Highmark Health · 2 months ago
Technical Engineer (Starburst)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
3+ years expHighmark Health is seeking a Technical Engineer to support the design, development, and maintenance of technical solutions, specifically focusing on the Starburst Enterprise Platform. The role involves system administration, collaborating with various teams to gather requirements, and ensuring efficient operation of technical solutions.
Health CareHospital
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Responsible for one or many of the following tasks: analyzing, designing, coding, testing and implementing technical solutions, as well as providing general production monitoring and support, meeting defined scope, target dates and budgets with minimal or no defects
Collaborate with stakeholders across IT, product, analytics, and business teams to gather requirements and provide technical solutions that meet organizational needs
Monitor work against production schedule and provide progress updates and report any issues or technical difficulties to leadership on a regular basis
Document technical processes and procedures, and participate in technical reviews and knowledge sharing sessions
Collaborate on the design and implementation of with architecture to ensure solution alignment to enterprise goals and standards
Perform technical analysis and provide insights to support decision-making across various departments
Stay up-to-date with the latest relevant technologies and industry best practices
Other duties as assigned or requested
Qualification
Required
***CANDIDATE MUST BE US Citizen (due to contractual/access requirements)***
3 years of experience in one or many of the following tasks: analyzing, designing, coding, testing and implementing technical solutions, as well as providing general production support, meeting defined scope, target dates and budgets with minimal or no defects
3 years of technical problem solving, solution implementation, team/project collaboration experience
3 years of basic computer science concepts and principles, common operating systems, development languages/scripting
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of bachelor's degree
Preferred
3 years experience installing, configuring, deploying, upgrading and managing Starburst Enterprise Platform (SEP) with a thorough knowledge of Starburst / Trino's distributed architecture, including coordinators, workers, and connectors
5 years experience in managing software applications using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) techniques and tools including Gitlab, Terraform, Ansible, Helm Charts, .yaml code, config properties, etc
5 years experience with SEP security features, including authentication using LDAP, Kerberos, or OAuth and Role-Based Access Control
5 years experience with various SEP data source connectors (e.g., Oracle, DB2, Teradata, S3, PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc) and their configuration within Starburst
5 years experience with monitoring, scaling, and troubleshooting SEP clusters
5 years experience identifying key metrics for Starburst platform health and performance, set up alerts, and analyze logs for root cause analysis
Strong SQL skills, particularly with Trino's dialect and optimization techniques with the ability to analyze query plans, identify bottlenecks, and apply optimizations (e.g., query tuning, resource allocation, caching strategies)
Experience with the Google Cloud Platform and its associated services a plus
Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or related field
Company
Highmark Health
Highmark Health is an integrated health care delivery and financing network.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$6.75MKey Investors
Henry L. Hillman FoundationRichard King Mellon Foundation
2025-06-11Grant· $1.75M
2021-05-10Grant· $5M
Leadership Team
David Holmberg
President and Chief Executive Officer
Karen Hanlon
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
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