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Lead Data Engineer- Healthcare Interoperability

We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer to join our healthcare technology team with a primary focus on healthcare interoperability. This role will be instrumental in designing, building, and maintaining our Azure-based data infrastructure, including databases, data pipelines, analytics platforms, and business intelligence solutions — with an emphasis on integrating with Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems and healthcare data exchange standards (FHIR, C-CDA, HL7). The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in the Microsoft data stack, strong architectural thinking, and experience with healthcare data compliance requirements. This senior-level position will also provide technical leadership, mentorship to the broader engineering team and reports to the Director of Data Engineering.
Duties & Responsibilities:

- Design and implement scalable, secure data architectures on Azure to support business intelligence, analytics, and operational systems

- Build and maintain data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse and related services

- Contribute to database designs across multiple platforms (Azure SQL Database, SQL Managed Instance, PostgreSQL, CosmosDB)

- Optimize data storage strategies across Azure Blob Storage, Data Lake, and structured databases

- Design data models and structures that enable efficient analytics and reporting

- Design, develop, and maintain complex stored procedures, functions, triggers, and views

- Implement database DevOps processes including schema versioning, deployment automation, and rollback procedures

- Perform database performance tuning, indexing strategies, and query optimization

- Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance with HIPAA/HITRUST requirements for PHI data

- Manage database lifecycle across development, pre-production, and production environments utilizing RedGate Flyway

- Design and implement ETL/ELT processes to integrate data from multiple sources

- Build event-driven data processing solutions including message producers, consumers, and workers using Azure Service Bus, Event Grid, and related messaging services

- Integrate with external REST APIs for data ingestion and develop internal data APIs using Python (FastAPI/Flask) on Azure Container Apps or Functions

- Develop data transformation logic and orchestration workflows

- Ensure data quality, consistency, and lineage across the data platform

- Integrate with Azure AI services and machine learning endpoints as needed

- Review designs of Power BI solutions including semantic models, reports, & dashboards

- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions

- Optimize data structures for reporting and analytics performance

- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers and engineers

- Contribute to data engineering best practices, standards, and patterns

- Participate in architecture reviews and technical decision-making

- Collaborate with DevOps and Infrastructure teams on platform improvements

- Drive continuous improvement in data quality, performance, and reliability

- Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation including data dictionaries, architecture diagrams, and process flows

- Document data lineage, transformation logic, and business rules

- Ensure all data handling practices meet HIPAA/HITRUST compliance requirements

- Maintain audit trails and documentation for compliance purposes

- Troubleshoot and resolve complex data-related issues across the platform

- Provide escalation support for production incidents

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support business operations

- Participate in on-call rotation as needed

Preferred:

- Build and maintain integrations with EHR systems using FHIR resources (e.g., Patient, DocumentReference) and C-CDA document parsing/transformation

- Support HL7 v2/MDM/ADT message flows where needed, including message parsing and acknowledgment handling

- Define and maintain OpenAPI specifications and API versioning; write contract tests to prevent breaking changes

- Lead the document templating framework and server-side rendering pipeline for HTML-to-PDF output; ensure accessibility and compliance requirements

Experience & Qualifications:
Required:

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience

- 8+ years of experience in data engineering, database development, or related roles

- Expert-level proficiency in T-SQL and Microsoft SQL Server

- Expert-level proficiency of Python

- Experience building REST APIs and background workers in Python (FastAPI/Flask)

- Understanding of event-driven architectures and asynchronous processing patterns

- Strong experience with Azure data services (Azure SQL, Data Factory, Synapse, Blob Storage, etc.)

- Hands-on experience building and maintaining data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes

- Knowledge of Power BI development skills including DAX, data modeling, and performance optimization

- Solid understanding of database design principles, normalization, and data modeling

- Experience with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD practices

- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment

- Microsoft certification (Azure Data Engineer Associate, Azure Database Administrator, Power BI Data Analyst)

- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates)

- Knowledge of additional Azure services (Container Apps, Functions, Logic Apps)

- Experience with other database platforms (PostgreSQL, CosmosDB)

- Understanding of HIPAA/HITRUST compliance requirements for healthcare data

- Experience PowerShell for automation and scripting

- Experience with Azure DevOps or similar platforms for CI/CD

- Experience with data governance, cataloging, and metadata management

- Background in healthcare technology or regulated industries

- Experience with OpenAPI/Swagger specification design and contract testing

- Proficient in advanced usage of AI development tooling (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot)

- Azure API Management and private networking patterns

- Travel up to 15%.

Preferred:

- Practical experience with FHIR (resources, search parameters, OAuth2/SMART on FHIR) and C-CDA parsing/transformation

- Experience integrating with Epic, Cerner, Athena, or other EHR/EMR systems

- Experience with HL7 v2 (MLLP/MDM/ADT) message handling

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