Vanderbilt Health - Nashville, TN
posted 2 months ago
The Data Platform Services team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is seeking a Senior Data Engineer who possesses an inquisitive and analytical mindset. This role is pivotal in developing, maintaining, and optimizing our cloud-based data infrastructure. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing efficient data extraction and ingestion processes, ensuring data accuracy and integrity, and collaborating with stakeholders to identify data needs. The position requires a proactive approach to investigating opportunities for improving platform scalability and building generic solutions for recurring problems. In this role, you will independently design and develop performant data pipelines that support various source system types, including flat files, APIs, and databases. You will troubleshoot complex issues with production pipelines and work closely with internal stakeholders to deploy fixes. Additionally, you will develop tools and services that other teams can utilize to create, test, and deliver data-related assets. Mentoring junior developers in best practices during code review sessions will also be part of your responsibilities. Furthermore, you will design and develop cloud infrastructure-as-code to support the data platform and assist with onboarding and training new employees as needed. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, with a minimum of 4 years of experience in C# and/or Python within an object-oriented programming paradigm, along with 2 years of SQL experience. Familiarity with REST data services, APIs, and microservices is essential, as is experience with containerization technologies such as Docker or Podman. Preferred qualifications include experience with CI/CD automation in GitLab, GitHub, or Azure DevOps, as well as creating cloud solutions with Azure, AWS, or GCP. Bonus qualifications include experience with Databricks or Apache Spark and Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM.