Senior Data Standards Programmer

We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Standards Programmer to support the design, development, maintenance, and modernization of enterprise data systems and healthcare terminology applications. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in data modeling, database development, application programming, healthcare data standards, data integration, and cloud-based data platforms. The Senior Data Standards Programmer will be responsible for developing scalable data solutions, supporting data transformation and integration initiatives, maintaining data quality, and ensuring compliance with enterprise data governance and industry standards. This role requires close collaboration with software architects, business analysts, cloud engineers, data engineers, and technical teams throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)., * Design, develop, maintain, and optimize enterprise data applications and database solutions.

• Develop and implement data models, database structures, and metadata management solutions.
• Build and maintain data processing, transformation, validation, and integration of workflows.
• Support healthcare terminology, vocabulary management, and data standardization initiatives.
• Support HL7 FHIR implementation, terminology services, and healthcare interoperability initiatives.
• Maintain terminology resources including UMLS, RxNorm, MeSH, and Value Set Authority Center (VSAC)
• Develop APIs and services to exchange and integrate structured and unstructured data across enterprise systems.
• Write efficient SQL queries, stored procedures, functions, and database scripts to support business applications.
• Perform data analysis, profiling, cleansing, validation, and quality assurance activities.
• Collaborate with software development teams to integrate data services into enterprise applications.
• Support cloud-based data platforms and enterprise data modernization initiatives.
• Optimize database performance, scalability, reliability, and availability.
• Participate in application design, architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical planning sessions.
• Develop technical documentation, data dictionaries, interface specifications, and programming standards.
• Troubleshoot complex data-related issues and recommend long-term technical solutions.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise data governance, security, privacy, and accessibility requirements.
• Support Agile software development and continuous integration practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in database development, data engineering, or enterprise application programming.
• Strong experience with relational databases, data modeling, and SQL programming.
• Experience developing enterprise data integration and ETL solutions.
• Experience with Python application development and scripting.
• Strong understanding of database performance, tuning and optimization.
• Experience developing RESTful APIs and data integration services.
• Experience supporting cloud-based data platforms and modern data architectures.
• Experience working within Agile software development environments.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and problem-solving skills., * Experience working with healthcare terminology, controlled vocabularies, or healthcare information systems.
• Experience with cloud-native data platforms.
• Experience with data visualization and reporting technologies.
• Knowledge of enterprise data governance and metadata management.
• Experience implementing automated data validation and testing processes.
• Experience with large-scale enterprise data modernization initiatives.
• Professional certifications in Database Administration, Cloud Technologies, or Data Engineering are preferred.