Business Intelligence Engineer III

Sutter Health; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Sutter Health seeks a mid-level Technical Health Care Analytics professional in Sacramento, California. This role involves independent judgment to design and optimize data products throughout the entire lifecycle, from architectural decisions to user experience.

Requires at least 3 years in BI Engineering and strong skills in Tableau, Power BI, and SQL. The position is full-time and necessitates at least 2 days onsite.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent experience.
• Epic Cogito Certification within one year of start date.
• 3 years of progressive experience in BI Engineering or Full Stack Analytics.

Responsibilities

• Engineers full-stack analytics applications and manages product lifecycle.
• Architects and optimizes data products from backend to frontend.
• Solves novel technical problems for decision support systems.

Skills

Tableau

Power BI

SQL

DAX

ETL Development

Data Transformation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

SSIS

Azure DevOps

Job description

We are so glad you are interested in joining Sutter Health!

Organization

SHSO-Sutter Health System Office-Valley

Position Overview

Position requires a minimum of 2 days onsite in the office in Sacramento, California.

A mid-level Technical Health Care Analytics professional who exercises independent judgment to architect, engineer, and optimize full-stack data products. This role acts as a technical authority, designing complex, end-to-end decision support systems. They are responsible for the entire product lifecycle: from consultative systems analysis and backend data engineering to frontend application architecture and user experience engineering.

Responsible for the full-stack engineering of the department's analytics applications. This role requires the exercise of discretion to solve novel technical problems, such as engineering complex interactivity patterns, optimizing end-to-end application performance, or designing custom data integration logic for specific business use cases.

Job Description

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field

Equivalent experience will be accepted in lieu of the required degree or diploma.

Certification & Licensure

• Epic Cogito Certification within one year of start date.
• One tool-specific certification (Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate OR Tableau Certified Data Analyst) within one year of start date.

Typical Experience

• 3 years of progressive experience in BI Engineering, Data Product Development, or Full Stack Analytics.
• Experience independently architecting and managing the full lifecycle of complex data products (from raw data to finished app).
• Experience in Dashboard design and development to communicate complex analytical findings visually to diverse audiences.
• Experience in data transformation and ETL development (SSIS, ADF) to support reporting needs.
• Demonstrated experience working with health care data systems, prior Epic Clarity, Cogito experience preferred.

Skills and Knowledge

• Strong proficiency in both Tableau and Power BI, including advanced interactivity and complex DAX/LOD expressions.
• Advanced SQL skills, including deep execution plan analysis and query optimization for visualization tools.
• Engineering: Advanced proficiency in BI Application Engineering (Tableau & Power BI), including complex calculations (LODs, DAX) and performance tuning.
• Languages: Expert SQL; Advanced DAX or M (Power Query).
• Full Stack: Ability to move fluidly between backend data engineering (SQL/ETL) and frontend application design (Viz/UX).
• DevOps: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for BI (e.g., Azure DevOps, Tabular Editor) and version control (Git).
• Consulting: Excellent technical communication skills; ability to translate complex business problems into engineered solutions.
• Autonomy: Ability to work independently, manage multiple complex projects, and define technical strategy.
• Communication: Demonstrated ability to articulate complex analytical findings, business requirements, metrics, and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to quickly understand and evaluate new data sources, determine business relevance, assess data quality, and transform complex data into actionable insights, meaningful metrics, KPIs, and reporting solutions that support strategic, operational, and clinical decision-making.
• Prior knowledge of Health Care data & concepts preferred. Familiarity with Diagnosis & Procedure Data, Population Health Management, Risk Adjustment (RAF), HEDIS, Pay-for-Performance (P4P), Quality Measurement, Value-Based Care, and regulatory reporting.

Job Shift

Days

Schedule

Full Time

Days of the Week

Monday - Friday

Weekend Requirements

None

Benefits

Yes

Unions

No

Position Status

Exempt

Weekly Hours

40

Employee Status

Regular

Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer