Data and AI Platform Engineer

The purpose of the Data Architect - Staff role is to design, implement, and maintain both traditional and modern data infrastructures at the staff level. This involves combining expertise in relational databases, cloud technologies, and big data tools to create scalable, efficient, and secure data solutions. The role also includes developing strategies for integrating enterprise data, ensuring data quality, and optimizing data access across both cloud and on-premise systems

We are committed to offering flexible work options where approved and stated in the job posting. However, we are currently not considering candidates who reside or plan to reside in the following states: California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. Colorado for remote caregivers’ whose assigned Intermountain facility or service area is not based in Colorado.

Please note that a video interview through Microsoft Teams will be required as well as potential onsite interviews and meetings, * Responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining both traditional and modern data infrastructures at the staff level.

• Combines expertise in relational databases, cloud technologies, and big data tools to create scalable, efficient, and secure data solutions.
• Develops strategies for integrating enterprise data, ensuring data quality, and optimizing data access across both cloud and on-premise systems.
• Works on moderate to complex projects and is mentored by senior-level data architects/engineers to deliver robust data models, pipelines, and warehouses that meet organizational needs using technologies like SQL, Python, PySpark, and traditional RDBMS platforms

Skills

• Data architecture and design
• Cloud infrastructure and data solutions
• ETL/ELT development and data integration
• Database and performance optimization
• Data modeling and documentation
• Coding/Programming
• Data governance and security
• Collaboration and stakeholder management
• Leadership and project management, * Design, build, and extend platform capabilities that enable enterprise data governance, including metadata management, lineage, stewardship, policy enforcement, and governance automation beyond vendor-provided functionality.
• Build and maintain integrations between governance, data, analytics, AI, and operational platforms so metadata, classifications, ownership, quality signals, and governance decisions remain synchronized across the enterprise ecosystem.
• Engineer the metadata, lineage, observability, and catalog capabilities of the Enterprise Data Platform, making enterprise data assets discoverable, understandable, traceable, and trusted for analytics, operations, and AI workloads.
• Automate governance controls within the platform, including ownership assignment, certification, review workflows, policy enforcement, exception management, and audit evidence collection to reduce manual effort and improve compliance.
• Apply AI, LLM, and agentic technologies to scale governance operations, including metadata generation, business glossary enrichment, data classification, stewardship recommendations, data quality monitoring, and intelligent remediation workflows.
• Establish and operate the engineering practices that make AI-enabled governance trustworthy, including grounding on authoritative metadata, evaluation frameworks, quality measurement, confidence thresholds, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Deliver secure and governed platform services that support analytics, AI agents, applications, and data products, ensuring enterprise standards for security, privacy, governance, and responsible AI are consistently applied.
• Build platform capabilities that increase the effectiveness and reach of data stewards and governance programs, including workflow management, stewardship tooling, governance coverage reporting, operational dashboards, and scalability mechanisms.
• Partner with data architecture, governance, analytics, engineering, cybersecurity, and vendor teams to translate governance objectives into sustainable platform capabilities, owning the full lifecycle from design and deployment through monitoring, support, and continuous enhancement.

Physical Requirements

• Remain sitting or standing for long periods of time to perform work on a computer, telephone, or other equipment., The primary intent of this job description is to set a fair and equitable rate of pay for this classification. Only those key duties necessary for proper job evaluation and/or labor market analysis have been included. Other duties may be assigned by the supervisor.

• Proficiency with SQL and experience with traditional RDBMS (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL).
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform for data architecture and storage solutions.
• Strong familiarity with programming languages such as Python and PySpark for data engineering tasks.
• Working experience with ETL/ELT processes and tools, including both traditional (e.g., SSIS, Informatica) and/or cloud-native solutions (e.g., Azure Data Factory, Databricks).
• Proficiency with Python or PySpark or R programming
• Excellent communication skills for collaborating with stakeholders and teams.
• Proficiency in Product Management, Project Management, or Program Management philosophies and methodologies, and capable of applying them to data architecture projects to ensure alignment with business goals and efficient execution.

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$44.36 - $69.85

We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/benefits) .

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Headquartered in Utah with locations in six primary states and additional operations across the western U.S., Intermountain Health is a nonprofit system of 34 hospitals, 400+ clinics, a medical group of more than 4,800 employed physicians and advanced care providers, a health plan division called Select Health with more than one million members, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality improvement and efficient healthcare delivery.

Join our world-class team and embark on a career filled with opportunities, strength, innovation, and fulfillment.