Alltech, Inc. is seeking a Remote Data Engineer for a permanent position with a client building a new data warehouse.

The ideal candidate will live in or near Nashville, TN, Scranton, PA, Kalamazoo, MI or St. Paul, MN but it is not required.

Client Overview: Our client is dedicated to leveraging data to drive meaningful insights and transformative solutions in the specialized services/healthcare industry. Improving outcomes by harnessing the power of advanced data engineering and analytics is their goal. The team values innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence in all they do.

Job Purpose/Summary: We are seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer to join our dynamic team. This fully remote position involves designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and architectures to support our healthcare analytics initiatives. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in data engineering, particularly within the Azure ecosystem, and a passion for developing robust data solutions. You will also play a crucial role in building our brand-new data warehouse, helping to shape the future of our data infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:
• Design and implement scalable data pipelines for both streaming and batch processing, leveraging Azure Data Factory and other relevant technologies.
• Develop and maintain data lake architectures, ensuring efficient load strategies, appropriate file formats, and robust security measures.
• Utilize data platforms such as Synapse, Demio, Fabric, and Snowflake to manage and optimize data storage and retrieval.
• Play a key role in building and architecting a new data warehouse to support advanced analytics and reporting.
• Apply DevOps principles to data engineering tasks, utilizing GitHub or Azure DevOps for version control and CI/CD tooling.
• Employ Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Open Tofu, or Bicep to automate and manage infrastructure deployments.
• Integrate and manage data from various sources, including relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server) and unstructured sources/files/NoSQL.
• Implement data normalization and denormalization practices, including modeling and developing Kimball-style star schemas.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, understand business needs, and develop data solutions that meet those needs.
• Work with healthcare data and adhere to healthcare data standards such as HL7.
• Support MLOps specialists and data scientists in operationalizing machine learning models.

Required Qualifications:
• 5+ years of experience in a Data Engineer role, with 3+ years of experience with Azure.
• Proficiency with data platforms like Synapse, Demio, Fabric, or Snowflake.
• Strong knowledge of data lake architectures, load strategies, file formats, and security.
• Expertise in building and monitoring streaming and batch data pipelines with CDC.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps tools and practices, specifically GitHub or Azure DevOps and CI/CD tooling.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Open Tofu, or Bicep.
• Experience with a variety of data sources, including relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server) and unstructured sources/files/NoSQL.
• Understanding of data normalization, denormalization practices, modeling, and Kimball-style star schemas.
• Proven ability to collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and develop solutions.
• Familiarity with healthcare data and standards such as HL7, preferably at least 1 year.

Desired Qualifications:
• AZ-900 certification.
• Experience working with or operationalizing machine learning models.

Education:
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field preferred but not required.

Other Requirements:
• Background Check
• Physical that will include a drug screen and TB test

Alltech, Inc. is a leading provider of IT staffing services in Nashville and the surrounding areas. We do contract (Salaried, W-2, 1099 or Corp-to-Corp), contract-to-hire and direct placements within the Information Technology field. Alltech, Inc. offers a full line of benefits to our salaried and W-2 employees through our partnership with Benefit Consultants, Inc.

No visa sponsorship.
No third party recruiters/agencies.