Remote Data Engineer - Healthcare Analytics (Databricks)

GovCIO; Indianapolis (IN); 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 seeking a Data Engineer to design and build enriched datasets using a medallion architecture in Databricks, sourcing data from VA CDW and other systems. You will deliver analytics-ready data powering Power BI semantic models and collaborate with clients to refine requirements.

The role emphasizes managing pipelines, writing scalable SQL, and ensuring data quality with GitHub and JIRA for version control and tracking.

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 SQL to transform and model healthcare data.
• Prepare and optimize gold-layer datasets for 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 with clients 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 and investigations.
• Document data lineage, transformation logic, and business rules for enriched datasets.

Skills

Databricks

PySpark

SQL

Power BI

Client communication

Medallion architecture

Data modeling

Cloud analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

GitHub

JIRA

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a Data Engineer to design and build enriched datasets using a medallion architecture in Databricks, sourcing data from VA CDW and other systems. You will deliver analytics-ready data powering Power BI semantic models and collaborate with clients to refine requirements.

The role emphasizes managing pipelines, writing scalable SQL, and ensuring data quality with GitHub and JIRA for version control and tracking.