AWS Data Engineer

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer (Amazon Web Services (AWS) Data Engineer) to lead the next phase of the healthcare data platform modernization and continue the evolution towards a scalable, cloud-native AWS data architecture.

Requirements

• Lead the next phase of the healthcare data platform modernization
• Continue the evolution from a Microsoft Structured Query Language Server (MSSQL) eXtensible Markup Language (XML) object store toward a scalable, cloud-native AWS data architecture
• Evaluate and decide the right AWS data strategy for the team’s platform
• Design and build the reporting and query layer that allows business stakeholders and non-technical users to run relational SQL queries against healthcare data using familiar tooling
• Architect the migration path for XML object store data from MSSQL into the target AWS platform
• Build and maintain AWS data catalog(s), schemas, and metadata management so that object store data is discoverable and queryable by business users
• Optimize query performance and cost across chosen AWS services – partitioning, compression, file formats, and query pattern tuning
• Work directly with business stakeholders and analysts to understand reporting requirements and translate them into durable, performant data models and query patterns
• Implement and maintain Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for data infrastructure using AWS-native tooling (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy)
• Apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), CloudFormation, or Terraform
• Document architecture decisions, data flows, and data dictionaries clearly for both technical and non-technical audiences