Remote Data Engineer: Databricks & Medallion Architecture

GovCIO; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP

Corporate discounts

Learning & Development platform

Certification assistance

Referral bonus program

Internal mobility program

Pet insurance

Flexible work environment

Job summary

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

You will collaborate with clients to gather requirements, track work in JIRA, and deliver robust, well-documented data pipelines. This fully remote role supports multiple VA programs, requires strong SQL, PySpark, and Power BI

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of experience in data engineering.
• Hands-on experience building data pipelines in Databricks (PySpark/SQL).
• Strong SQL skills with complex joins and performance tuning.
• Experience preparing data for Power BI semantic models.
• Familiarity with GitHub for version control and collaboration.
• Experience using JIRA to track and manage work.
• Strong communication when working with clients and stakeholders.
• Understanding of medallion (bronze/silver/gold) data architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain medallion datasets in Databricks.
• Develop, orchestrate, and monitor Databricks jobs and pipelines.
• Write efficient SQL to transform healthcare data.
• Prepare gold-layer datasets for Power BI semantic models.
• Manage code with GitHub and follow team branching.
• Log and track work items in JIRA.
• Collaborate with clients to validate outputs.
• Perform data validation and quality checks.
• Document data lineage and transformation logic.
• Partner with Power BI developers and data scientists.

Skills

Databricks

SQL

Power BI

GitHub

JIRA

Client communication

Medallion data architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Power BI

GitHub

JIRA

Job description

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

You will collaborate with clients to gather requirements, track work in JIRA, and deliver robust, well-documented data pipelines. This fully remote role supports multiple VA programs, requires strong SQL, PySpark, and Power BI