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VCU Health · 1 month ago

Enterprise Analytics Data Engineer II

Richmond, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

VCU Health is seeking a Data Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure data quality and integrity while optimizing data storage and retrieval systems.

Hospital & Health Care

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Designs and implements scalable data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and loading multi-format, batch or streaming data from various sources into enterprise Data Lakehouse

Ensures data quality and integrity through data cleansing, validation, and transformation techniques

Automates data processing workflows using scripting languages and orchestration tools

Builds and deploys RESTful API’s and web services for data access and data requests

Helps define the data management strategy and roadmap for the organization

Collaborates with data architects, data engineers, and product managers to align data solutions with business strategy

Stays current with industry trends, vendor product offerings, and evolving data technologies to ensure the organization leverages the best modern data engineering tools

Develops and maintains technical design documents, coding best practices and standards to ensure consistent and reliable data management processes are in place

Responsible for maintaining legacy technologies and processes as new ones are adopted

Mentors junior Data Engineers

Qualification

Data EngineeringPython/PySparkCloud Data PlatformsDatabase SystemsETL/ELT ProcessesBig Data TechnologiesAgile DevelopmentDevOps PracticesMicroservices ArchitectureData Product ConceptsData Mesh ConceptsJSON/YAML/XML/Parquet

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Business, IT, Math, Data Analytics, Engineering, or related discipline

5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Management or Data Warehouse/Lakehouse design and development

3+ years of experience in Python/PySpark for building and maintaining data pipelines

1+ years of experience with cloud based modern data platforms and services (e.g., Azure, GCP or AWS)

Strong knowledge of database systems, data modeling techniques, and SQL proficiency

Experience creating and enhancing ETL and ELT processes

Experience working with JSON/YAML/XML/Parquet and other open-source data interchange and storage formats

Experience working with big data technologies like Spark, Kafka, NoSQL DB, Splunk etc

Experience with agile development processes and concepts

Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD processes

Knowledge of Microservices architecture, Data Product and Data Mesh concepts

Preferred

Master's degree in Business, IT, Math, Data Analytics, Engineering or related discipline

Displays intellectual curiosity and integrity

Company

VCU Health

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VCU Medical Center is a school. It is a sub-organization of Virginia Commonwealth University.

Founded in 1838

Richmond, Virginia, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.vcuhealth.org

H1B Sponsorship

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