Data Engineer

Life at Healthy Alliance

At Healthy Alliance our purpose is to improve health and empower the underserved. Every community has its own needs affecting the health of those who live learn work and play within them. Our network brings together organizations big and small to coordinate and collaborate so that all communities have reliable access to the resources they need. Why Because every New Yorker deserves the same opportunity to be healthy.

Designated as the Social Care Network (SCN) Lead Entity for the Capital Region Central NY and North Country under New Yorks 1115 Waiver Amendments SCN & HealthRelated Social Needs (HRSN) Program we are responsible for ensuring that there is a seamless consistent endtoend process for HRSN screening navigation and the delivery of HRSN and other services to thousands of Medicaid Members. Transformative in nature this novel Program will further sustain our mission of advancing health equity within and across historically marginalized communities.

As aAlbany Business Reviews Best Places to Work and aModern Healthcares Best Places to Work in Health Care award recipient we strive to maintain a culture wherein highperforming missiondriven team members collectively work toward better health for all. Dedicated to promoting a culture built upon autonomy mastery and purpose we believe our differences in strengths and perspectives play an integral role in propelling us forward while our core values ground us serving as the common thread that unites our team.

Why You Should Join Healthy Alliance

We offer amenities professional development opportunities events and programming that support the interests of our teams while expanding and enriching our culture. Some of the benefits you can expect when you join Healthy Alliance include:

• Competitive compensation package
• Comprehensive insurance benefits available the 1st of the month after hire including but not limited to medical dental and vision group shortterm disability and life insurance with buyup options flexible spending and HSA companycontributed accounts and more
• 401K with a company match
• Unlimited paid time off after 90 days of employment
• Companysponsored training and certification opportunities
• Remote employer with flexible work schedules
• A workplace that values safety respect employee engagement recognition and diversity
• Salary range: $104150 $119773 per year commensurate with experience

Who You Are

The Data Engineer is responsible for ensuring that Healthy Alliances data is reliable accessible and effectively utilized by designing building and maintaining the infrastructure and data pipelines necessary for efficient data storage transformation accessibility flow and integration.

What Youll Do

Design and implement scalable data pipelines to integrate and process data from diverse sources.

Develop and optimize data warehouses and data lakes ensuring efficient data flow and accessibility across the organization.

Implement data quality frameworks and automated data validation processes to ensure data integrity and reliability.

Develop and maintain robust error management practices including error detection logging and resolution to ensure data accuracy and minimize data loss.

Manage file exchange processes ensuring secure and efficient transfer of data files between internal and external systems including handling various file formats and protocols.

Contribute to the adoption of modern data engineering practices including realtime data processing and stream processing.

Collaborate with Data Analysts to support the implementation of machine learning models.

Implement data governance and security measures ensuring compliance with HIPAA and other relevant regulations.

Optimize query performance and data access patterns for data analytics and reporting systems.

Design and implement data APIs and services to facilitate data integration across various applications and platforms.

Evaluate and integrate new data technologies to enhance Healthy Alliances data engineering capabilities.

Contribute to the development of best practices and coding standards for the data engineering team and of data engineering initiatives that support Healthy Alliances strategic goals and operational efficiency.

Work with business stakeholders to translate business requirements into effective data solutions.

Develop and maintain documentation for data architectures models and processes.

What Youll Need

Education

Bachelors degree in computer science information systems data science or a related field. Equivalent work experience in a related field may be considered in lieu of degree requirements.

Professional Work Experience

Minimum of 6 years of experience in data engineering with a track record of implementing effective data solutions.

Experience in the health care or social care services industries is preferred.

Skills Knowledge and Abilities

Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with advanced database management systems.

Solid experience with big data technologies such as Apache Spark Kafka or Hadoop ecosystem tools.

Proficiency in Python Scala or Java with experience in developing data processing applications.

Experience with cloud platforms (preferably Azure) and their data services including data lakes and data factories.

Good understanding of data modeling techniques including dimensional modeling.

Experience in designing and implementing data streaming and processing solutions.

Knowledge of data governance principles and data lineage tracking.

Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g. Docker) and orchestration platforms (e.g. Kubernetes).

Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g. Power BI Tableau) is beneficial.

Experience in designing data solutions that support analytics and machine learning workflows.

Knowledge of health care data standards (e.g. HL7 FHIR) and health care interoperability challenges.

Demonstrated ability to optimize data pipelines for performance and efficiency.

Experience in error management including the detection logging and resolution of data errors.

Experience in file exchange management including secure data file transfers and handling of various file formats and protocols.

Good communication skills capable of explaining technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences.

Embody Healthy Alliances vision mission and goals.

Contribute to a positive work environment by demonstrating cultural expectations rewarding performance and valuing accountability diversity and inclusion flexibility continuous improvement collaboration and creativity.

Your next career opportunity is at Healthy Alliance!

Physical Requirements

This position involves sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing use of typical office equipment such as a computer laptop and cell phone. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Healthy Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws regulations and ordinances. We adhere to these principles in all aspects of employment including recruitment hiring training compensation promotion benefits social and recreational programs and discipline. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application interviewing completing any preemployment testing or otherwise participating in the employee selection process please direct your inquiries to

Privacy Requirement

This job function involves potential access / interaction with protected health information. Position will be required to abide by company policies and procedures that support federal state and local HIPAA regulations. Any violations will be subject to company policy which includes disciplinary actions up to and including separation of employment.

Healthy Alliance is an AtWill Employer.