Data Engineer (CoC)

Premier; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Premier is seeking a Data Engineer to optimize data processes, ensuring that data is easily accessible for analytical use. This role involves building data pipelines, mentoring colleagues, and implementing effective data management solutions while adapting to the latest technologies.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401k retirement program

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as a Data Engineer.
• Data Modeling or Engineering certification preferred.
• Experience with BI tools like Tableau, Power BI, Looker.

Responsibilities

• Manage the acquisition, storage, modeling, and presentation of data.
• Troubleshoot data and technical issues efficiently.
• Develop and review Power Automate flows with error handling focus.

Skills

Effective Communication

Scripting

Data Workflow Orchestration

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

The Data Engineer will manage the acquisition, storage, modeling, and presentation of data to ensure that it is available, accurate and easily accessible for a wide range of analytical use cases. You will design and build data pipelines in Microsoft Fabric, ingesting and transforming datasets into OneLake. You will write queries, merges, views, and filters across multiple data sources including Delta, Parquet, CSV, and SQL endpoints, leveraging T-SQL, KQL or Spark SQL to optimize performance. You will configure and optimize Dataverse connections to Dynamics 365 tables to enable robust automation. You will develop, review, and troubleshoot Power Automate flows and Copilot Studio solutions with a focus on error handling, performance, and security. Working closely with Power Platform developers, you will mentor them on data engineering concepts while documenting data models, integration patterns and automation design patterns for reuse across the organization. You will support and monitor your solutions by training teammates and users, responding swiftly to critical issues and proactively identifying risks with mitigation strategies. You will continuously optimize your solutions by leveraging the latest technologies, best practices, third-party tools, and resource rationalization.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibility #1– 35%

Solution Development
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, engineers, analysts, and other staff to define end-to-end data analytics solutions. Interact directly with stakeholders to define requirements and rapidly iterate through solution development.
• Model and structure data for efficient analysis. Leverage advanced features of the data and visualization/reporting layers to create effective solutions.
• Manage key aspects of data warehouses, including resource organization, access control, query performance, and data-efficiency.
• Support data cleansing/standardization/normalization and other data management operations.

Responsibility #2 – 25%

Troubleshooting, Support & Communication
• Establish tests and other mechanisms for quickly detecting issues with data integrity.
• Troubleshoot data and other technical issues, clearly communicating with IT leadership as well as key external stakeholders. Engage quickly with high priority issues.
• Review incident trends and proactively register problems. Plan and implement changes to address risks and inefficiencies.
• Train staff & clients (engineers, analysts, data scientists…) on fundamental data concepts such as SQL scripting, data modeling, database / query tuning, and revision control.
• Establish standards, document change procedures, coordinate planned maintenance, and communicate impacts to stakeholders.

Responsibility #3 – 25%

Solution Optimization (15%)
• Seek to minimize code & infrastructure under management. Leverage existing and/or external (e.g., third-party managed) solutions whenever appropriate. Drive rapid resolution of issues
• Implement solutions in a well-described manner (e.g., using good code and self-documentation practices) so that they are easily supported by / transitioned between peers. Seek to implement the simplest, most readable solution that will meet the business need.
• Maintain awareness of data engineering, business intelligence / analytics, and data science trends and technology developments. Identify and follow relevant thought leaders.
• Consult with DevOps teams to ensure implementations adhere to best practices for security, governance, IAM and monitoring. Support auditing of user access against defined policies and implementation of automated mitigation.
• Apply an “enterprise view” of the business environment and the business applications running on the systems being managed to provide a more seamless end user experience.

Responsibility #4 – 15%

Project & Time Management
• Take initiative in solving high-level problems. Breakdown large projects / milestones into components & increments that can be completed within sprints. Schedule meetings to drive progress, foster collaboration, and collect frequent feedback.
• Participate in Agile development structures/ceremonies such as regular standups, showcases, sprint planning sessions and retrospectives.

Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

Years of Applicable Experience - 2 or more years

Data Engineer (CoC)

What you will be doing:

The Data Engineer will manage the acquisition, storage, modeling, and presentation of data to ensure that it is available, accurate and easily accessible for a wide range of analytical use cases. You will design and build data pipelines in Microsoft Fabric, ingesting and transforming datasets into OneLake. You will write queries, merges, views, and filters across multiple data sources including Delta, Parquet, CSV, and SQL endpoints, leveraging T-SQL, KQL or Spark SQL to optimize performance. You will configure and optimize Dataverse connections to Dynamics 365 tables to enable robust automation. You will develop, review, and troubleshoot Power Automate flows and Copilot Studio solutions with a focus on error handling, performance, and security. Working closely with Power Platform developers, you will mentor them on data engineering concepts while documenting data models, integration patterns and automation design patterns for reuse across the organization. You will support and monitor your solutions by training teammates and users, responding swiftly to critical issues and proactively identifying risks with mitigation strategies. You will continuously optimize your solutions by leveraging the latest technologies, best practices, third-party tools, and resource rationalization.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibility #1– 35%

Solution Development
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, engineers, analysts, and other staff to define end-to-end data analytics solutions. Interact directly with stakeholders to define requirements and rapidly iterate through solution development.
• Model and structure data for efficient analysis. Leverage advanced features of the data and visualization/reporting layers to create effective solutions.
• Manage key aspects of data warehouses, including resource organization, access control, query performance, and data-efficiency.
• Support data cleansing/standardization/normalization and other data management operations.

Responsibility #2 – 25%

Troubleshooting, Support & Communication
• Establish tests and other mechanisms for quickly detecting issues with data integrity.
• Troubleshoot data and other technical issues, clearly communicating with IT leadership as well as key external stakeholders. Engage quickly with high priority issues.
• Review incident trends and proactively register problems. Plan and implement changes to address risks and inefficiencies.
• Train staff & clients (engineers, analysts, data scientists…) on fundamental data concepts such as SQL scripting, data modeling, database / query tuning, and revision control.
• Establish standards, document change procedures, coordinate planned maintenance, and communicate impacts to stakeholders.

Responsibility #3 – 25%

Solution Optimization (15%)
• Seek to minimize code & infrastructure under management. Leverage existing and/or external (e.g., third-party managed) solutions whenever appropriate. Drive rapid resolution of issues
• Implement solutions in a well-described manner (e.g., using good code and self-documentation practices) so that they are easily supported by / transitioned between peers. Seek to implement the simplest, most readable solution that will meet the business need.
• Maintain awareness of data engineering, business intelligence / analytics, and data science trends and technology developments. Identify and follow relevant thought leaders.
• Consult with DevOps teams to ensure implementations adhere to best practices for security, governance, IAM and monitoring. Support auditing of user access against defined policies and implementation of automated mitigation.
• Apply an “enterprise view” of the business environment and the business applications running on the systems being managed to provide a more seamless end user experience.

Responsibility #4 – 15%

Project & Time Management
• Take initiative in solving high-level problems. Breakdown large projects / milestones into components & increments that can be completed within sprints. Schedule meetings to drive progress, foster collaboration, and collect frequent feedback.
• Participate in Agile development structures/ceremonies such as regular standups, showcases, sprint planning sessions and retrospectives.

Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

Years of Applicable Experience - 2 or more years

Education:

High School Diploma or GED (Required)

Preferred Qualifications

Skills:

• Self-Direction: Ability to break down high-level problems into components and seek out solutions with a high degree of independence.
• Effective Communication: Effective at communicating (verbal and written) with peers, clients, and vendors across technical and non-technical backgrounds.
• Scripting: Proficient at writing code to extract, load, and transform data. Must have a deep understanding of SQL, a programming language, and command line commands.
• Data Workflow Orchestration and Project Management: Experience writing complicated workflow orchestrations using tools like Azure Dev Ops, JIRA, etc.

Experience:

• Business Intelligence / Analytics / Data Science: Experience using BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker), along with strong SQL skills (T-SQL, KQL, Spark SQL) for querying, merging, and filtering large datasets. Hands-on work with Microsoft Fabric and OneLake.

• Agile: Scrum / Kanban, regular standups, showcases, retrospectives, and experience using Agile project management software (e.g., Jira, Rally, Planner).

• DevOps: Facilitating promotion of configurations / code / data through test and production environments. Experience interacting with a repository and applying Gitflow concepts for revision control.

• Cost Management: Understanding of cloud cost drivers (query costs, compute hours / pipeline runtime, storage, licensing).

• Continuous Learning: Seeks to stay current with practices and technologies through publications, training, and conferences, with a focus on Power Platform capabilities, connectors, and Copilot Studio innovations.

• Dataverse & Dynamics 365: Solid experience connecting to Dataverse tables (Cases, Opportunities, Business at Risk) and automating flows.

• Power Platform Automation: Familiarity with Power Automate (cloud flows, desktop flows) and Copilot Studio for low-code and AI-driven solutions.

Education:

Data Modeling or Engineering certification

Additional Job Requirements:

• Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time

• Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines

• Attention to detail

• Operate computer programs and software

• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and in electronic formats .

• Day-to-day contact with others (co-workers and/or the public)

• Making independent decisions

• Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions

Working Conditions: RemoteTravel Requirements: No travel requiredPhysical Demands: Sedentary: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves remaining stationary most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if movement is required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.Premier’s compensation philosophy is to ensure that compensation is reasonable, equitable, and competitive in order to attract and retain talented and highly skilled employees. Premier’s internal salary range for this role is $80,000 - $148,000. Final salary is dependent upon several market factors including, but not limited to, departmental budgets, internal equity, education, unique skills/experience, and geographic location. Premier utilizes a wide-range salary structure to allow base salary flexibility within our ranges.

Employees also receive access to the following benefits:

·Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance

·401k retirement program

·Paid time off

·Participation in Premier’s employee incentive plans

·Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

Premier at a glance:

• Ranked #1 on Charlotte’s Healthiest Employers list for 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023 and 21st Healthiest Employer in America (2023)

• Named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute for the 16th year in a row

• Modern Healthcare Best in Business Awards: Consultant - Healthcare Management (2024)

• The only company to be recognized by KLAS twice for Overall Healthcare Management Consulting

For a listing of all of our awards, please visit the Awards and Recognition section on our company website.

Employees receive:

• Perks and discounts

• Access to on-site and online exercise classes

Premier is looking for smart, agile individuals like you to help us transform the healthcare industry. Here you will find critical thinkers who have the freedom to make an impact. Colleagues who share your thirst to learn more and do things better. Teammates committed to improving the health of a nation. See why incredible challenges require incredible people.

Premier is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful discrimination because of their age, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, pregnancy status, genetic information, status as a victim of domestic violence, covered military or protected veteran status (e.g., status as a Vietnam Era veteran, disabled veteran, special disabled veteran, Armed Forces Serviced Medal veteran, recently separated veteran, or other protected veteran) disability, or any other applicable federal, state or local protected class, trait or status or that of persons with whom an applicant associates. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Premier complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply. EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer.

Premier also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability or those who have a sincerely held religious belief. If you need assistance in the application process, please reply to [e-mail] or contact Premier Recruiting at 704.816.5200.

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Created by hospitals to unite a fragmented system, Premier unites an alliance of 3,750 hospitals and 130,000 other providers to transform healthcare. Our mission is to improve the health of communities. Thousands of Premier members work together each d...

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