Senior AWS Data Engineer – Remote Healthcare Platform

Syms Strategic Group, LLC; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer focused on AWS data engineering to modernize a healthcare data platform and move from MSSQL XML object stores to scalable, cloud-native AWS architectures. The role involves designing reporting layers, selecting AWS data services, and ensuring cost-effective, performant data workflows.

Remote position in the United States, with a Public Trust clearance emphasis.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years in software/data engineering with strong AWS focus.
• Experience migrating cloud data platforms in production environments.
• Experience delivering analytics solutions for business users.
• Ability to translate requirements into performant data models and queries.
• Strong communication of architecture decisions to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead healthcare data platform modernization.
• Architect AWS-native data storage and query architecture.
• Design reporting/query layers for business users.
• Migrate XML object store data to AWS platform with optimal formats.
• Build and maintain data catalog, schemas, and metadata.

Skills

Cloud architecture

SQL proficiency

AWS data services

CI/CD

IaC

Effective communication

Agile / Scrum

Git & GitHub

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

AWS CDK/CloudFormation/Terraform

S3, Athena, Glue, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, OpenSearch

CodePipeline/CodeBuild/CodeDeploy

ETL/XML processing

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer focused on AWS data engineering to modernize a healthcare data platform and move from MSSQL XML object stores to scalable, cloud-native AWS architectures. The role involves designing reporting layers, selecting AWS data services, and ensuring cost-effective, performant data workflows.

Remote position in the United States, with a Public Trust clearance emphasis.