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The Senior Data Platform Engineer will build, operate, and secure a modern Snowflake data platform using a medallion architecture. Working closely with the Data Architect, this hands-on engineer will develop ingestion pipelines, dbt transformations, dimensional models, and governance controls that turn sensitive operational data into trusted business insights. This high-ownership opportunity is ideal for someone who enjoys managing the full data lifecycle and helping shape a growing data environment., * Onboard data from SQL Server databases and SaaS applications through REST APIs, ODBC, SFTP, file feeds, native connectors, incremental-loading methods, and CDC patterns.
- Build, maintain, and monitor pipelines across the bronze, silver, and gold layers using Snowflake, dbt, SQL, Python, Azure Data Factory, and modern orchestration tools.
- Develop dimensional data models, including fact and dimension tables, appropriate grain, conformed dimensions, and slowly changing dimensions, while translating business requirements into maintainable transformations.
- Manage the Snowflake environment, including warehouses, roles, resource monitors, platform performance, cost management, reliability, scheduling, dependencies, and failure resolution.
- Protect PHI, PII, and other sensitive data by implementing RBAC, least-privilege access, masking, row-access policies, audit logging, lineage, and governance controls.
- Establish data-quality tests, validation checks, source-to-warehouse reconciliation, and consistent business definitions while serving as a hands-on technical resource to other engineers., Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, Max. file size: 25 MB.
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Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or a closely related role.
- Advanced SQL skills and hands-on experience designing dimensional data models, including fact tables, dimension tables, grain, conformed dimensions, and slowly changing dimensions.
- Production experience with dbt, medallion architecture, modern ELT patterns, and a cloud data warehouse; Snowflake experience is strongly preferred.
- Experience building ingestion pipelines from both SQL databases and SaaS or API-based sources using REST APIs, ODBC, SFTP, file feeds, native connectors, incremental loading, or CDC.
- Proficiency with Python and experience with orchestration or integration technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Dagster, Airflow, Prefect, Snowpipe, Streams and Tasks, or Snowflake Openflow.
- Experience implementing access and security controls for sensitive or regulated data, including RBAC, data masking, row-level access, audit logging, or comparable protections.
- Demonstrated ability to independently own a production data platform within a small team, including pipeline reliability, monitoring, troubleshooting, data quality, security, performance, and cost management; healthcare, revenue cycle management, HIPAA/PHI, NetSuite, Paycom, Power BI, or SnowPro experience is preferred.
Benefits & conditions
- Employee benefits package, with complete details to be provided during the interview process
- High-impact opportunity to help build and shape a modern enterprise data platform
- Broad ownership across Snowflake, dbt, data modeling, governance, security, and pipeline development
- Collaborative environment with opportunities to mentor teammates and expand modern data-stack capabilities, This position offers competitive compensation salary range of $135-145k/yr (DOE) and an employee benefits package. Compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, technical expertise, certifications, and other job-related qualifications.
About the company
Scion Staffing has been engaged to conduct a search for a Senior Data Platform Engineer for our partner, an established healthcare services organization modernizing its technology and data capabilities. This is a direct hire, on onsite position located in Addison, Texas., Scion Staffing is a national award-winning staffing firm! Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented professionals with amazing career opportunities. Through our innovative team building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire recruiting, interim leadership placement, and temporary professional staffing. We are proud to be part of the Forbes lists of the Best Recruitment Firms and the Best Executive Search Firms in America. Additionally, Scion has been recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm as well as a top recruitment firm by The Business Times. Additional information about our firm can also be found online.
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