Data Engineer

Summary

Join the CDC Foundation as a Data Engineer and play a crucial role in advancing its mission by designing, building, and maintaining data infrastructure for a public health organization. This grant-funded, limited-term position (until June 30, 2025) offers a fully remote work arrangement for U.S.-based candidates, with a salary range of $103,500-$143,500 per year plus benefits. Working within the Maine CDC’s Informatics team, you will deliver the architecture for data generation, storage, processing, and analysis. Collaborate with various teams to design and implement solutions, develop data governance plans, and create use cases to expand the data lake/warehouse. The position is aligned with the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI), a federally funded program aimed at improving public health agencies' information systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, or a related field is preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in data engineering
• Proficiency in programming languages commonly used in data engineering, such as Python, Java, Scala, or SQL. Candidate should be able to implement data automations within existing frameworks as opposed to writing one-off scripts
• Experience with large-scale projects using Amazon Web Services is required. Certification is preferred
• Strong technical writing skills for creating documentation, policies, and procedures
• Experience with project planning, including developing timelines, setting milestones, and managing resources
• Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and tools
• Experience with cloud computing platforms
• Experience with data security and data governance
• Experience regarding engineering best practices such as source control, automated testing, continuous integration and deployment, and peer review
• Expertise in data modeling, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, and data integration techniques
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical partners effectively
• Flexibility to adapt to evolving project requirements and priorities
• Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; and the ability to develop productive working relationships with colleagues and partners
• Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with 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
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and design scalable solutions that meet business needs
• Implement and maintain ETL processes to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of data
• Implement security measures to protect sensitive information
• Design and manage data storage systems, including relational databases, NoSQL databases, and data warehouses
• Knowledgeable about industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in data engineering, and incorporating the trends into the organization's data infrastructure
• 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
• Provide technical guidance to other staff
• Communicate effectively with partners at all levels of the organization to gather requirements, provide updates, and present findings

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with big data technologies and frameworks like Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, and Flink
• Strong understanding of database systems, including relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra)
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies, software design patterns, and best practices
• Previous experience working with or within government agencies is preferred

Benefits

• $103,500-$143,500 per year, plus benefits
• Remote work