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The Data Engineer,Senior will report to the Sr Manager, Data Solutions / Manager. This role is responsible for independent designing, building, and operating complex data pipelines and cloud data solutions while embedding security, automation, and reliability throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC). The Senior Data Engineer plays a critical role in ensuring production readiness, operational excellence, and adherence to engineering standards across data products.\nThis role is a hands-on technical leader who thrives in a collaborative environment, contributes to engineering best practices, and actively supports continuous improvement across people, process, and technology.\nOur leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow - personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.\n Your Work\nIn this role, you will:\nDesign, build, and maintain complex, data pipelines from development through production for multiple use cases\n\nDevelop efficient, scalable, and cost-effective implementations, leveraging reusable frameworks and patterns\n\nIntegrate security, automation, and quality controls throughout the SDLC using DevSecOps best practices\n\nDrive operational excellence, including incident management, root cause analysis, and deployment stability\n\nLeverage AI-assisted approaches across development, testing, and deployment to reduce operational overhead and improve quality\n\nMonitor and manage software configuration changes to proactively address data reliability and customer experience issues\n\nCoordinate sustaining support for multiple data platforms or business processes within a cloud environment\n\nPerform monitoring, tuning, and optimization of data pipelines to ensure performance, availability, and efficient resource utilization\n\nImplement and maintain automated testing, validation, and monitoring frameworks for data workflows\n\nWork within an agile / DevSecOps pod model alongside solution leads, data modelers, analysts, and business partners\n\nProvide technical expertise to translate complex functional requirements into robust technical designs\n\nMentor and support Data Engineers through code reviews, knowledge sharing, and engineering guidance\n\nApply domain knowledge of healthcare and enterprise IT trends to inform solution delivery\n\n Your Knowledge and Experience\nRequires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.\n\nRequires a minimum of 5 years of relevant data engineering experience.\n\nStrong hands-on experience with SQL, including scripting and automation\n\nExpertise with cloud platforms (Azure preferred) and services such as ADLS, Synapse, and Data Factory\n\nHands-on experience with modern data stack tools such as dbt, Snowflake, Databricks, Airflow, or Tidal\n\nSolid knowledge of data modeling (Data Vault 2.0), data integration, data architecture, warehousing, and data quality\n\nExperience implementing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Bitbucket, GitHub)\n\nStrong understanding of agile delivery methodologies and enterprise cloud integration\n\nExcellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders\n\nExperience in healthcare or regulated environments, including Epic ecosystem exposure in preferred.\n\nAwareness of data governance, security standards, and production certification processes","description_format":"text","description_chars":3707,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Continuous learning"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Health Care","Health Insurance & Benefits"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-27T16:21:10Z"}],"liveness":{"score":14,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.503,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":67,"expected_fill_days":22,"reasons":["conf:6","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/blueshieldca-data-engineer-senior","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/blueshieldca-data-engineer-senior.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-29T04:46:12Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4569,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":431,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-30T00:00:00Z"}}}