Semantic Architect

Overview

SEMANTIC ARCHITECT (HEALTHCARE)
Telecommute (Possible 2026 Return to office) - within Oregon, Washington, Idaho or Utah

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Who We Are Looking For

Every day, Cambia’s Data & Analytics Engineering Team is living our mission to make health care easier and lives better. We’re seeking a seasoned Data and Analytics Engineer with extensive semantic data architecture experience to design and implement, expand, and enhance our existing semantic layer within our Snowflake data platform to support AI-driven semantic intelligence and BI for our health insurance payer organization.

The role will focus on creating a robust, scalable semantic framework that enhances data discoverability, interoperability, and usability for AI tools, enabling advanced analytics, predictive modeling, and actionable insights.

If you re a motivated and experienced Semantic Professional looking to make a difference in the healthcare industry, apply for this exciting opportunity today!

What You Bring to Cambia

Qualifications and

Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Mathematics, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field
• 8 years relevant experience in a multi-platform environment, including, but not limited to application development or database development
• At least 2 years working with Snowflake or similar cloud data platforms
• Equivalent combination of education and experience

What You Will Do at Cambia (Not limited to)

• Enterprise Semantic Layer
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  Design, develop, extend, and maintain semantic data models on Snowflake to standardize data definitions, relationships, and ontologies for healthcare data (e.g., claims, member data, provider data).
• Data Integration
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  Collaborate with data engineers to integrate structured and unstructured data from internal (e.g., claims systems, EHRs) and external sources into the semantic layer. Develop and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines to populate the semantic layer, integrating data from diverse sources (e.g., claims, member data, third-party feeds) using Snowflake’s capabilities.
• Analytics and AI Enablement
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  Ensure the semantic layer supports analytics, BI, and AI use cases, such as predictive analytics for risk stratification, fraud detection, and member engagement.
• Governance and Standards
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  Work closely with our Data Governance organization to develop governance policies, metadata standards, and ontologies to ensure consistency, compliance, and interoperability.
• Stakeholder Collaboration
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  Work with business analysts, data modelers, data engineers, and business users to translate business requirements into semantic data models that support self-service analytics and enable AI analysis and agents.
• Performance Optimization
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  Optimize semantic models for query performance and scalability on Snowflake, taking advantage of Snowflake’s current and future features.
• Documentation and Training
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  Document semantic models and provide training to end-users and technical teams on leveraging the semantic layer.

Skills and Attributes

• Preferred:
  Experience with FHIR, HL7, or other healthcare data standards; familiarity with tools like Collibra or Informatica for metadata management.
• Expertise in semantic technologies, including Snowflake semantic views, Micro Strategy, AtScale, or Business Objects universes, and familiarity with healthcare ontologies (e.g., SNOMED, LOINC, ICD-10).
• Strong understanding of analytics workflows and their data requirements.
• Experience with data governance, metadata management, and compliance in healthcare.
• Proficiency in dimensional data modeling.
• Proficiency in SQL and experience with Snowflake-specific features.
• Experience using code repositories such as Git Lab or Git Hub and CI/CD-based deployment.
• Excellent communication skills to bridge technical and business teams.

The expected hiring range for The Semantic Architect II is $135k–$145k and Semantic Architect III is $160k–$175k depending on skills, experience, education, and training; relevant licensure / certifications; performance history; and work location. The bonus target for the Architect II is 15%…