Lead AWS Data Engineer

Overview

Job Title:

Lead Data Engineer (AWS)

Client

Title:

DHHS - Programmer Analyst 6 - Data Engineer 155145

Job

Duration: 1+ Years

Project

Start Date:

03/02/2026

Location:

235 S Grand Ave, Lansing, MI 48933

Work Mode:
Hybrid (2 Days/Week)

Interview Mode: MS Teams Only

Last Date of Sub: 01/11/26 before 5 PM EST;
Portal 01/12/2026 10:00:00 AM EST

Experience:

15+ Years Required

Client: MI DHHS (State of Michigan Department of Human and Health Services)

Consultant must be Local to Michigan only.

Manager

Note:

The State of Michigan is looking for:
Programmer Analyst 6 - Senior Build Engineer - MDHHS ARC

Will close submissions on: 02/11 at 5 PM EST; 02/12 10:00 am EST (Portal Closing Time)

• Virtual Interview via MS Teams.
• A screenshot photo of candidate will be required for interviews, and a vendor representative must be present at the beginning of any MS Teams interview to validate candidate.

• 1 year with possible extension.

• Accepting local candidates within 2 hours of Lansing, MI ONLY.
• Position will be hybrid, in office 2 days a week upon start; NO REMOTE ONLY option.

Minimum years  experience required: 15+ Years

• 12+ years developing complex database systems.
• 8+ years Databricks.
• 8+ years using Elastic Search, Kibana.
• 8+ years using Python/Scala.
• 8+ years Oracle.
• 5+ years experience with ETL and data pipelines.
• 5+ years experience with AWS.
• 5+ years experience with data warehousing, data visualization tools, data integrity.
• 5+ years using CMM/CMMI Level 3 methods and practices.
• 5+ years implementing agile development processes including test driven development.

The position is responsible for providing ongoing maintenance and support of the Michigan Disease Surveillance System (MDSS). MDSS is a complex application that supports communicable disease surveillance, registries, and case management systems that are critical to supporting effective responses to public health emergencies and reducing the burden of communicable diseases. MDSS is going through modernization to enhance stability and functionality of the system.

The resource is integral to developing and maintaining MDHHS MDSS phase 1, ensuring automated processes function, streamlining critical business processes, data integrity, SEM/SUITE compliance, and securing the application. The resource also serves as a technical lead and provides technical guidance to other developers in the department.

As a technical lead, the resource participates in analytical assignments that provide for the enhancement, integration, maintenance, and implementation of projects, and provides technical oversight to other developers.

• Lead the design and development of scalable and high-performance solutions using AWS services.
• Experience with Databricks, Elastic search, Kibana, S3.
• Experience with ETL processes and data pipelines.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code in Python/Scala.
• Experience with AWS Cloud-based Application Development.
• Experience in Electronic Health Records (EHR) HL7 solutions.
• Implement and manage Elastic Search engine for efficient data retrieval and analysis.
• Experience with data warehousing, data visualization tools, data integrity.
• Execute full SDLC including requirements gathering and writing specifications for complex projects.
• Excellent knowledge in designing logical and physical database models; develop database objects including stored procedures, functions.
• Extensive knowledge of source control tools such as Git.
• Develop software design documents and coordinate with stakeholders for review and approval.
• Exposure to flowcharts, screen layouts and documentation to ensure logical flow of system requirements.
• Experience working on large agile projects.
• Experience or knowledge creating CI/CD pipelines using Azure Dev Ops (Nice to have).