Remote Data Engineer - Databricks Medallion Pipelines

GovCIO; Pierre (SD); Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Certification assistance

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO is looking for a Data Engineer to design and build enriched datasets using medallion architecture in Databricks, sourcing data from VA CDW and other systems. You will deliver analytics-ready data feeding Power BI models and collaborate with clients, stakeholders, and the engineering team across multiple offices.

This fully remote role emphasizes data quality and clear communication. You will work with Databricks, PySpark/SQL, and Power BI, managing pipelines in GitHub and tracking work in

Qualifications

• Bachelors 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 (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.

Skills

Databricks

PySpark

SQL

Power BI

GitHub

Jira

Client communication

Medallion architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

GitHub

Jira

Job description

GovCIO is looking for a Data Engineer to design and build enriched datasets using medallion architecture in Databricks, sourcing data from VA CDW and other systems. You will deliver analytics-ready data feeding Power BI models and collaborate with clients, stakeholders, and the engineering team across multiple offices.

This fully remote role emphasizes data quality and clear communication. You will work with Databricks, PySpark/SQL, and Power BI, managing pipelines in GitHub and tracking work in