Senior Remote Data Engineer – Databricks & Power BI

GovCIO; Frankfort (KY); Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Training, Education and Certification

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO is hiring a Data Engineer to design and build enriched datasets using medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold) in Databricks, sourcing data from VA CDW and other systems for Power BI semantic models used across the organization.

The role collaborates with clients to gather requirements, track work in JIRA, and deliver well-documented data pipelines with strong SQL, PySpark, and GitHub version control. This is a fully remote position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of experience or commensurate experience.
• Hands-on experience building data pipelines and transformations in Databricks (PySpark and/or SQL).
• Strong SQL skills including complex joins and performance tuning.
• Experience with Power BI, preparing data for semantic models.
• Familiarity with GitHub for version control and collaborative development.
• Experience using JIRA or similar tools to track and manage work.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with clients/stakeholders.
• Understanding of medallion (bronze/silver/gold) data architecture principles.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain enriched datasets following medallion architecture (bronze, silver, gold) in Databricks.
• Develop, orchestrate, and monitor Databricks jobs and pipelines.
• Write efficient, well-structured SQL to transform and model healthcare data.
• Prepare and optimize gold-layer datasets for Power BI semantic models.
• Manage code and version control through GitHub, following team branching and review practices.
• Log, track, and update work items in JIRA.
• Partner with clients to understand requirements, clarify data definitions, and validate outputs.
• Troubleshoot data quality issues and ensure accuracy and consistency across pipelines.

Skills

Databricks

PySpark

SQL

Power BI

GitHub

JIRA

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Databricks

PySpark

SQL

GitHub

JIRA

Power BI

Job description

GovCIO is hiring a Data Engineer to design and build enriched datasets using medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold) in Databricks, sourcing data from VA CDW and other systems for Power BI semantic models used across the organization.

The role collaborates with clients to gather requirements, track work in JIRA, and deliver well-documented data pipelines with strong SQL, PySpark, and GitHub version control. This is a fully remote position.