Remote Data Platform Engineer — AWS Cloud Data Modernization

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Augusta (GA)

Remote

USD 85,000 - 117,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Data Platform Engineer to drive modernization of a healthcare data platform in a remote U.S. role.

You will architect cloud-native AWS data solutions, migrate XML object stores, and build scalable reporting layers for business users. Requirements include 8+ years in data or software engineering with strong AWS experience, expertise in SQL-based data models, and familiarity with XML data handling.

Qualifications

8+ years’ experience in software or data engineering with a strong AWS focus.
Proven experience architecting and executing cloud data platform migrations in production enterprise or healthcare environments.
Track record of evaluating and selecting AWS data services to meet business reporting and query requirements.
Experience delivering reporting or analytics solutions that serve non-technical business users.
Deep hands‑on AWS experience across data-oriented services – S3, Athena, Glue, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, OpenSearch, Lambda, IAM, and Cloudwatch.

Responsibilities

Lead the next phase of the healthcare data platform modernization.
Implement the evolution from MSSQL XML object store toward a scalable, cloud-native AWS data architecture for SQL-based reports and queries.
Evaluate and decide the right AWS data strategy for the platform.
Design and build the reporting and query layer for non-technical users to run relational SQL queries.
Architect migration path for XML object store data from MSSQL into AWS platform with optimal formats and partitioning.
Build and maintain AWS data catalog, schemas, and metadata management.