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# Data Engineer - Remote

- **Company:** Sentara Healthcare Inc
- **Location:** Virginia Beach, VA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $80,205.0 - $133,682.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Database Queries, Software Debugging, File Systems, Metadata, Git, Data Lakes, Pyspark, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines, Databricks
- **Published:** June 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a7dcc494111662da

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Version control?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Experience in lieu of a Bachelor's Degree

 * 3+ years of relevant experience with a degree
 * 5+ years of relevant experience without a degree, * Required to 3 to 5 years of relevant experience
 * Hands-on experience with PySpark and Databricks
 * Strong SQL skills
 * Experience building ETL/ELT data pipelines
 * Understanding of Delta Lake concepts (merge, schema evolution, partitions)
 * Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
 * Basic experience with Git and version control
 * Exposure to data catalog or governance tools (e.g., DataHub)
 * Experience with Fivetran or similar ingestion tools
 * Understanding of data quality and validation concepts
 * Experience working with metadata-driven frameworks
 * Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
 * Ability to work in a structured, framework-driven environment
 * Focus on data quality, not just pipeline execution
 * Willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-evolving data ecosystem

## Description

We are looking for a Data Engineer to support a modern data platform built on Databricks. This role will focus on building scalable data pipelines, supporting a metadata-driven ingestion framework, and ensuring data quality and governance are embedded into the platform., * Develop and maintain data pipelines using PySpark and Databricks

 * Work within a metadata-driven ingestion framework to onboard new datasets
 * Implement data quality checks and validation rules within pipelines
 * Support ingestion from file-based sources and ingestion tools (e.g., Fivetran)
 * Handle schema changes, incremental loads, and file processing patterns
 * Contribute to data governance practices including tagging, metadata, and lineage
 * Troubleshoot and resolve pipeline failures and performance issues
 * Collaborate with architects and stakeholders on data onboarding and requirements
 * Follow and contribute to coding standards, reusable components, and best practices


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