Data Engineering Manager

Job Description

Own your opportunity to turn data into measurable outcomes for our customers’ most complex challenges. As a Data Engineer Sr Principal at GDIT, you’ll power innovation to drive mission impact and grow your expertise to power your career forward.

As a Data Engineer Sr Principal, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of fighting fraud, waste and abuse. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the timeliness of data submissions and production loads along with the team.

• Lead a team of data engineers responsible for the operational processes and data quality.
• Collaborate with downstream stakeholders, external customers, and vendors to ensure the effectiveness and capabilities of the data warehouse continue to meet the needs of the contract.
• Drive innovation by identifying and implementing solutions to reduce bottlenecks and improve efficiency across data warehouse ETL processes, ensuring faster, more reliable, and scalable data operations.
• Utilize your experience in technology and healthcare to drive the contract mission forward.
• Provide strategic leadership for Trusted Third Party (TTP) data warehouse encompassing infrastructure, security, and data operations, leading a team of five individual contributors.
• Oversee data warehouse operations, including ETL processes, BI systems, business requirements documentation, and system change management.
• Lead and architect modernization initiatives aligned with CMS’s Technical Reference Architecture (TRA), SDLC, TLC, and XLC frameworks.
• Operational oversight and support of the Cloud data warehouse deployment, AWS services and dashboards including infrastructure, security, and data operations within an AWS FedRAMP deployment.
• Standardize processes for data acquisition, transformation, and harmonization across the myriad of data sharing partners.
• Apply Agile, SAFe, and Dev Sec Ops  principles to system design, program management, and operational delivery.
• Provide oversight for programmatic data domains:
  Claims, Member, Provider, and Medicaid; ensure accuracy, modernize ETL processes, and enhance analytical capabilities.
• Act as primary point of contact for all internal and external stakeholders; facilitate calls, written analyses, and executive-level communications.
• Responsible for change management across the data systems, and program operations.
• Provide technical input and business requirements for cross-component initiatives including pilots and final action algorithm modernization.

• Education:
  
  Requires a Master’s degree in Data Science or closely related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years of related technical experience to include experience leading data engineering teams.
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders, external customers and vendors.
• Expertise in SQL scripting.
• Experience providing oversight for programmatic data domains.
• Experience leading and architecting modernization initiatives.
• Availability for occasional on-site customer meetings.

• At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
• Growth: AI‑powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities.
• Support:
  An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals.
• Rewards:
  Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off.
• Community:
  Award‑winning culture of innovation and a military‑friendly workplace.

Explore a career in data science and engineering at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your determination for solving complex data challenges.

The likely salary range for this position is $153,000 - $207,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a…