Senior Data Engineer - Cloud Data Platforms & Data Products

Blue Shield of CA; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of CA is seeking a Data Engineer, Consultant to drive end-to-end data engineering solutions across cloud platforms. You will work with Solution Design Leads, Architects, Product Managers, and business stakeholders to turn designs and requirements into scalable, secure, and production-ready data products.

The role emphasizes leadership in technical delivery without formal people management, experience with CI/CD, DataOps, and modern data stacks such as Snowflake and Databricks.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Requires a minimum of 7 years of data engineering experience.
• Advanced hands-on expertise in SQL, including automation and pipeline optimization.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred) and services such as ADLS, Synapse, and Data Factory.
• Extensive experience with modern data platforms including Snowflake, Databricks, and orchestration tools such as Airflow or Tidal.
• Deep understanding of data modeling, integration patterns, data architecture, data quality, and data warehousing.
• Proven experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and DataOps practices.
• Strong understanding of security, privacy, and compliance requirements in regulated environments.
• Experience working with largescale, distributed data platforms and parallel processing architecture.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proven ability to lead technically without formal people management responsibility.
• Preferred: Healthcare industry experience, including exposure to Epic or similar ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex data engineering solutions across cloud data platforms.
• Collaborate with Solution Design Leads, Architects, Product Managers, and stakeholders to translate designs into scalable data products.
• Drive production-ready data pipelines with CI/CD and DataOps practices.
• Mentor technical teammates and contribute as a senior individual contributor.

Skills

SQL

Azure cloud

Snowflake

Databricks

Airflow

Data modeling

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Security & compliance

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Azure Synapse

Azure Data Factory

ADLS Gen2

Terraform

Job description

Blue Shield of CA is seeking a Data Engineer, Consultant to drive end-to-end data engineering solutions across cloud platforms. You will work with Solution Design Leads, Architects, Product Managers, and business stakeholders to turn designs and requirements into scalable, secure, and production-ready data products.

The role emphasizes leadership in technical delivery without formal people management, experience with CI/CD, DataOps, and modern data stacks such as Snowflake and Databricks.