Amida Technology Solutions is a DC-based software services company focused on the most difficult problems in data interoperability, exchange, governance, and security. We design, develop, and deploy software solutions that collect, reconcile, and transform data for business intelligence, predictive analytics, and decision support. We specialize in taking data from inception to impact.

Our team is comprised of creative, forward thinkers who are passionate about using cutting-edge technology to make a difference in people's lives and have a positive impact on our country. We offer an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment that values fresh ideas, candid conversations, and authentic teamwork.

Amida is currently looking for a Data Engineer to join our team. The Data Engineer must have considerable experience in designing and building scalable data pipelines for extracting, processing and ingesting large volumes of data. In this role you will provide data engineering expertise to our team as we develop a custom solution for our client, a large healthcare organization. You will help with the business development activities and will be responsible for describing data engineering solutions in our proposals. What you will do:

• Design, develop and maintain ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes to ingest data from various sources including APIs and databases into a data warehouse or data lake.
• Perform data quality checks and data governance procedures to ensure data integrity, accuracy and consistency.
• Generate and optimize SQL queries and data processing workflows to enhance the performance and scalability of data processing pipelines.
• Implement and adhere to data security measures to protect sensitive information and ensure compliance with data privacy requirements.
• Collaborate with data analysts, scientists and business stake holders to understand data requirements that will inform the data pipeline development process.
• Communicate technical ideas simply and effectively to non-technical clients and stake holders using architecture diagrams, PowerPoint slides, shared documents, etc.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of recent professional experience in software development, data architecture, data engineering, data analysis or data science.
• Bachelors Degree in a field such as Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Database Engineering, or Management Information Systems.
• Proficiency with Python and one or more programming languages such as Java, Scala or SQL.
• Experience working with big data technologies such as Spark, Hadoop and MapReduce.
• Experience with version control and software development collaboration tools such as Git and GitHub.
• Experience with database systems and data warehousing technologies such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Amazon Redshift, Microsoft SQL Server, etc.
• Experience using resources in cloud environments such as AWS or Azure.
• Experience working with Delta Lake and other file storage formats including CSV, JSON and Parquet.
• Must have strong problem-solving and analytical skills to troubleshoot issues across the data pipeline and optimize data processes.
• Ability to communicate ideas concisely and effectively with software engineers and clients.
• Ability to work with the federal government and be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance

Preferred Skills:

• Experience working for the Department of Veterans Affairs
• Experience building and deploying MLOps pipelines
• Experience with CI/CD

Communication is the key to success at Amida. Our people are known for their can-do attitude and their ability to work effectively with client teams. We pride ourselves on having a collegial, multidisciplinary team with diverse backgrounds and experience. Our best team members pay intense attention to detail in all aspects of their work, have a strong sense of initiative, and are willing to be opinionated about the best ways of doing things. A sense of humor is an asset at Amida.

We help solve the biggest challenges in data management. If you're looking for an opportunity to help important organizations get their data right, we hope you'll forward your resume and let us know why this role appeals to you. We look forward to hearing from you. Please note that if you are located within a 50 mile radius from the DC office location, you will be required to attend the office in person one day a week based on the day allotted to your project/team.

Amida Technology Solutions is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We value diversity of ideas and people.