At VCU Health, data is more than numbers—it’s a critical asset that drives patient care, research, operations, and innovation. We are seeking a Data Engineer who is passionate about building modern, scalable data solutions that power enterprise analytics and meaningful insights across a large academic health system.
As a key member of the Enterprise Analytics team, you will engineer reliable data pipelines, optimize cloud‑based data platforms, and uphold strong data quality and governance standards. You’ll collaborate with clinicians, analysts, researchers, and technology partners to turn complex healthcare data into trusted, actionable insights—enabling smarter decisions and better outcomes throughout VCU Health.
Leveraging experience in data engineering, data management, data operations and governance frameworks, this position will collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect scalable and efficient data pipelines, optimize data storage and retrieval systems, and ensure data quality and integrity throughout the data lifecycle.
Essential Job Statements
Designs and implements scalable data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and loading multi-format, batch or streaming data from various sources into enterprise Data Lakehouse.
Ensures data quality and integrity through data cleansing, validation, and transformation techniques.
Automates data processing workflows using scripting languages and orchestration tools.
Builds and deploys RESTful API’s and web services for data access and data requests.
Helps define the data management strategy and roadmap for the organization.
Collaborates with data architects, data engineers, and product managers to align data solutions with business strategy.
Stays current with industry trends, vendor product offerings, and evolving data technologies to ensure the organization leverages the best modern data engineering tools.
Develops and maintains technical design documents, coding best practices and standards to ensure consistent and reliable data management processes are in place.
Responsible for maintaining legacy technologies and processes as new ones are adopted.
Mentors junior Data Engineers.
Patient Population
Not applicable to this position.
Employment Qualifications
Required Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Business, IT, Math, Data Analytics, Engineering, or related discipline
Combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Preferred Education:
Master’s degree in Business, IT, Math, Data Analytics, Engineering or related discipline
Licensure/Certification Required:
Licensure/Certification Preferred:
Minimum Qualifications
Years and Type of Required Experience
5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Management or Data Warehouse/Lakehouse design and development.
3+ years of experience in Python/PySpark for building and maintaining data pipelines.
1+ years of experience with cloud based modern data platforms and services (e.g., Azure, GCP or AWS).
Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
Strong knowledge of database systems, data modeling techniques, and SQL proficiency.
Experience creating and enhancing ETL and ELT processes.
Experience working with JSON/YAML/XML/Parquet and other open-source data interchange and storage formats.
Experience working with big data technologies like Spark, Kafka, NoSQL DB, Splunk etc.
Experience with agile development processes and concepts.
Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD processes.
Knowledge of Microservices architecture, Data Product and Data Mesh concepts.
Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:
Displays intellectual curiosity and integrity.
Working Conditions
Physical Requirements
Physical Demands:
Work Position: Sitting
Additional Physical Requirements/ Hazards
Physical Requirements:
Hazards:
Mental/Sensory – Emotional
Mental / Sensory: Strong Recall, Reasoning, Problem Solving, Hearing, Speak Clearly, Write Legibly, Reading, Logical Thinking
Emotional: Fast-paced environment, Able to Handle Multiple Priorities, Frequent and Intense Customer Interactions, Able to Adapt to Frequent Change
EEO Employer/Disabled/Protected Veteran/41 CFR 60-1.4.
VCU Health Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about VCU Health and has not been reviewed or approved by VCU Health.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits are described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, vision, mental health, and prescription coverage, and low out-of-pocket costs when using VCU Health facilities. Multiple plan options provide flexibility across networks.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(a) plan with employer matching contributions alongside 457(b) and 403(b) savings options. Life and disability insurance further strengthen long‑term financial protection.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is positioned as a competitive component of the package. Additional supports such as adoption leave and back‑up care contribute to work‑life balance.
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