Remote Data Engineer - Databricks & Healthcare Analytics

GovCIO; Charleston (WV); Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Training, Education and Certification

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking a Data Engineer to design and build enriched datasets using medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold) in Databricks, sourcing data from the VA Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW) and other internal and external systems. Datasets you build will feed Power BI semantic models used by stakeholders across the organization.

This role is fully remote and requires collaboration with clients to gather requirements and track work in JIRA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of experience.
• Hands-on data pipeline experience in Databricks (PySpark/SQL).
• Strong SQL skills and Power BI experience.
• Familiarity with GitHub for version control and JIRA.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain enriched datasets following medallion architecture (bronze, silver, gold layers) in Databricks.
• Develop, orchestrate, and monitor Databricks jobs and pipelines.
• Write efficient, well-structured SQL to transform and model healthcare data.
• Prepare and optimize gold-layer datasets for consumption by Power BI semantic models.
• Manage code and version control through GitHub, following team branching and review practices.
• Log, track, and update work items in JIRA.
• Partner directly with clients and stakeholders to understand requirements, clarify data definitions, and validate outputs.
• Troubleshoot data quality issues and ensure accuracy and consistency across pipelines.
• Write ad hoc queries to support client requests, investigations, and one-off analyses.
• Perform data validation and quality assurance checks on pipelines and enriched datasets to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Document data lineage, transformation logic, and business rules for enriched datasets.
• Collaborate with Power BI developers and data scientists on the broader team to ensure datasets meet downstream reporting and analytical needs

Skills

Databricks

PySpark/SQL

Power BI

SQL

GitHub

JIRA

Communication skills

Medallion architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

GitHub

JIRA

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a Data Engineer to design and build enriched datasets using medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold) in Databricks, sourcing data from the VA Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW) and other internal and external systems. Datasets you build will feed Power BI semantic models used by stakeholders across the organization.

This role is fully remote and requires collaboration with clients to gather requirements and track work in JIRA.