backend development, database modernization, Azure, ADF, API integration, and microservices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical design discussions for microservices, database modernization, and API integration.
• Perform hands-on SQL Server development, including T-SQL, stored procedures, views, indexing, and performance tuning.
• Support .NET/C# backend and API development and data-access patterns.
• Lead and mentor senior developers and provide technical direction.
• Work closely with PM/Scrum Master and technical SMEs.
• Design and develop Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipelines for migration and ETL.
• Support migration from monolithic databases toward microservice-aligned schemas.
• Conduct code and technical documentation reviews.
• Collaborate with .NET, SQL, BA, QA, DevOps, Cloud, and CAB teams.
• Ensure compliance with PCI, data retention, security, and audit requirements.
• Work within Agile/Scrum delivery processes.

Required Skills

• 10+ years overall IT experience.
• 7+ years SQL Server development.
• 5+ years .NET/C# backend development.
• 3–5 years Technical Lead experience.
• 3+ years modernization/migration projects.
• 3+ years Azure SQL / SQL Server on Azure IaaS VMs.
• 3+ years Azure Data Factory (ADF) and ETL.
• 3+ years Agile delivery/team collaboration.
• Strong experience with T-SQL, stored procedures, database optimization, indexing and performance tuning.
• Experience with REST APIs / backend services.
• Understanding of microservices architecture and database decomposition.

Preferred Skills

• State government or transportation experience.
• Tolling/transportation domain experience.
• Experience in regulated or audited environments.
• PCI/security compliance experience.
• Microservices modernization experience.
• Azure cloud experience.

Ideal Candidate

Senior .NET + SQL Technical Lead with strong hands-on SQL Server skills—not a purely managerial lead. The strongest candidates will have experience combining SQL modernization + .NET/C# + Azure/Azure SQL + ADF + migration + technical leadership.