Semantic Architect

SEMANTIC ARCHITECT (HEALTHCARE) Telecommute (Possible 2026 Return to office) - within Oregon, Washington, Idaho or Utah to create a person-focused and economically sustainable health care system.

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. – all in service of making our members’ health journeys easier.

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:
  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:
  Collaborate with data engineers to integrate structured and unstructured data from internal (e.g., claims systems, EHRs) and external sources into the semantic layer.
• Analytics and AI Enablement:
  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:
  Work closely with our Data Governance organization to develop governance policies, metadata standards, and ontologies to ensure consistency, compliance, and interoperability.
• Stakeholder
  
  Collaboration:
  
  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:
  Optimize semantic models for query performance and scalability on Snowflake, taking advantage of Snowflake’s current and future features.
• Documentation and Training:
  Document semantic models and provide training to end-users and technical teams on leveraging the semantic layer.

Skills And Attributes (Not Limited To):

• 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.

About Cambia:
Working at Cambia means being part of a purpose-driven, award-winning culture built on trust and innovation anchored in our 100+ year history.

We are an Equal Opportunity employer dedicated to a drug and tobacco-free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law. A background check is required.