Healthcare Data Engineering Lead
Software Engineering, Data Science
Remote
Company: Top-tier Fed Gov consulting firm
Position: Health Data Engineering Lead
4 year federal gov contract
Citizen & GC only
Benefits: Healthcare, dental, 401k etc
JOB DESCRIPTION:
· Lead technical delivery for complex healthcare data and analytics initiatives, providing day-to-day direction to data engineers, analysts, and other technical team members.
· Manage technical workplans, priorities, dependencies, risks, and deliverables to keep workstreams on schedule and aligned with project objectives.
· Serve as a bridge between business and technical teams, translating business requirements and data needs into actionable technical requirements and solutions.
· Lead the ingestion, mapping, transformation, validation, and integration of complex healthcare data, including claims, eligibility, enrollment, payment, and other administrative data, from multiple sources.
· Guide the design and development of scalable data pipelines and analytics solutions using Databricks, Python, SQL, and modern data engineering practices.
· Work directly with client and external stakeholders to understand data structures, business rules, data-quality issues, and technical constraints and drive issues through resolution.
· Oversee data validation and quality-control processes to assess completeness, accuracy, consistency, and readiness for downstream analytics.
· Lead technical requirements and solutioning discussions and communicate technical approaches, risks, issues, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
· Provide hands-on troubleshooting and technical guidance when needed while maintaining ownership of overall team delivery.
· Identify opportunities to improve data engineering processes, automation, maintainability, and scalability.
What You Need
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
· 7+ years of experience delivering data, analytics, technology, or related technical solutions, preferably within healthcare or the public sector.
· 3+ years of experience leading technical teams or technical delivery, including responsibility for work planning, delivery management, issue resolution, and coordination across multiple stakeholders.
· Demonstrated technical project management experience delivering complex data, analytics, or technology initiatives.
· Strong experience with data engineering, including data ingestion, ETL/ELT, transformation, data mapping, data validation, and data quality.
· Hands-on experience with Databricks, Python, and SQL, or demonstrated experience leading teams delivering solutions using these technologies.
· Experience working with large, complex datasets and translating business requirements into technical solutions.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience working directly with clients and communicating complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
· Strong problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to lead teams through complex technical and data issues.
· Ability to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders, dependencies, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
· Experience working with healthcare data, health IT, or healthcare analytics.
What Is Nice to Have
· Previous experience supporting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) programs, systems, or data.
· Experience working with state government health programs, including Medicaid, State-based Exchanges, or other health and human services programs.
· Experience with healthcare claims, eligibility, enrollment, payment, or other administrative healthcare data.
· Experience designing or delivering solutions using Databricks Lakehouse/Medallion architecture, Delta Lake, or comparable cloud data platforms.
· Experience modernizing legacy data or analytics environments, including migration from SAS or other legacy technologies to Python, SQL, or Databricks.
· Understanding of data normalization, automated validation, configurable business rules, and data-quality frameworks.
· Experience working in Agile delivery environments and coordinating across engineering, analytics, functional, and project management teams.
· Experience supporting federal technology or data programs with security, privacy, and data-governance requirements.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance are available to qualified candidates who meet eligibility requirements.