Data Engineer - Operations Focus

Cotiviti; United States; Remote; USD 78,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cotiviti, a remote-first organization in the United States, is seeking a Data Engineer to manage data workflows, validation, and analytics. You will write SQL scripts, optimize queries, and create dashboards while ensuring data integrity and security.

The role involves collaboration with engineering and DBA teams, supporting after-hours work if needed, and contributing to performance reviews and organizational goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent work experience.
• 2+ years of working knowledge of RDBMS and SQL/PL-SQL or ETL tools.
• 2+ years of data analysis, healthcare data experience preferred.
• Proficient with MS Office applications.
• Flexible work schedule and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience with JIRA or similarPM tools.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain and execute basic to intermediate SQL scripts for data management and data validation.
• Optimize queries to improve daily task efficiency.
• Perform data analysis and identify issues.
• Collaborate with Engineering/DBA teams to troubleshoot environment/network issues and extend after-hours support as needed.
• Create and maintain dashboards as needed.
• Ensure data integrity and compliance with industry standards.

Skills

SQL

RDBMS

Data analysis

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or equivalent

Tools

JIRA

MS Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook)

Job description

Overview

At Cotiviti, we are custodians of data for our clients. Using their technical experience in ETL processes, Data Engineers ensure operational functions are occurring as expected. This includes but is not limited to managing data implementations, data production, data quality, and data security.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain and execute basic to intermediate SQL scripts for data management and data validation.
• Optimize the queries to improve the efficiency of daily tasks.
• Perform data analysis and identify any issues.
• Work with other groups such as Engineering team, DBA etc. to troubleshoot and resolve any environmental or network issues that impact your work. Extend your support to after – hours or weekends as needed.
• Create and maintain dashboards as needed.
• Validates the tasks results to ensure that all the requirements are met .
• Adhere to all the industry level and organization level compliance rules and regulations to maintain data integrity.
• Complete individual productivity tracking.
• Complete task assignments using department ticketing system within assigned deadline.
• Achieve organizational and individual goals as identified in performance reviews and goal setting exercises.
• Complete all special projects and other duties as assigned.
• Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent work experience.
• 2+ years of working knowledge of RDBMS (Oracle, MS SQL, Vertica, etc.) and experience using SQL, PL/SQL or other data integration/ETL tools.
• 2+ years of data analysis. Preferably in the Healthcare industry of enrollment, medical claims and/or pharmacy claims.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite applications PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Flexible work schedule.
• Experience with project management tools like JIRA.
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent verbal, listening and written communication skills.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize projects to meet scheduled deadlines and tight turnaround times.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-datacenter F5 deployments and global traffic management.
• Familiarity with firewall and security platforms (Palo Alto, Fortinet, F5 AFM).
• Experience with certificate lifecycle management platforms (e.g., AppViewX).
• Competency in automation scripting (Python, Bash, and nice to have Ansible).

Cognitive/Mental Requirements

• Communicating with others to exchange information.
• Problem-solving and thinking critically.
• Completing tasks independently.
• Interpreting data.
• Making timely decisions in the context of a workflow.
• Maintaining focus.
• Assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned.
• Learning new tasks and completing tasks in situations that have a speed or productivity quota.
• Remembering and adhering to processes and protocols.

Physical Requirements And Working Conditions

• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods.
• Communicating with others to exchange information.
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned.
• No adverse environmental conditions expected.
• Must be able to provide high-speed internet access/connectivity and office setup and maintenance.
• Must be able to provide a dedicated, secure work area.

Base compensation ranges from $78,000 to $120,000 per year. Specific offers are determined by various factors, such as experience, education, skills, certifications, and other business needs.

Cotiviti offers team members a competitive benefits package to address a wide range of personal and family needs, including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance coverage, 401(k) savings plans, paid family leave, 9 paid holidays per year, and 17-27 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year, depending on specific level and length of service with Cotiviti. For information about our benefits package, please refer to our Careers page.

Since this job will be based remotely, all interviews will be conducted virtually.

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