Remote Data Engineer

The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1.9 billion and launched more than 1,300 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of programs in the United States and in more than 90 countries last year. Visit www.cdcfoundation.org for more information.

Job Highlights

Location: Remote, must be based in the United States

Salary Range: $103,500-$143,500 per year, plus benefits. Individual salary offers will be based on experience and qualifications unique to each candidate.

Position Type: Grant funded, limited-term opportunity

Position End Date: June 30, 2025

Overview

The Data Engineer will play a crucial role in advancing the CDC Foundation’s mission by designing, building, and maintaining data infrastructure for a public health organization. This role is aligned to the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI). WAI is a federally funded CDC Foundation program with the goal of helping the nation’s public health agencies by providing them with the technology and data experts they need to accelerate their information system improvements.

Working within Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD).  The Data Engineer will deliver will collaborate across technical and non-technical teams to gather requirements, assure that requirements are correctly understood by developers, assure user training and change management, and facilitate alignment towards the planning and implementation of a public health data systems project. The Data Engineer will collaborate with data content experts, analysts, data scientists, data modelers, warehouse architects, IT staff and other organization staff to design and implement proposed solutions and architectures that meet the needs of the public health agency.

The Data Engineer will be hired by the CDC Foundation and assigned to the Data Governance Team, Application Development Team, Data Warehouse Team. This position is eligible for a fully remote work arrangement for U.S. based candidates.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robust data pipelines and architectures to support data collection, storage, and movement from multiple sources to databases and data warehouses.
• Implement efficient strategies for collecting, storing, and analyzing both structured and unstructured data.
• Manage and work with relational and non-relational databases (e.g., SQL) to ensure efficient data storage and retrieval.
• Apply data modeling techniques to ensure data integrity, enhance performance, and optimize the overall database structure.
• Utilize analytics software to interpret, visualize, and present data insights, contributing to data-driven decision-making across the business.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, translating complex technical solutions for both technical and non-technical stakeholders to support organizational goals.
• Expertise in data pipeline development and data management systems.
• Strong experience with relational and non-relational databases (e.g., SQL).
• Knowledge of data modeling techniques for ensuring data accuracy and performance optimization.
• Proficiency with analytics and data visualization tools such as PowerBI, SAP HANA, SQL Management Studio, and other platforms like Apache Spark, Talend, Tableau.
• Ability to troubleshoot, problem-solve, and communicate effectively with diverse teams.
• Lead or participate in requirements gathering/JAD sessions; working closely with Project or Product Manager(s), developers, subject matter experts, vendors, and users.
• Define and document requirements and use cases and assure these are correctly understood by developers.
• Develop comprehensive test cases at the application and multi-application levels.
• Work with user community, technical teams and vendors to meet implementation timeline.
• Conduct and direct end-user testing responsibilities.
• May perform data quality assurance; troubleshooting application and/or interfaces as problems arise and report issues.
• Facilitate business/functional requirement review, approval, and sign-off sessions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5+ years of relevant professional experience
• Experience writing Use Cases to document requirements.
• Experience collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to translate user and technical requirements, and lead the team through smooth and continuous delivery.
• Knowledge and experience with project management methodologies, principles and processes.
• Experienced in change management and risk management principles and processes to provide leadership in the development of strategic plans and change management initiatives and their roll-out.
• Experience using data to make decisions, gathering data insights by design to improve outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining working relationships with internal and external partners and can effectively promote collaboration among differing viewpoints.
• Strong understanding of technical concepts and legacy systems.
• Knowledge of user experience design and user research principles and concepts.
• Ability to communicate and articulate problems and resolutions to technical and non-technical teams.
• 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.

Special Notes

This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by the CDC Foundation in order to best support the public health programming.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law.

We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.

The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.

Relocation expenses are not included.