/Sr Data Engineer

Sr Data Engineer

North Bethesda, Maryland, United Statesusvia direct
// Job Type
Full Time
// Salary
USD 58 - 92/hour
// Salary Range
57.87–92.4 USD / hour
// Posted
6 days ago

About the Role

<strong>Job Requirements </strong><br><h3><strong>I. General Summary</strong></h3><p>Under limited direction, this role is responsible for the design, development, and implementation of core technologies supporting the organization’s data analysis and analytics infrastructure. As a key member of a high-performing team, the individual ensures data pipelines are reliable, scalable, and efficiently maintained, enabling the organization to derive meaningful insights from diverse and complex datasets.</p><p>This position reports to the Senior Director, Research Informatics.</p><br/><h3><strong>II. Principal Responsibilities and Tasks</strong></h3><p>The following statements describe the general nature and level of work performed in this role and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities.</p><ol><li>Ensure analytics infrastructure and associated systems align with business requirements and industry best practices.</li><li>Collect, process, and transform raw data from multiple sources (e.g., APIs, scripts, SQL queries) into formats suitable for analysis.</li><li>Gather, analyze, and translate business and application requirements into effective data models.</li><li>Design and develop scalable data models, including relational and dimensional structures.</li><li>Enable batch and real-time analytical processing solutions using modern and emerging technologies.</li><li>Identify and recommend new data acquisition opportunities and innovative uses of existing data.</li><li>Develop, test, and document data systems to build robust, scalable analytics applications.</li><li>Translate complex functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and high-performance system designs.</li><li>Architect and implement next-generation big data analytics frameworks.</li><li>Expand and enhance data platform capabilities to address evolving data challenges.</li><li>Create and maintain data flow diagrams to support business systems.</li><li>Build automation tools and ensure data integrity through aligned data availability and integration processes.</li><li>Conduct technology and product research to refine requirements, resolve issues, and strengthen the technology stack.</li><li>Contribute to the design and evolution of enterprise-wide data architecture and documentation standards.</li><li>Promote and support standardization of documentation, data practices, and application development standards.</li><li>Develop and maintain data dictionaries, metadata, and comprehensive data models.</li><li>Establish and manage datasets and processes for data mining and production environments.</li><li>Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to design and develop high-performance algorithms, predictive models, and prototypes.</li><li>Partner with development teams to integrate advanced analytics solutions into production systems.</li><li>Provide ad hoc analysis to support business decision-making.</li><li>Evaluate business relevance, recommend timing, and support deployment of data-driven solutions. </li></ol><br><br><strong>Work Experience </strong><br><h3><strong>III. Education and Experience</strong></h3><ol><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Systems, Engineering, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, or a closely related field is required. Equivalent professional experience will also be considered. Relevant certifications are a plus.</li><li>Seven (7+) or more years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting systems within large-scale analytics or data engineering environments, including work with multiple disparate systems and data sources.</li><li>Strong proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages (e.g., C/C++, Python, Ruby).</li><li>Experience working in Agile or other rapid application development environments.</li><li>Solid understanding of object-oriented design principles, coding standards, and testing methodologies, along with experience building and maintaining large-scale data platforms and software systems.</li></ol><br/><h3><strong>IV. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities</strong></h3><ol><li>Strong understanding of data analysis, end-user needs, and business requirements, with the ability to translate these into effective technical solutions.</li><li>Advanced knowledge of statistics and/or applied mathematics.</li><li>Deep expertise in data modeling, with a clear understanding of various data structures and their appropriate use cases.</li><li>Working knowledge of relational, document-oriented, and object-oriented databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL, MongoDB).</li><li>Strong foundation in data mining, machine learning, and/or natural language processing.</li><li>Proven ability to clean, transform, and prepare complex datasets, as well as design and implement algorithms.</li><li>Experience with the Hadoop ecosystem (e.g., HDFS, Spark, MapReduce, Pig, Hive), as well as tools such as Ranger, Atlas, or Falcon.</li><li>Experience with messaging systems such as ActiveMQ or RabbitMQ.</li><li>Familiarity with big data machine learning frameworks (e.g., Mahout, Spark ML, TensorFlow).</li><li>Demonstrated ability to thrive in a high-performance, collaborative team environment.</li><li>Ability to architect and implement highly scalable, distributed systems using open and non-proprietary technologies.</li><li>Expert-level understanding of data modeling concepts, including the strengths and limitations of different data structures across various use cases.</li></ol><br><br><strong>Benefits </strong><br><br/><p><strong style="color: rgb(82, 82, 82);">Benefits</strong></p><p>All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.</p><p>Compensation:</p><ul><li>Pay Range:  $57.870000 - $92.400000</li><li>Other Compensation (if applicable):</li><li> <a href="https://cielotalent1.sharepoint.com/teams/UMMS/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fteams%2FUMMS%2FShared%20Documents%2FGeneral%2F05%2E%20Process%20Design%20%26%20Checklists%2FRPO%2F5%2E%20Offer%2FBenefits%20%26%20Shift%20Differentials%2FProspective%20Team%20Member%20Overview%207%201%202025%2Epdf&parent=%2Fteams%2FUMMS%2FShared%20Documents%2FGeneral%2F05%2E%20Process%20Design%20%26%20Checklists%2FRPO%2F5%2E%20Offer%2FBenefits%20%26%20Shift%20Differentials&p=true&ct=1750688672123&or=Outlook%2DBody&cid=93C43788%2DB88D%2D4384%2D884D%2D6D2BB4B48346&ga=1&ls=true&isSPOFile=1&xsdata=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%3D%3D&sdata=ZjJXa1NoSVV0M29SaHAwd2hvZ0VyOExmUjBVWmtEQ3lvVzAzaHNQR0Jlaz0%3D&ovuser=323f7593-ae22-4bc7-8318-fac0fdaa533b%2Cjose.malate%40cielotalent.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: inherit;">Review the 2025-2026 UMMS Benefits Guide</a></li></ul><br><br>

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