Data Engineer I IS - Remote

Providence is a comprehensive health care organization serving communities across the western United States. The Data Engineer I will design and operate modern data-centric applications and enterprise data platforms, including scalable pipelines, monitoring, security, incident response, and data-quality processes. The role partners with Product, Platform, Architecture, engineering, and analytics teams to deliver reliable, cost-efficient data solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Data Engineer I is responsible for designing and developing modern, data-centric applications that support clinical and operational workflows across the healthcare system
• Key responsibilities include building scalable data pipelines, transformation and enrichment processes, provisioning layers, and intuitive user interfaces aligned with strategic initiatives
• This role also involves mentoring junior Data Engineers and contributing to the research and adoption of emerging technologies to establish repeatable processes and templates
• Collaboration is a core value, with a strong emphasis on thorough source control and documentation
• This position works closely with Product, Platform, and Architecture teams to ensure alignment and successful delivery of joint initiatives
• In this role you will own the reliability, security, and cost-efficiency of Providence’s enterprise data platform
• You will automate and monitor production pipelines, resolve incidents and partner with engineering and analytics teams to meet strict SLAs
• Automation and monitoring batch/streaming ELT/ETL pipelines across cloud services and Snowflake; keep data fresh and accurate
• Triaging failures, performing root-cause analyses and post-mortems, and continuously reducing MTTR
• Orchestrating schedules and dependencies (e.g., Ctrl-M) and managing connectors (in Fivetran/HVR)
• Building operational automation with SQL, Python, and shell (Bash/PowerShell) on Linux
• Implementing observability: logging, alerting, data-quality checks, audits, and runbooks
• Optimizing Snowflake performance and spend (warehouses, caching)
• Enforcing access controls and secrets management, supporting compliance and audit needs
• Partnering with product/analytics teams; documenting procedures and providing reliable on-call support (rotational)

Requirements:

• • Bachelor's in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience; senior-level hands-on ownership of production data operations
• • 1 or more year of related experience in Snowflake, CTRL-M, and ADF
• • Master's degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience