Senior AWS Data Engineer — Remote Data Platform & Analytics

Syms Strategic Group, LLC

Clearwater (FL)

On-site

USD 85,000 - 117,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer focused on AWS data engineering to modernize healthcare data platforms. You will design cloud-native architectures and run SQL-based reporting for business users.

Responsibilities include selecting AWS data services, implementing data migrations, and building scalable data catalog and reporting layers. This is a remote US-based role with a Public Trust (MBI) clearance expectation.

Qualifications

8+ years of software/data engineering with strong AWS focus.
Experience architecting cloud data migrations in enterprise/healthcare.
Proven ability to select AWS data services for reporting needs.
Experience delivering analytics for non-technical users.
Hands-on AWS with S3, Athena, Glue, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, OpenSearch, Lambda, IAM, CloudWatch.
Strong SQL to design relational layers over XML/JSON data.
Experience parsing XML-heavy data stores at scale.
Ability to evaluate AWS trade-offs based on cost and performance.
Familiarity with AWS analytics tools (Athena, QuickSight, Redshift) and BI tooling.
Proficiency with Git; CI/CD and IaC practices (CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform).
Strong communication of architectural decisions to non-technical stakeholders.
Experience translating business reporting needs into data models.

Responsibilities

Lead healthcare data platform modernization.
Move from MSSQL XML object store to cloud-native AWS data architecture for SQL-based reporting.
Decide optimal AWS data strategy for the platform.
Choose storage/query tech (S3+Athena, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, OpenSearch).
Design reporting layer for SQL queries by business users.
Plan migration of XML object store data to AWS platform with proper formats.
Build data catalog, schemas, and metadata for discoverability.
Optimize query performance and cost across AWS services.
Collaborate with stakeholders to translate reporting requirements into data models.
Coordinate with back-end C#/.Net for data flow from EDI pipelines.
Implement CI/CD pipelines for data infra using AWS-native tools.
IaC using CDK/CloudFormation/Terraform; document architecture/runbooks.