Data Engineer

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The Data Engineer is an independent data professional who analyzes, architects and engineers data pipelines and data integration activities to power data products and support the overall Knowledge Management and Data Operations mission at Cook Children's.

This role participates in data engineering activities including data pipeline design, data ingestion, data integration, data cleansing, data mapping, data store architecture, data transformation, tuning, testing, and data quality. This role contributes to the expansion of the Cook data platform through data flow development, workload management, data architecture/structures/schemas, orchestration and metadata/lineage. The Data Engineer partners with senior Data Engineers as well as Business Intelligence developers and analysts to design robust, scalable data pipelines and data architectures that power reports, dashboards, integrations and advanced analytics products/capabilities while enabling rapid experimentation. This positon interfaces with business customers and bridges the gap between business and technology solutions throughout the data product lifecycle to ensure that technical solutions meet the needs of the business.

The Data Engineer has experience with SQL, data modeling (relational and/or data warehouse context), and ETL/ELT development. They have familiarity with modern cloud-based data platforms (data lake, data warehouse), cloud data integration technologies, business intelligence tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.), and at least one modern programming language (SQL, Python, Scala, Java, etc). They have demonstrated experience aligning data architectures with business requirements and building data pipelines that interface well with on premise systems/applications as well as modern data sources (APIs, web data sources, real-time/streaming, unstructured data, etc.). They have excellent analytical skills and have demonstrated success in succinctly conveying complex data concepts for storytelling and to influence decision making.

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems (MIS), Business or related/relevant degree AND minimum of 2 years of experience as a Data Engineer, Database Developer, BI Developer, Software Engineer, Programmer, Technical or Systems Analysts, and/or Database Administrator preferred
• OR Minimum of 4 years of experience as a Data Engineer, Database Developer, BI Developer, Software Engineer, Programmer, Technical or Systems Analysts, and/or Database Administrator preferred
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in Information Technology required.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a Health Care environment preferred.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification

• Epic certification(s) a plus, and may be required upon hire or within six months of hire date based on the primary responsibilities/focus of the role.
• Preferred Epic certification(s) include Cogito Systems Administration, Caboodle-Clarity Development, Caboodle Development, Clarity Data Model, Clinical Data Model, Revenue Cycle Data Model, Access Data model, and/or Caboodle Data Model.
• Snowflake and/or Microsoft certification(s) a plus
• Other relevant data engineering certification(s) a plus

About Us:

Cook Children's Health Care System

Cook Children's Health Care System offers a unique approach to caring for children because we are one of the country's leading integrated pediatric health care delivery organizations. Patients benefit from the integrated system because it allows Cook Children's to use all of its resources to treat a patient and allows for easy communication between the various companies by physicians with a focus on caring for children and adolescents.

Cook Children's is an equal opportunity employer. As such, Cook Children's offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal laws. These opportunities include terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including but not limited to hiring, job placement, training, compensation, discipline, advancement and termination.