AWS Data Engineer II - Healthcare Data Platform Lead

Socket.dev; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer (AWS Data Engineer) II for a remote role supporting VA programs and healthcare data platform modernization. You will architect AWS data services, define data storage strategies, and enable analysts to run SQL-based reports against healthcare data.

The role requires 8+ years in software or data engineering with strong AWS experience, SQL/XML proficiency, and a track record delivering analytics for non-technical users.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software or data engineering with a strong AWS focus.
• Proven experience migrating cloud data platforms in enterprise or healthcare.
• Ability to select AWS data services to meet reporting needs.
• Experience delivering analytics for non-technical users.
• Strong SQL skills and XML data handling at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead the next phase of healthcare data platform modernization.
• Design and build the reporting and query layer for SQL-based analytics.
• Architect migration of XML object store data to AWS platform.
• Develop AWS data catalog, schemas, and metadata management.
• Optimize query performance and cost across AWS services.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate reporting requirements into data models.
• Work with .NET engineers to ensure data flows from EDI processing into the new data layer.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for data infrastructure using AWS tooling.
• Apply IaC using CDK, CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Document architecture decisions and data dictionaries.

Skills

AWS

SQL

Data architecture

Communication

Agile

Healthcare data

C#/.NET

Git/GitHub

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Terraform

CodePipeline/CodeBuild/CodeDeploy

OpenSearch

Athena

Redshift

S3

Glue

IAM

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer (AWS Data Engineer) II for a remote role supporting VA programs and healthcare data platform modernization. You will architect AWS data services, define data storage strategies, and enable analysts to run SQL-based reports against healthcare data.

The role requires 8+ years in software or data engineering with strong AWS experience, SQL/XML proficiency, and a track record delivering analytics for non-technical users.