Principal Data Engineer

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The Principal Data Engineer is an enterpriselevel technical expert responsible for architecting complex data solutions designing crossdomain frameworks and shaping the organizational data strategy. This role brings advanced engineering mastery deep technology acumen and the ability to apply an enterprise perspective to data architecture. The Principal Data Engineer influences architectural direction leads major initiatives and acts as a mentor and subject matter expert across the organization.

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at the companys discretion.

Education

• Required - Bachelors Computer Science Engineering or related field.
• Preferred - Masters

Work Experience

• Required - 10 years Data engineering or related technical experience. Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise data engineering solutions including cloud-based architectures (Azure AWS) and modern data platforms (Snowflake Databricks) across complex multi-domain environments. Strong background in Infrastructure security Role based access controls data governance and cross-system integration. Strong experience in developing and implementing engineering standards best practices and continuous improvement across the data engineering function.
• Preferred - 10 years experience in platform engineering and FinOps data analytics and visualization tools like Tableau PowerBI and Sigma. Building data products semantic models and/or AI Agents

Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

• Thought leadership and enterpriselevel problem solving.
• Ability to influence executive stakeholders and guide organizational direction.
• Expertise in translating complex technical concepts for business audiences.
• Strong mentoring ability and passion for building engineering talent.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to design for longterm scalability and value.
• Proven expertise in leading data and anlytics modernization initiatives to minimize data and process duplication and redundancies.
• Excellent analytical problem-solving communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven capability in ETL/ELT design streaming data pipelines workflow orchestration and DevOps practices (version control CI/CD).
• Demonstrated leadership in technical strategy technology evaluation and Innovation.
• Deep expertise in Cloud Databases Advanced SQL Data modelling Medallion data architectures and complex data model design.

Job Duties

• Designs enterprise-scale data platforms and solutions leveraging cloud ecosystems (Azure AWS) and modern data platforms (Snowflake Databricks).
• Evaluates and implements emerging technologies including AI/ML capabilities to enhance data products and deliver measurable business value and innovation.
• Applies expertlevel knowledge of data systems cloud architectures big data platforms streaming technologies orchestration tools and enterprise integration patterns.
• Optimizes data ecosystems by simplifying integration patterns improving performance and eliminating redundancy.
• Communicates and negotiates technical direction with executive leadership.
• Ensures data quality accessibility and security through solid engineering practices and collaboration with architects and data stewards.
• Champions data security governance and compliance through implementation of role-based access controls and enterprise policies.
• Drives engineering excellence through quality first practices performance optimization and process improvement initiatives.
• Partners with cross functional stakeholders to shape data strategy roadmaps and high impact solutions that enable actionable insights at scale.
• Leads design of resilient secure and highly available engineering solutions across the full technology stack.
• Mentors and guides engineering teams serving as a subject matter expert and elevating technical capability across the organization.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work only. They are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities duties and skills. Other duties may be added or this description amended at any time.

Remains knowledgeable on current federal state and local laws accreditation standards or regulatory agency requirements that apply to the assigned area of responsibility and ensures compliance with all such laws regulations and standards.

This employer maintains and complies with its Compliance & Privacy Program and Standards of Conduct including the immediate reporting of any known or suspected unethical or questionable behaviors or conduct; patient/employee safety patient privacy and/or other compliance-related concerns. The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status or disability status.

Physical and Environmental Demands

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.

Sedentary Work- Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (occasionally means activity or conditions exist up to 1/3 of the work day) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (frequently means activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the work day) to lift carry push pull or otherwise move objects including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Normal routine involves no exposure to blood body fluid or tissue and as part of their employment incumbents are not called upon to perform or assist in emergency care or first aid.
The incumbent has no occupational risk for exposure to communicable diseases .

Because the incumbent works within a healthcare setting there may be occupational risk for exposure to hazardous medications or hazardous waste within the environment through receipt transport storage preparation dispensing administration cleaning and/or disposal of contaminated waste. The risk level of exposure may increase depending on the essential job duties of the role.

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