Semantic Architect

Cambia Health Solutions; Idaho City (ID); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare solutions provider is seeking a Semantic Architect to design and implement semantic data models on Snowflake for healthcare data. The role requires 8 years of relevant experience and at least 2 years working with Snowflake. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication skills and a background in data governance. This position offers a competitive salary and generous benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous benefits

Career growth opportunities

Qualifications

• 8 years relevant experience in a multi-platform environment.
• At least 2 years working with Snowflake or similar cloud data platforms.
• Experience with data governance and compliance in healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, extend, and maintain semantic data models on Snowflake.
• Collaborate with data engineers to integrate structured and unstructured data.
• Ensure the semantic layer supports analytics, BI, and AI use cases.

Skills

Experience with FHIR

Expertise in semantic technologies

Proficiency in SQL

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Mathematics, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Snowflake

GitLab

MicroStrategy

Collibra

Job description

SEMANTIC ARCHITECT (HEALTHCARE)
Telecommute (Possible 2026 Return to office) - within Oregon, Washington, Idaho or Utah

Build a career with purpose. Join our Cause to create a person-focused and economically sustainable health care system.

Who We Are Looking For:

Every day, Cambia’s Data & Analytics Engineering Team is living our mission to make health care easier and lives better. We’re seeking a seasoned Data and Analytics Engineer with extensive semantic data architecture experience to design and implement, expand, and enhance our existing semantic layer within our Snowflake data platform to support AI-driven semantic intelligence and BI for our health insurance payer organization.

What You Bring to Cambia:

• Qualifications and Certifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Mathematics, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field
  • 8 years relevant experience in a multi-platform environment, including, but not limited to application development or database development
  • At least 2 years working with Snowflake or similar cloud data platforms
  • Equivalent combination of education and experience

What You Will Do at Cambia (Not limited to):

• Enterprise Semantic Layer: Design, develop, extend, and maintain semantic data models on Snowflake to standardize data definitions, relationships, and ontologies for healthcare data.
• Data Integration: Collaborate with data engineers to integrate structured and unstructured data from internal and external sources into the semantic layer.
• Analytics and AI Enablement: Ensure the semantic layer supports analytics, BI, and AI use cases.
• Governance and Standards: Work closely with our Data Governance organization to develop governance policies, metadata standards, and ontologies.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work with business analysts, data modelers, data engineers, and business users to translate business requirements into semantic data models.
• Performance Optimization: Optimize semantic models for query performance and scalability on Snowflake.
• Documentation and Training: Document semantic models and provide training to end-users and technical teams on leveraging the semantic layer.

Skills and Attributes (Not limited to):

• Preferred: Experience with FHIR, HL7, or other healthcare data standards; familiarity with tools like Collibra or Informatica for metadata management.
• Expertise in semantic technologies, including Snowflake semantic views, MicroStrategy, AtScale, or Business Objects universes, and familiarity with healthcare ontologies.
• Strong understanding of analytics workflows and their data requirements.
• Experience with data governance, metadata management, and compliance in healthcare.
• Proficiency in dimensional data modeling.
• Proficiency in SQL and experience with Snowflake-specific features.
• Experience using code repositories such as GitLab or GitHub and CI/CD-based deployment.
• Excellent communication skills to bridge technical and business teams.

About Cambia

Working at Cambia means being part of a purpose-driven, award-winning culture built on trust and innovation anchored in our 100+ year history.

Why Join the Cambia Team?

• Work alongside diverse teams building cutting-edge solutions to transform health care.
• Earn a competitive salary and enjoy generous benefits while doing work that changes lives.
• Grow your career with a company committed to helping you succeed.
• Give back to your community by participating in Cambia-supported outreach programs.
• Connect with colleagues who share similar interests and backgrounds through our employee resource groups.

We are an Equal Opportunity employer dedicated to a drug and tobacco-free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law.