Data Engineer (Remote Available)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN

21h • Remote

About The Position

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center : Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. Organization: HealthIT Data Platform Services Job Summary: The Data Platform Services team is seeking a Data Engineer with an inquisitive and analytical mindset to join our data engineering team. In your role, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing our cloud-based data infrastructure, as well as designing and implementing efficient data extraction and ingestion processes. You will also be responsible for working with stakeholders to identify data needs, investigating opportunities to improve platform scalability, building generic solutions for patterned problems, and ensuring data accuracy and integrity.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 2+ years Python and/or C## in an OOP paradigm experience
• 2+ years implementing cloud solutions with Azure, AWS, or GCP
• 1+ years with SQL experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience with REST data services, APIs, and microservices
• Experience with Git
• Experience with containerization with Docker or Podman
• Experience with Databricks or Apache Spark with certifications being a plus
• Experience with PowerShell and/or Bash
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code solutions such as Terraform
• Experience CI/CD automation in GitLab, GitHub, or Azure DevOps
• GitHub profile link to some personal code examples

Responsibilities

• Design and develop performant data pipelines that support a variety of source system types (flat files, APIs, databases, etc.)
• Troubleshoot issues with production pipelines and work with internal stakeholders to deploy fixes
• Develop tools and services used by other teams to create, test, and deliver data-related assets
• Provide administration support for our Azure Databricks platform

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level