[Remote] Database Engineer (Remote)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GovCIO is hiring a Data Engineer to support Department of Veterans Affairs programs by building reliable, analytics-ready healthcare datasets. The role designs and maintains Databricks data pipelines using medallion architecture, prepares data for Power BI semantic models, collaborates with clients and stakeholders, and ensures data quality and documentation.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain enriched datasets following medallion architecture (bronze, silver, gold layers) 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 consumption by 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 directly with clients and stakeholders to understand requirements, clarify data definitions, and validate outputs
- Troubleshoot data quality issues and ensure accuracy and consistency across pipelines
- Write ad hoc queries to support client requests, investigations, and one-off analyses
- Perform data validation and quality assurance checks on pipelines and enriched datasets to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency
- Document data lineage, transformation logic, and business rules for enriched datasets
- Collaborate with Power BI developers and data scientists on the broader team to ensure datasets meet downstream reporting and analytical needs
Skills
- Bachelors degree and 12+ yrs 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, aggregations, and performance tuning
- Experience working with Power BI, including 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 comfort working directly with clients/stakeholders
- Understanding of medallion (bronze/silver/gold) data architecture principles
- Prior experience working within the VA or VHA
- Deep understanding of the VA Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW)
- Familiarity with VistA/CPRS
- Familiarity with the Federal EHR (Oracle Health)
- Experience with healthcare data domains (e.g., appointments, consults/referrals, orders, TIU notes, visits)
Benefits
- Fully remote position
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