Remote Data Engineer: Medallion Pipelines & Power BI

GovCIO; Boston (MA); 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

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 medallion architecture in Databricks, sourcing data from the VA Corporate Data Warehouse and other internal and external systems. The datasets feed Power BI semantic models used by stakeholders across the organization.

This is a fully remote role. The role requires hands-on Databricks, PySpark/SQL, strong SQL, and experience with Power BI, GitHub, and JIRA.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain enriched datasets in Databricks medallion architecture.
• Develop, orchestrate, and monitor Databricks jobs and pipelines.
• Write efficient SQL to transform and model healthcare data.
• Prepare gold-layer datasets for consumption by Power BI models.
• Manage code with GitHub and follow team branching/review practices.
• Log, track, and update work items in JIRA; collaborate with clients.
• Troubleshoot data quality issues and ensure accuracy across pipelines.
• Document data lineage, transformations, and business rules.
• Collaborate with Power BI developers and data scientists.

Skills

Databricks PySpark

SQL proficiency

Communication

Client-facing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Databricks

GitHub

JIRA

Power BI

SQL

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a Data Engineer to design and build enriched datasets using medallion architecture in Databricks, sourcing data from the VA Corporate Data Warehouse and other internal and external systems. The datasets feed Power BI semantic models used by stakeholders across the organization.

This is a fully remote role. The role requires hands-on Databricks, PySpark/SQL, strong SQL, and experience with Power BI, GitHub, and JIRA.