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WebMD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, color, religion, sex, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, medical condition, disability, veterans status, or any other basis protected by law.Imagine if your work helped people better understand the conditions affecting their best health or the health of someone under their care. A job in the Technology organization at Healthwise focuses on delivery of health education to any scenario that helps someone get informed about and involved in their health care.Since 1975, the Healthwise mission has been to help people make better health decisions. This mission—combined with our innovative spirit—has led to health education and technological solutions used to deliver education as part of care millions of times each month. JOB SUMMARY The ideal candidate has experience and passion for data engineering. They are an expert in their field – whether that be the front end (data visualization, DAX, Power BI, SQL) or the back end (SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, data modeling, SQL) of the data engineering world. Exhibits expert knowledge of architecture and system design principles. This person has a consistent record of very strong ownership for their area, is considered the guru in their technical space. This person is able to solve complex cross-functional challenges and perform complex analysis of business needs and provide innovative solutions. Works across the organization to foster a culture of architecture that allows for iterative, autonomous development and future scaling. Guides teams in the organization in anticipation of future use cases and helps them make design decisions that minimize the cost of future changes.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIESBuilds software to extract, transform and load data – SSIS, Azure Data Factory, SynapseModels data for efficient consumption by reporting and analytics tools – Azure Analysis Services, Power BI, SQL DatabasesMaintains previously deployed software and reports – Power BI, SSIS, AAS, SQL ServerDesigns dashboards and reports to meet business needsPresents technical problems with solutions in mind, in a constructive and understood fashionDemonstrates expert proficiency by sharing learnings with team and in technical showcasesIndependently discovers solutions and collaborates on insights and best practicesTakes ownership of team’s work deliverables and actively participates in mentoring of team membersActively seeks out opportunities to help improve the team’s practices and processes to achieve fast flowWorks with other developers to facilitate knowledge transfer and conduct code reviewsConsistently works across the organization to enable teams to support each otherEnsures that credit is shared and given when dueWorks to build and improve strong relationships across the organizationLeverages those relationships to better plan for and position the engineering organizationLeads strategic organizational decisions and plansConsistently works at a strategic level, influencing decisions to achieve organizational alignment on major goalsFacilitates organization-wide discussions, ensuring that everyone has an opportunity to share their opinion and be heard, and that discussion outcomes tie to stated goalsEncourages quiet participants and ensures no one person dominates the conversation REQUIREMENTS7+ years of Data Engineering experienceBachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Operations, or equivalent work experienceAdvanced experience with Standard Query Language (SQL) and data modeling/architectureAdvanced experience with Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)Advanced experience and understanding of data integration engines such as SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) or Azure Data Factory or SynapseAll offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background checkMaintains previously deployed software and reports – Power BI, SSIS PREFERRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGEAdvanced experience with data engineering in a cloud development - Microsoft Azure is preferredAdvanced experience with self-service query tools and dashboards - preferably Power BIAdvanced understanding of star schema design and managing large data volumesFamiliarity with data science and machine learning capabilitiesAbility to interact with people, inside and outside the team, in order to see a project to completionExperience protecting individual privacy such as required by HIPAATo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform theessential functions satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation.