Remote Data Engineer

Summary

Join the CDC Foundation as a Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain data infrastructure for a public health organization. This role will play a crucial part in advancing the CDC Foundation's mission by delivering architecture needed for efficient data generation, storage, processing, and analysis of programmatic and population health data.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, or a related field
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience
• Proficiency in programming languages commonly used in data engineering and analysis, such as Python, R, Java, Scala, or SQL is required
• Experience with data visualization tools is required, proficiency in using, building, and coding in Tableau and ArcGIS is preferred
• Strong understanding of database systems, including relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra)

Responsibilities

• Create and manage the systems and pipelines that enable efficient and reliable flow of data, including ingestion, processing, and storage
• Collect data from various sources, transforming and cleaning it to ensure accuracy and consistency. Load data into storage systems or data warehouses
• Optimize data pipelines, infrastructure, and workflows for performance and scalability
• Monitor data pipelines and systems for performance issues, errors, and anomalies, and implement solutions to address them
• Implement security measures to protect sensitive information
• Collaborate with epidemiologists, data scientists, analysts, and other partners to understand their data needs and requirements, and to ensure that the data infrastructure supports the organization's goals and objectives
• Implement and maintain ETL processes to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of data
• Design and manage data storage systems, including relational databases, NoSQL databases, and data warehouses

Benefits

Salary Range: $103,500-$143,500 per year, plus benefits