Remote Data Engineer, Databricks & Medallion Architecture

GovCIO; Columbia (SC); Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development

Certification support

Referral Bonus

Internal Mobility

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 CDW and other internal and external systems. The datasets you build will feed directly into Power BI semantic models used by stakeholders across the organization.

This is a fully remote position. Strong SQL skills, PySpark/Databricks experience, and proficiency with GitHub and JIRA are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ yrs of experience (or commensurate experience).
• Hands-on experience building data pipelines and transformations in Databricks (PySpark and/or SQL).
• Strong SQL skills, including complex joins, aggregations, and performance tuning.
• Experience working with Power BI, including preparing data for semantic models.
• Familiarity with GitHub for version control and collaborative development.
• Experience using JIRA or similar tools to track and manage work.
• Strong communication skills and comfort working directly with clients/stakeholders.
• Understanding of medallion (bronze/silver/gold) data architecture principles.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain enriched datasets following medallion architecture 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

Medallion data architecture

SQL proficiency

Databricks

PySpark

Power BI

GitHub

JIRA

Client communication

Data validation

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Databricks

PySpark

SQL

GitHub

JIRA

Power BI

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 CDW and other internal and external systems. The datasets you build will feed directly into Power BI semantic models used by stakeholders across the organization.

This is a fully remote position. Strong SQL skills, PySpark/Databricks experience, and proficiency with GitHub and JIRA are essential.