Initiate Government Solutions (IGS) is looking for a Data Developer / Architect to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in modernizing clinical contact centers to provide Veterans with additional choices for meeting clinical, pharmacy, scheduling, and administrative needs through VA Health Connect.
Requirements
- Strong experience with relational and non-relational databases (e.g., SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Amazon RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift).
- Proficiency in data pipeline development using tools such as SQL, Python, Spark, or AWS Glue, Lambda, EMR.
- Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and enterprise-scale data warehousing solutions.
- Knowledge of data modeling, data integration, and API development.
- Familiarity with data governance, security, and compliance standards in healthcare or regulated environments.
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud architecture best practices, including cost management, security, and automation (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform).
- Familiarity with big data technologies (Hadoop, Kafka, Kinesis) and advanced analytics platforms.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data architectures and pipelines using both traditional and AWS cloud-native services (e.g., RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, Glue, EMR, Lambda, S3, Athena) to support clinical and operational data needs.
- Integrate data from multiple healthcare and call center systems, ensuring seamless data flow, interoperability, and optimized AWS ETL pipelines.
- Build, optimize, and manage ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes leveraging AWS Glue, Step Functions, and Lambda for efficient data ingestion, transformation, and storage.
- Develop, configure, and maintain databases, AWS data warehouses, and data lakes (e.g., Redshift, S3, Lake Formation), ensuring data integrity, security, and performance.
- Implement and enforce data governance, quality assurance, and compliance standards across all data platforms, including cloud-based systems.
- Collaborate with analysts and business stakeholders to define data requirements and deliver solutions that enable reporting and analytics, including BI integration with AWS QuickSight or external visualization platforms.
- Develop and deploy APIs and secure data services to enable cross-platform access to enterprise data assets.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related field.
- 3–10 years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, database development, or similar technical roles.
- Demonstrated leadership or team lead experience with responsibility for guiding engineers, delegating work, and driving technical decisions.
- Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and multitasking skills.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.
