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This position will have hybrid/remote flexibility. The Data Engineer will be responsible for designing, building, and optimizing robust data pipelines and data infrastructure to ensure the reliability, accessibility, and quality of operational medicine data for analytics and mission-critical applications. The ideal candidate will leverage extensive experience with data engineering principles, DevSecOps best practices, and Test Driven Development (TDD) principles to rapidly develop and deliver first-class, customer-centric software solutions. They will utilize leading languages and frameworks, including Python (FastAPI), AWS, SQL (Trino SQL), and Rancher Kubernetes, to develop high-performance data engineering solutions, automate testing, and ensure delivered software meets and exceeds customer needs, all while working collaboratively within a dedicated team. \nKey Responsibilities:\nUsing DevSecOps best practices to rapidly develop and deliver first class solutions for a DoW customer.\nDeveloping software using leading languages and frameworks including Python (FastAPI), AWS, SQL (Trino SQL), and Rancher Kubernetes.\nBuilding high-throughput data pipelines that aggregate, standardize, and process large volumes of heterogeneous data with Apache Spark, DBT, and Trino.\nEstablishing RESTful API endpoints that rapidly return large volumes of analytical health data.\nTaking ownership of project domains and quickly becoming proficient in novel subjects.\nLeveraging Test Driven Development and User Centered design best practices automate testing and ensure delivered software meets and exceeds customer needs.\nApplying software design best practices to identify and analyze potential solutions, generate design diagrams to convey and capture system design, and participate in technical exchange meetings to discuss with the team and customer stakeholders.\nEmbracing a shared responsibility for system security.\nContinuously engaging with project teams to deliver quality products.\nParticipating in daily standups, sprint planning/review meetings, discover and framing workshops, and customer demo sessions.\nRequired Qualifications:\nB.S. in Computer Science (or equivalent experience) and at least 8 years of professional experience working as part of an Agile team using DevOps practices and modern programming languages and frameworks to develop and engineer data-related services and applications to cloud platforms\nExperience with modern programming languages and frameworks including Python (FastAPI, Django, Flask), JavaScript (Node.js, Express, Vue, Svelte, React), and Java (Spring Boot)\nExperience developing data focused solutions to include experience designing and implementing OpenAPI compliant data schemas and REST APIs, implementing data persistence and query logic using Object Relational Mapping (ORM) libraries and SQL, and implementing data validation business rules\nExperience developing AWS cloud solutions with a specific focus on data services such as S3, RDS, and EMR\nExperience building scalable, production-grade data solutions that can be used by thousands of data consumers concurrently\nUS Citizenship and an active Secret security clearance \nDesired Qualifications:\nM.S in Computer Science or related\nExperience with AI/ML\nExperience with Kubernetes (Rancher RKE2, AWS EKS) and microservice architectures\nExperience with data engineering and big data technologies such as Apache Airflow, Trino, and AWS EMR\nExperience with NIST Risk Management Framework and security accreditation process and tasks\nExperience with HL7, FHIR, and Mirth Connect\nExperience with dbt and Apache Spark\nFamiliarity with Great Expectations, data contracts, and data validation\nThis position has hybrid schedule flexibility. 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