Lead Data Engineer, Health Data Platforms

** Job Family:
** Database Administration (Digital)
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* Travel Required:

** None
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* Clearance Required:

** Ability to Obtain Public Trust
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* What You Will Do:

** We are searching for Lead Data Engineer, Health Data Platforms to support future opportunities. The person filling this role will build, scale, and maintain national-scale data pipelines, integrations, and storage solutions that power laboratory, research, and healthcare operations. They will lead the modernization and harmonization of diverse clinical data, ensuring interoperability, data quality, and compliance across platforms.  This position will be based in Bethesda, MD.
* Architect and modernize robust, disease-agnostic data acquisition and ingestion pipelines for large-scale, heterogeneous healthcare data (e.g., EHRs, claims, registries, geospatial data).
* Design, implement, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
* Design and maintain scalable, reliable, and flexible applications using Type Script, NodeJS, Angular, and RESTful web services to support data workflows.
* Integrate data sources including ELN, LIMS, sample tracking software, web-based portals, and REST APIs.
* Maintain and enhance data harmonization pipelines such as OMOP, improve interoperability among data models including OMOP, PCORNet, and FHIR, and ensure consistency and alignment for critical data types to support master data integration and harmonization.
* Implement and manage data storage solutions (data lakes, warehouses) utilizing the appropriate partitioning, security, and lifecycle policies.
* Champion data quality and governance standards through the development of sophisticated data quality frameworks, dashboards, and feedback loops to ensure transparency in data completeness, consistency, and quality for partners and researchers.
* Optimize pipeline performance, reliability, and cost by establishing monitoring and alerting functions.
* Innovate with advanced technologies: integrate new data sources (e.g., national mortality data, CMS), link datasets, and build processes for novel data types (geospatial, environmental).
* Collaborate with informatics, bioinformatics, and platform teams to define data models and SLAs.
* Provide technical leadership and mentorship
* Translate scientific needs into technical solutions in an agile, mission-focused environment.
* Implement CI/CD for data workflows and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, ARM, Cloud Formation).
* Document data architectures, lineage, and standards.
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* What You Will Need:

*** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Engineering, Bioinformatics, or related field.
* A minimum of EIGHT (8) years of hands-on data engineering experience
* Deep, practical knowledge of healthcare data, common data models (OMOP, FHIR), and clinical terminologies (such as ICD, SNOMED, RxNorm).
* Solid experience with big data technologies (Apache Spark, Hadoop), containerization (Docker), and reproducible/scalable workflows.
* Hands-on experience with cloud services and REST API integrations.
* Strong SQL, Python, and version control (Git) skills.
* Experience with privacy-preserving record linkage (PPRL), federated data systems, and regulated environments (FISMA, HIPAA).
** What Would Be Nice To Have:
*** Master’s degree is preferred
* Designing/deploying data solutions on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
* Proficiency with workflow management systems (Nextflow, Snakemake, Airflow).
* Experience with regulated environments (GxP, 21 CFR Part 11) and data governance.
* Proficiency with modern data tools (e.g., Spark/Databricks, Airflow, dbt, Kafka) is a plus.

The annual salary range for this position is $-$. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
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* What We Offer:

** Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:
* Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision…