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Your Role

The Data Services team is responsible for technical design and end-to-end delivery of complex data-driven solutions and data products for the enterprise. The Data Engineer,Consultant will report to the Sr Manager, Data Solutions / Manager. This role serves as a senior individual contributor and technical leader, responsible for driving end‑to‑end delivery of complex data engineering solutions across cloud data platforms. The DE‑C partners closely with Solution Design Leads, Architects, Product Managers, and business stakeholders to translate solution designs and business requirements into scalable, secure, and production‑ready data products.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Your Work

In this role, you will:

Lead the design and implementation of complex, data pipelines and data products from development through production

Translate solution designs and business requirements into detailed technical architecture and implementation plans

Architect and build scalable, secure, and highly available data solutions across enterprise data platforms

Apply advanced data modeling techniques (Data Vault 2.0, dimensional, and domain‑oriented models) to support analytics and reporting needs

Embed data quality, testing, security, and observability by design across data pipelines

Drive operational excellence, including incident analysis, stabilization, performance tuning, and deployment optimization

Identify and implement optimization opportunities related to performance, reliability, and cloud cost management

Influence and evolve data engineering standards, patterns, and frameworks used by delivery teams

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to Data Engineers and Senior Data Engineers through design reviews and code reviews

Work within an agile / DevSecOps pod model, collaborating closely with solution leads, data modelers, analysts, and business partners

Support integration of AI/ML‑ready datasets by ensuring data is well‑modeled, reliable, and governed

Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders

Your Knowledge and Experience

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

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