Data and AI Platform Engineer

Intermountain Healthcare Inc.; Lansing (MI); Remote; USD 61,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

PEAK tuition support

Job summary

Intermountain Health is seeking a Data Architect - Staff to design and maintain modern data infrastructures across cloud and on‑premise environments. You will work with SQL, PySpark, and big data tools to deliver scalable data models, pipelines, and warehouses, while guiding data governance and security practices.

The role emphasizes collaboration with stakeholders, mentoring, and delivering robust data architectures to support analytics and AI initiatives.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with SQL and experience with traditional RDBMS (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL).
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform for data architecture and storage solutions.
• Strong familiarity with programming languages such as Python and PySpark for data engineering tasks.
• Experience with ETL/ELT processes and tools, including traditional (SSIS, Informatica) and/or cloud-native solutions (Azure Data Factory, Databricks).
• Proficiency with Python or PySpark or R programming
• Excellent communication skills for collaborating with stakeholders and teams.
• Proficiency in Product/Project/Program Management philosophies and methodologies, applied to data architecture projects.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain both traditional and modern data infrastructures.
• Combine expertise in relational databases, cloud technologies, and big data tools to create scalable data solutions.
• Develop strategies for integrating enterprise data, ensuring data quality, and optimizing data access across cloud and on-premise systems.
• Work on moderate to complex projects and mentor junior staff to deliver robust data models and pipelines.

Skills

Data architecture

Cloud infrastructure

ETL/ELT

Database optimization

Data modeling

Coding

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Tools

SQL

Python

PySpark

RDBMS

SSIS/Informatica

Azure Data Factory/Databricks

Job description

Fully Remote

Transformation Center

Full time

R186179

Job Description

The purpose of the Data Architect - Staff role is to design, implement, and maintain both traditional and modern data infrastructures at the staff level. This involves combining expertise in relational databases, cloud technologies, and big data tools to create scalable, efficient, and secure data solutions. The role also includes developing strategies for integrating enterprise data, ensuring data quality, and optimizing data access across both cloud and on-premise systems

We are committed to offering flexible work options where approved and stated in the job posting. However, we are currently not considering candidates who reside or plan to reside in the following states: California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. Colorado for remote caregivers’ whose assigned Intermountain facility or service area is not based in Colorado.

Please note that a video interview through Microsoft Teams will be required as well as potential onsite interviews and meetings

Essential Functions

• Responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining both traditional and modern data infrastructures at the staff level.
• Combines expertise in relational databases, cloud technologies, and big data tools to create scalable, efficient, and secure data solutions.
• Develops strategies for integrating enterprise data, ensuring data quality, and optimizing data access across both cloud and on-premise systems.
• Works on moderate to complex projects and is mentored by senior-level data architects/engineers to deliver robust data models, pipelines, and warehouses that meet organizational needs using technologies like SQL, Python, PySpark, and traditional RDBMS platforms

Skills

• Data architecture and design
• Cloud infrastructure and data solutions
• ETL/ELT development and data integration
• Database and performance optimization
• Data modeling and documentation
• Coding/Programming
• Data governance and security
• Collaboration and stakeholder management
• Leadership and project management

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Proficiency with SQL and experience with traditional RDBMS (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL).
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform for data architecture and storage solutions.
• Strong familiarity with programming languages such as Python and PySpark for data engineering tasks.
• Working experience with ETL/ELT processes and tools, including both traditional (e.g., SSIS, Informatica) and/or cloud-native solutions (e.g., Azure Data Factory, Databricks).
• Proficiency with Python or PySpark or R programming
• Excellent communication skills for collaborating with stakeholders and teams.
• Proficiency in Product Management, Project Management, or Program Management philosophies and methodologies, and capable of applying them to data architecture projects to ensure alignment with business goals and efficient execution.

Preferred Qualifications

• Design, build, and extend platform capabilities that enable enterprise data governance, including metadata management, lineage, stewardship, policy enforcement, and governance automation beyond vendor-provided functionality.
• Build and maintain integrations between governance, data, analytics, AI, and operational platforms so metadata, classifications, ownership, quality signals, and governance decisions remain synchronized across the enterprise ecosystem.
• Engineer the metadata, lineage, observability, and catalog capabilities of the Enterprise Data Platform, making enterprise data assets discoverable, understandable, traceable, and trusted for analytics, operations, and AI workloads.
• Automate governance controls within the platform, including ownership assignment, certification, review workflows, policy enforcement, exception management, and audit evidence collection to reduce manual effort and improve compliance.
• Apply AI, LLM, and agentic technologies to scale governance operations, including metadata generation, business glossary enrichment, data classification, stewardship recommendations, data quality monitoring, and intelligent remediation workflows.
• Establish and operate the engineering practices that make AI-enabled governance trustworthy, including grounding on authoritative metadata, evaluation frameworks, quality measurement, confidence thresholds, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Deliver secure and governed platform services that support analytics, AI agents, applications, and data products, ensuring enterprise standards for security, privacy, governance, and responsible AI are consistently applied.
• Build platform capabilities that increase the effectiveness and reach of data stewards and governance programs, including workflow management, stewardship tooling, governance coverage reporting, operational dashboards, and scalability mechanisms.
• Partner with data architecture, governance, analytics, engineering, cybersecurity, and vendor teams to translate governance objectives into sustainable platform capabilities, owning the full lifecycle from design and deployment through monitoring, support, and continuous enhancement.

Physical Requirements

• Remain sitting or standing for long periods of time to perform work on a computer, telephone, or other equipment.

Location

Transformation Center

Work City

Murray

Work State

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $44.36 - $69.85

Benefits

• We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
• Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/benefits)
• Intermountain Health’s PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up-front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution. The program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates. Caregivers are eligible to participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment. Learn more. (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/working-for-intermountain/employee-benefits/peak-program/)

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

At Intermountain Health, we use the artificial intelligence ("AI") platform, HiredScore to improve your job application experience. HiredScore helps match your skills and experiences to the best jobs for you. While HiredScore assists in reviewing applications, all final decisions are made by Intermountain personnel to ensure fairness. We protect your privacy and follow strict data protection rules. Your information is safe and used only for recruitment. Thank you for considering a career with us and experiencing our AI-enhanced recruitment process.

All positions subject to close without notice.

Headquartered in Utah with locations in six primary states and additional operations across the western U.S., Intermountain Health is a nonprofit system of 34 hospitals, 400+ clinics, a medical group of more than 4,800 employed physicians and advanced care providers, a health plan division called Select Health with more than one million members, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality improvement and efficient healthcare delivery.

Join our world-class team and embark on a career filled with opportunities, strength, innovation, and fulfillment.

To find out more about us, head to our career site here (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/?utm_source=Workday&utm_medium=Redirect&utm_campaign=CareerHome_workday) .

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All positions subject to close without notice.

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