Chartis Federal is seeking a Senior MS Access Database Developer for a full-time remote position with occasional travel to Washington, DC. This senior-level role supports the USDA Budget Object Breakdown (BOB) Financial Management Tool and focuses on developing, maintaining, and modernizing Microsoft Access applications integrated with MariaDB databases.

What the role entails: Serving as the lead developer for the USDA's Budget Object Breakdown Financial Management Tool, you'll design, develop, and enhance Microsoft Access applications, integrate them with MariaDB databases, create reports and automated processes, troubleshoot production issues, and support modernization initiatives. The role also includes working with business users, documenting systems, and ensuring compliance with USDA development and security standards.

About Chartis Federal: Chartis Federal is a rapidly growing government contractor specializing in systems engineering, IT integration, and communications solutions for federal agencies supporting law enforcement, homeland security, and defense. The company has earned multiple Washington Technology FAST 50 and Inc. 5000 awards and supports government customers across the United States.

Rick's take: This is another outstanding example of Microsoft Access being used exactly the way I've been teaching for years. Access isn't the database engine here. It's the application development platform sitting on top of a modern database. That's one of Access's greatest strengths. This role is all about building and maintaining the user interface, business logic, reports, and automation while MariaDB handles the data storage. If you've completed my Access Expert and Developer series and have experience with SQL back ends and VBA, this is exactly the kind of position your skills are aimed at. It also reinforces something I've said for years: companies aren't replacing Access because it's bad. They're keeping Access and replacing the back-end database because Access makes an excellent front end.