Senior AWS Data Engineer — Remote Healthcare Data Platform

Syms Strategic Group, LLC; Roanoke (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group, LLC seeks a Senior Systems Engineer (AWS Data Engineer) to lead the next phase of healthcare data platform modernization. The role centers on migrating XML-object-store data to AWS, enabling SQL-based reporting and scalable analytics for business users.

Required is 8+ years of AWS-focused data engineering, strong SQL skills, and experience selecting AWS data services to balance cost and performance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software or data engineering with AWS focus.
• Experience migrating cloud data platforms in production.
• Ability to design SQL-oriented data layers over semi-structured data.
• Experience with XML-heavy data stores and healthcare data is a plus.
• Proficient in GitHub workflows and CI/CD practices on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Lead modernization of a healthcare data platform on AWS.
• Design and migrate XML object stores to cloud-native data architectures.
• Select AWS data services to meet reporting needs and cost targets.
• Build reporting/query layers for SQL-based access by business users.
• Collaborate with C#/.Net engineers to ensure data flow from EDI to the data layer.
• Implement IaC and CI/CD pipelines using AWS tools.

Skills

AWS data engineering

SQL querying

XML data handling

CI/CD tooling

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

S3

Athena

Glue

Aurora

DynamoDB

Redshift

OpenSearch

Lambda

IAM

Job description

Syms Strategic Group, LLC seeks a Senior Systems Engineer (AWS Data Engineer) to lead the next phase of healthcare data platform modernization. The role centers on migrating XML-object-store data to AWS, enabling SQL-based reporting and scalable analytics for business users.

Required is 8+ years of AWS-focused data engineering, strong SQL skills, and experience selecting AWS data services to balance cost and performance.