Senior AWS Data Platform Engineer - Remote Healthcare

Syms Strategic Group, LLC; Alpharetta (GA); Remote; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to lead the modernization of a healthcare data platform in a remote, U.S.-based role. The candidate will drive migration from MSSQL XML stores to a cloud-native AWS data architecture, enabling SQL-based reports for business users and analysts.

The role requires deep AWS experience with S3, Athena, Glue, Redshift, OpenSearch, and BI/reporting tooling, plus strong SQL skills and collaboration with a .NET backend.

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience in software or data engineering with a strong AWS focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the next phase of the healthcare data platform modernization.
• Implement the evolution from MSSQL XML object store toward a scalable, cloud-native AWS data architecture for SQL-based reports and queries.
• Evaluate and decide the right AWS data strategy for the platform.
• Evaluate and recommend the optimal AWS-native data storage and query architecture for the XML object store data, assessing options such as S3 + Athena, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, and OpenSearch based on query patterns, reporting needs, cost, and scalability.
• Design and build the reporting and query layer that allows business stakeholders and non-technical users to run relational SQL queries against healthcare data using familiar tooling.
• Architect the migration path for XML object store data from MSSQL into the target AWS platform, defining storage formats, partitioning strategies, and data organization for optimal query performance.
• Build and maintain AWS data catalog, schemas, and metadata management so that object store data is discoverable and queryable by business users.
• Optimize query performance and cost across chose AWS services – partitioning, compression, file formats, and query pattern tuning.
• Work directly with business stakeholders and analysts to understand reporting requirements and translate them into durable, performant data models and query patterns.
• Collaborate with back-end C#/.Net engineer to ensure data flows cleanly from EDI processing pipelines into the new data layer.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data infrastructure using AWS-native tooling (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy)
• Apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform
• Document architecture decisions, data flows, and data dictionaries clearly for both technical and non-technical audiences

Skills

AWS

SQL

Data architecture

CI/CD

IaC

XML data

Agile

Documentation

Stakeholder comms

ETL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

S3

Athena

Glue

Aurora

DynamoDB

Redshift

OpenSearch

Lambda

IAM

CloudWatch

CodePipeline

CodeBuild

CodeDeploy

CDK

CloudFormation

Terraform

Job description

Syms Strategic Group is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to lead the modernization of a healthcare data platform in a remote, U.S.-based role. The candidate will drive migration from MSSQL XML stores to a cloud-native AWS data architecture, enabling SQL-based reports for business users and analysts.

The role requires deep AWS experience with S3, Athena, Glue, Redshift, OpenSearch, and BI/reporting tooling, plus strong SQL skills and collaboration with a .NET backend.