Senior MS Access Database Developer
Senior MS Access Database Developer
Location: Remote within the United States; must be available during core working hours aligned to the Kansas City, Missouri duty station.
Department: USDA Support Services
Employment Type: Full-Time, Exempt
Garud Technology Services is seeking a Senior MS Access Database Developer to support the USDA FPAC BOB Financial Management Tool. This role focuses on maintaining and enhancing a Microsoft Access front-end integrated with a MariaDB database in AWS, supporting financial reporting, system performance, data integrity, and user access in a federal financial management environment.
About Garud
Garud Technology Services, Inc. is a trusted provider of premier technology and engineering solutions for the U.S. government and private sector. Since 2004, Garud has delivered tangible results and measurable outcomes for clients with diverse and challenging missions. We are recognized for our commitment to exceptional service, our deep relationships across government, and our strong culture of compliance and accountability. Garud’s teams are highly skilled, nimble, and flexible, with the ability to rapidly develop and deploy new capabilities to achieve our customers’ goals.
What you will do
- Lead development, maintenance, and optimization of the MS Access front-end and AWS/MariaDB back-end environment.
- Manage forms, queries, reporting tables, automation, and ODBC connectivity.
- Support performance tuning, error resolution, version control, and data integrity.
- Maintain reporting processes, including standard report refresh activities and documentation.
- Collaborate with analysts and stakeholders to gather requirements and implement system enhancements.
- Support access and role management, data validation, upgrades, migrations, and change documentation.
- Help maintain the system of record used for portfolio and financial management reporting.
What you bring
- Bachelor's degree, or qualifying substitute experience as defined in the JD.
- 8+ years of Microsoft Access development experience and expertise with MariaDB or MySQL.
- Experience supporting federal IT financial data systems and reporting automation.
- Strong SQL and database integration skills.
- Strong documentation and technical communication skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and SharePoint.
Additional requirements
- Ability to support a production environment with controlled promotion of changes from development to production.
- Ability to obtain required suitability and comply with USDA training and security requirements.
Garud provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type 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. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.