Senior AWS Data Engineer – Remote Healthcare Analytics

Socket.dev; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer (AWS Data Engineer) to lead the healthcare data platform modernization from MSSQL/XML to a cloud-native AWS architecture. The role focuses on designing scalable data storage and SQL-based reporting for business stakeholders.

You will evaluate AWS data services, optimize cost and performance, and collaborate with a C#/.Net backend team to ensure seamless data flow through EDI pipelines and CI/CD for data infrastructure.

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead the next phase of the healthcare data platform modernization.
• Design and build the reporting and query layer for SQL queries against healthcare data.
• Architect migration from MSSQL XML object store into AWS platform with optimal storage formats and data organization.
• Build and maintain AWS data catalog, schemas, and metadata management.

Skills

AWS data services

SQL

CI/CD

IaC (CDK/CloudFormation/Terraform)

XML data handling

Data architecture design

Stakeholder communication

C#/.Net integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

AWS

GitHub

CodePipeline/CodeBuild/CodeDeploy

CDK/CloudFormation/Terraform

SQL engines (S3/Athena/Redshift)

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer (AWS Data Engineer) to lead the healthcare data platform modernization from MSSQL/XML to a cloud-native AWS architecture. The role focuses on designing scalable data storage and SQL-based reporting for business stakeholders.

You will evaluate AWS data services, optimize cost and performance, and collaborate with a C#/.Net backend team to ensure seamless data flow through EDI pipelines and CI/CD for data infrastructure.