AWS Data Engineer II - Remote Healthcare Data Platform

Syms Strategic Group, LLC; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer focused on AWS data engineering to drive modernization of a healthcare data platform. The role emphasizes migrating from MSSQL/XML object stores to scalable cloud-native AWS architectures, enabling analysts to run SQL queries and generate reports efficiently.

You will evaluate AWS data strategies, design optimal storage and query architectures (S3+Athena, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, OpenSearch), and implement data catalogs,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software or data engineering with a strong AWS focus.
• Experience architecting cloud data platforms migrations in production enterprise or healthcare environments.
• Proven ability to select AWS data services to meet reporting needs.
• Experience delivering analytics solutions for non-technical users.
• Strong SQL skills and relational query design over XML/JSON data.
• Experience with XML-heavy data stores and transformations.
• Familiarity with AWS analytics tools (Athena, QuickSight, Redshift).
• Proficiency with Git/GitHub and CI/CD tooling.
• Experience with IaC (CDK/CloudFormation/Terraform).

Responsibilities

• Lead the next phase of healthcare data platform modernization.
• Design and implement an AWS-native data architecture for SQL-based reporting.
• Architect migration path for XML object store data into the new AWS platform.
• Build and maintain AWS data catalog, schemas, and metadata management.
• Tune query performance and cost across AWS services.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate reporting needs into data models.
• Coordinate with back-end C#/.Net for data pipeline integration.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for data infrastructure using AWS tools.
• Document architecture decisions and data dictionaries clearly.

Skills

AWS data platform

SQL

Data modeling

XML/JSON

ETL/ELT

CI/CD

IaC

Communication

Agile/Scrum

BI tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

S3

Athena

Glue

Aurora

DynamoDB

Redshift

OpenSearch

Lambda

IAM

CloudWatch

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer focused on AWS data engineering to drive modernization of a healthcare data platform. The role emphasizes migrating from MSSQL/XML object stores to scalable cloud-native AWS architectures, enabling analysts to run SQL queries and generate reports efficiently.

You will evaluate AWS data strategies, design optimal storage and query architectures (S3+Athena, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, OpenSearch), and implement data catalogs,