IT Specialist; Data Engineer

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READY TO BUILD THE DATA BACKBONE OF AMERICAN HEALTHCARE?

Join the Office of Information Technology as a Data Engineer designing the infrastructure that transforms massive volumes of healthcare data into usable insights. At CMS, you'll architect data warehouses, build pipelines, and establish enterprise standards that power analytics and mission‑critical operations for programs serving 150+ million Americans.

Your data infrastructure could power the future of healthcare analytics. Are you ready to get started?

We're looking for a Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain the infrastructure for collecting, storing, and transforming raw data into accessible, usable information for data scientists, analysts, and stakeholders across CMS.

Salary: $108,173 - $158,322/year (varies by location)

Locations: Woodlawn, MD | Kansas City, MO | Philadelphia, PA | Dallas, TX | Seattle, WA (Telework eligible)

• Direct the architectural vision and establish enterprise standards for robust data infrastructure, including databases, data warehouses, and systems managing massive volumes of healthcare data
• Serve as the technical authority in developing data storage solutions optimized for performance, reliability, and cost‑effectiveness
• Partner with cybersecurity leadership to author and enforce data protection regulations, access controls, audit trails, and retention policies
• Design enterprise disaster recovery and backup protocols to guarantee uninterrupted data availability
• Architect complex, enterprise‑spanning automated pipelines to integrate, transform, and sanitize data from disparate sources into centralized repositories

• Experience designing enterprise‑scale data infrastructure (databases, data warehouses, cloud‑based storage) for large‑scale analytics
• Background building automated ETL/ELT data pipelines to integrate data from multiple sources, ensuring consistency, reliability, and scalability
• Experience developing disaster recovery and backup protocols for enterprise data systems
• Experience collaborating with cross‑functional teams and senior leadership to define data engineering standards and align solutions with strategic goals
• Attention to Detail
• Customer Service
• Oral Communication
• Problem‑Solving

Resume required (2 page limit). Apply through USAJOBS by July 8, 2026.