Lead Data Engineer

What We Need

The Lead Data Engineer is a staff member of the Operational Data Solutions Delivery team. This role will lead solutioning and implementation of data and integration needs of digital & omni-channel platforms at BCBSMA. This role will work closely with other technology partners to build highly available, scalable, and distributed data platforms using open source frameworks to process high volume, high velocity, and wide variety of structured and unstructured data. Strong focus on defining and executing data solutions with a cloud (AWS) first strategy to deliver unparalleled consumer experience. Other responsibilities include designing and delivering data engineering solutions, ETL/ELT pipelines on multi-terabyte SQL/NoSQL databases, and data warehouse environments. Strong communication skills with an ability to help business define requirements and articulate business requirements as technical architecture are also essential to this role.

This role is eligible for our Flex persona.

Your Day to Day

• Leads end-to-end implementation of data & analytics solutions as per BCBSMA business needs.
• Delivers solutions & integrations across on-prem & multi-cloud data & analytics platforms.
• Designs & builds frameworks for various common data engineering processes like ingestions, mastering, data cleansing, and data masking.
• Change agent for implementing data engineering best practices to BCBSMA environment.
• Collaborates with vendors, architects, scrum masters, product managers/owners, peers, and QA engineering in scoping out & delivering data & analytics solutions.
• Helps grow and mentors team members on the fine art of data engineering and software abstractions.
• Delivers data architecture and solutions for critical strategic portfolio projects in collaboration with business and IT stakeholders.
• Ability to collaborate and partner with business domain leads, data scientists, product owners, enterprise architects, and other functional leads to deliver world-class data solutions.
• Builds and manages a team of data engineers supporting different applications.
• Manages technical delivery for projects, designs processes, and drives execution with the help of consultants and associates.
• Defines and delivers consistent data engineering standards, methodologies, guidelines & techniques.
• Diagnoses and addresses complex problems, including performance issues, and drives to resolution to meet business initiatives.
• Assists data analysts and end users across all functional areas in identifying long-term, strategic data needs for the enterprise, defining how the data is related to the business processes, and developing a conceptual and functional model of the data.
• Assists and advocates for bringing new technologies for data management, governance, and usage.
• Works hands-on with emerging technologies during software evaluations, PoCs, and pilots.

We're Looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, technology, or related field.
• 8+ years of data engineering experience.
• 6+ years of experience with SQL or NoSQL databases like Snowflake, Postgres, Oracle, MongoDB.
• 4+ years of experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, Google.
• Minimum of 1 year managing or leading an engineering team.
• Certification in cloud platforms and/or data/analytics technology is required.
• Healthcare experience preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with ETL/ELT design and development using tools like IICS, AWS Glue, Talend, Databricks, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with programming languages such as Node.js, Python, Java, or Scala.
• Minimum 2 years of experience with building applications with serverless architecture on AWS platforms using Athena, Glue, Kafka, EC2, Lambda, Kinesis.
• Minimum 2 years of experience with large-scale data processing platforms such as Spark, EMR, and/or HPC computing experience with e.g. Apache Aurora, Slurm.
• Experience working with RESTful APIs and general service-oriented architectures.
• Experience with DevOps, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery technologies is desirable.
• AWS Solution Architect certification (associate & above) is highly desirable.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

What You Bring:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field.
• 8+ years of data engineering experience.
• 6+ years of experience with SQL or NoSQL databases like Snowflake, Postgres, Oracle, MongoDB.
• 4+ years of experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, Google.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience leading or managing an engineering team.
• Healthcare experience preferred.
• AWS Certifications preferred.

It is our mission at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts to foster a culture that enables associates to do their best work while living happy and healthy lives. That's why we offer you a variety of ways to support your best physical, emotional, financial, and social well-being. For more information on our benefit offerings, visit our benefits page .

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Minimum Education Requirements:

High school degree or equivalent required unless otherwise noted above.

Location: Boston

Time Type: Full time

Salary Range: $147,240.00 - $179,960.00

The job posting range is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs and affordability.

This job is also eligible for variable pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and a suite of well-being benefits to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

WHY Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA?

We understand that the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can prevent amazing candidates from coming our way, so please don't hesitate to apply. We'd love to hear from you. You might be just what we need for this role or possibly another one at Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be brilliant. We encourage you to bring us your true colors, your perspectives, and your experiences. It's in our differences that we will remain relentless in our pursuit to transform healthcare for ALL.

As an employer, we are committed to investing in your development and providing the necessary resources to enable your success. Learn how we are dedicated to creating an inclusive and rewarding workplace that promotes excellence and provides opportunities for employees to forge their unique career path by visiting our Company Culture page. If this sounds like something you'd like to be a part of, we'd love to hear from you. You can also join our Talent Community to stay "in the know" on all things Blue.

At Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, we believe in wellness and that work/life balance is a key part of associate wellbeing. For more information on how we work and support that work/life balance visit our "How We Work" page.