Description and Requirements The Senior Data Engineer leads and implements best-in-class data management strategies and practices through various forms of integration, data acquisition/ingestion, data cleansing/refinements, data transformations/conversions, data migrations, data purging, and back-ups. The incumbent works with a variety of users and stakeholders to understand data requirements and supports the data architecture to translate into the data management practice at Healthfirst. The Sr. Data Engineer authors artifacts defining standards and definitions for storing, processing, and moving data including associated processes and business rules. Additionally, the Sr. Data Engineer maps the details within these artifacts to business processes, non-functional characteristics, qualitative criteria, and technical enablement. He/she must constantly think through the needs of the business to support efficient and error-free processes. The Sr. Data Engineer finds trends in datasets and develops workflows and algorithms to highlight strategic raw data as useful to the enterprise. The Sr. Data Engineer creates data acquisition strategy and develops dataset processes in a robust manner according to best practices of standardization.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Designs and implements standardized data management procedures around data staging, data ingestion, data preparation, data provisioning, and data destruction (e.g., scripts, programs, automation, etc.)Ensures quality of technical solutions as data moves across multiple zones and environmentsProvides insight into the changing data environment, data processing, data storage and utilization requirements for the company, and offer suggestions for solutionsEnsures managed analytic assets to support the company’s strategic goals by creating and verifying data acquisition requirements and strategyDevelops, constructs, tests, and maintains architecturesAligns architecture with business requirements and uses programming language and toolsIdentifies ways to improve data reliability, efficiency, and qualityConducts research for industry and business questionsDeploys sophisticated analytics programs, machine learning, and statistical methods to efficiently implement solutionsPrepares data for predictive and prescriptive modeling and find hidden patterns using dataUses data to discover tasks that can be automatedCreates data monitoring capabilities for each business process and works with data consumers on updatesAligns data architecture to the solution architecture; contributes to overall solution architectureDevelops patterns for standardizing the environment technology stackHelps maintain the integrity and security of company dataAdditional duties as assigned or required

Minimum Qualifications:

8+ Years overall IT experienceEnterprise experience in scripting languages primarily Python and Pyspark building enterprise frameworksEnterprise experience in data ingestion methodologies using different etl tools(Glue,DBT or any other)Enterprise experience in data warehousing concepts and big data technologies like EMR, HadoopEnterprise experience in any cloud infrastructure like AWS,GCP,AzureStrong SQL expertise across different relational and NoSQL Databases.

Preferred Qualifications:

Strong knowledge of data security, encryption, and compliance standards.Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices in a data engineering environment.Experience in API buildingExperience building stream platforms

Compliance and Regulatory Responsibilities: N/A

License/Certification: N/A

Hiring Range*:

Greater New York City Area (NY, NJ, CT residents): $131,900 - $190,570

All Other Locations (within approved locations): $117,400 - $174,675

As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, licenses and certifications, and any other factors Healthfirst deems pertinent to the hiring decision.

In addition to your salary, Healthfirst offers employees a full range of benefits such as, medical, dental and vision coverage, incentive and recognition programs, life insurance, and 401k contributions (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Healthfirst believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package wherever its employees work and live.

*The hiring range is defined as the lowest and highest salaries that Healthfirst in “good faith” would pay to a new hire, or for a job promotion, or transfer into this role.