Data Engineer - Enterprise Data Analytics

University of California, Irvine; Irvine (PA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Retirement savings plans

Paid time off

Job summary

UCI Health seeks a data engineer to advance our Enterprise Data and Analytics platform. You will collaborate to configure, move, transform, and validate data from source systems to analytical consumption, and contribute to cloud migration.

You will support dynamic reporting and advanced analytics while safeguarding privacy and security. The role requires 3+ years in data engineering, strong SQL/NoSQL, Python pipelines, and experience with ETL tools and BI platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years of experience with SQL or NoSQL databases and data warehousing technologies.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with ETL tools or business intelligence platforms.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience building data pipelines with Python.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience working as a data engineer.
• Experience maintaining technical documentation and reviewing code in a centralized repository.
• Knowledge of data governance and catalog platforms such as Collibra is preferred.
• Experience in agile team environments is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain infrastructure, tools, and analytical environments supporting our enterprise strategy.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Data and Analytics team to configure, move, transform, and validate data from source to analytics consumption.
• Contribute to cloud migration and expand data platform for dynamic reporting and advanced analytics.
• Safeguard sensitive information and comply with privacy and data security policies.

Skills

Communication

Customer service

Relationship building

Agile teamwork

Data privacy & confidentiality

Work pace management

Discretion handling sensitive info

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Python

SQL/NoSQL

ETL tools

BI platforms

Collibra (data governance)

Azure / AWS / Databricks

Job description

Requirements

• We need strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• We need the ability to perform the essential duties of the role effectively.
• We expect customer service capabilities aligned with the position.
• We value knowledge of university and medical center structures, policies, procedures, and forms.
• We need experience maintaining technical documentation and reviewing code in a centralized repository.
• We require a bachelors degree in computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• We need the ability to sustain a work pace suited to the workload.
• We need the ability to build effective working relationships across the Health System, School of Medicine, UCI Research Administration, and other UC campuses.
• We require 3+ years of experience with SQL or NoSQL databases and data warehousing technologies.
• We require 3+ years of hands‑on experience with ETL tools or business intelligence platforms.
• We require 2+ years of hands‑on experience building data pipelines with Python.
• We require 2+ years of hands‑on experience working as a data engineer.
• We prefer experience with data governance and catalog platforms such as Collibra.
• We prefer experience with unit testing and troubleshooting complex issues alongside team members or cross‑divisional partners.
• We prefer experience designing and optimizing pipelines that ingest and integrate data from multiple heterogeneous sources with advanced analytics capabilities such as NLP and ML.
• We prefer the ability to work within an agile team structure.
• We prefer 2+ years of hands‑on experience with pipeline orchestration, logging, monitoring and alerting, troubleshooting, and automated testing and deployment practices, ideally using cloud technologies such as Azure, Databricks, or AWS.
• We require compliance with background check, live scan, legal work authorization, vaccination, smoking and tobacco, and drug‑free environment conditions.
• We require discretion in handling sensitive and confidential information and adherence to privacy and data protection policies.

Responsibilities

• We implement and maintain the infrastructure, tools, and analytical application environments that support our enterprise strategic vision.
• We collaborate within our Enterprise Data and Analytics team to ensure data is properly configured, moved, transformed, and validated from source systems to analytical consumption.
• We contribute to the infrastructure migration to the cloud.
• We help expand our data platform to support dynamic reporting and advanced analytics capabilities.
• We safeguard sensitive information and follow organizational and legal requirements for data privacy and security.

Company

We are UCI Health, one of Californias largest academic health systems and the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine. Since 1976, we have grown to a 1,461-bed health system with UCI Health - Orange, UCI Health - Irvine, four Community Network hospitals, and a growing network of ambulatory care centers across Orange and Los Angeles counties. As Orange Countys only academic health system, we are home to the countys only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, the regions only Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center verified by the American College of Surgeons, a Gold Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department, and a nationally recognized burn center. Powered by UC Irvine, we serve 5.6 million people through excellence in patient care, research, and medical education.

• We offer a comprehensive rewards package that may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and discounts and perks.

We are committed to an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming workplace and are an equal opportunity employer.