Remote Data Engineer — Medallion Databricks Architect

GovCIO; Austin (TX); 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

Job summary

GovCIO is hiring a Data Engineer to design and build enriched datasets using medallion architecture in Databricks, sourcing data from the VA Corporate Data Warehouse and other systems. You will feed Power BI semantic models used across the organization and work with clients to gather requirements, track work in JIRA, and deliver well-documented data pipelines.

This is a fully remote role supporting multiple offices and programs within the VA, with a focus on healthcare data and analytics to

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.

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 Power BI semantic models.
• Log, track, and update work items in JIRA.
• Collaborate with clients and stakeholders to understand requirements and validate outputs.

Skills

Strong communication

Client/stakeholder engagement

Medallion data architecture

Data modeling

Healthcare analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Databricks

PySpark

SQL

Power BI

GitHub

JIRA

Job description

GovCIO is hiring a Data Engineer to design and build enriched datasets using medallion architecture in Databricks, sourcing data from the VA Corporate Data Warehouse and other systems. You will feed Power BI semantic models used across the organization and work with clients to gather requirements, track work in JIRA, and deliver well-documented data pipelines.

This is a fully remote role supporting multiple offices and programs within the VA, with a focus on healthcare data and analytics to