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# Big Data Engineer

- **Company:** VACO LLC
- **Location:** Nashville, TN, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $128,960.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Data as a Services, Data Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Hadoop Distributed File System, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Enterprise Data Management, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, Sql Optimization, Kubernetes, Health Level Seven International, Docker
- **Published:** July 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=8838c5551a1779fc

## About the Role

* Strong Python development experience
 * Experience with ETL and data integration
 * Cloud experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure
 * Advanced SQL skills (SQL Server or PostgreSQL)
 * Experience working with large-scale data environments
 * Ability to work independently and drive projects forward

Nice to Have

 * Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
 * HDFS or other big data technologies
 * Kubernetes
 * Docker
 * Dagster
 * AI/ML experience
 * Healthcare or supply chain experience
 * HL7 integrations

## Description

This is a newly created position supporting an expanded data services initiative. The team is growing its enterprise data capabilities and needs an experienced engineer to help scale cloud-based data platforms and support increasing business demand.

What You'll Do

 * Build and support cloud-based data solutions
 * Develop and maintain data pipelines using Python
 * Design ETL processes for large and complex data sets
 * Integrate new data sources into enterprise data platforms
 * Partner with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders
 * Support AI/ML-related data initiatives
 * Troubleshoot production issues and support ongoing operations
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