Senior AWS Data Platform Engineer - Healthcare (Remote)

Talentify; San Antonio (TX); Remote; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented Data Platform Engineer for a remote role in the Veterans Affairs department. The position focuses on modernizing a healthcare data platform and migrating an MSSQL XML object store to a scalable AWS data architecture, enabling SQL-based reporting for business users.

Required skills include extensive AWS experience, SQL proficiency, and strong data modeling capabilities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software or data engineering with a strong AWS focus.
• Experience migrating cloud data platforms in production environments.
• Ability to select AWS data services to meet reporting needs.
• Experience delivering analytics for non-technical users.
• Hands-on AWS data services: S3, Athena, Glue, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, OpenSearch.
• Strong SQL for relational queries over XML/JSON data.
• Experience with XML-heavy data stores and data transformations.
• Ability to communicate architecture decisions to non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with BI tooling and CI/CD in AWS environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead healthcare data platform modernization initiatives.
• Evolve MSSQL XML object store toward a scalable AWS data architecture.
• Decide AWS data strategy and storage/query options (S3 + Athena, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, OpenSearch).
• Design reporting layers for SQL-based queries by business users.
• Plan migration of XML object store data to the AWS platform.
• Build and maintain AWS data catalog, schemas, and metadata management.
• Optimize query performance and cost across AWS services.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate reporting requirements into data models.
• Coordinate with .NET engineers to ensure data flow from EDI to the new layer.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines with AWS-native tools and IaC practices.
• Document architecture decisions and data dictionaries clearly.

Skills

AWS data services

SQL proficiency

XML data stores

Data architecture

C#/.Net integration

CI/CD pipelines

IaC (CDK/CloudFormation)

Data catalog / metadata

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Terraform

S3

Redshift

OpenSearch

QuickSight

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented Data Platform Engineer for a remote role in the Veterans Affairs department. The position focuses on modernizing a healthcare data platform and migrating an MSSQL XML object store to a scalable AWS data architecture, enabling SQL-based reporting for business users.

Required skills include extensive AWS experience, SQL proficiency, and strong data modeling capabilities.