Position Details

Salary $142K – $195K USD / year

Type Not Specified

Experience lead

Exp. Years 12+ years

Education Not specified

Category Data & Analytics

About this role

Lead Data Engineer at Humana builds and maintains data processing architectures to transform structured and unstructured data into insights at enterprise scale, leveraging cloud-native platforms and modern data tooling.

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop data processing architectures
Ingest data from internal/external sources
Develop documentation and procedures
Lead cross-functional engineering teams
Troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis

Technical Overview

Data engineering with Data Lakes, Event Streaming, Data Fabric; Azure Databricks, Snowflake, Kafka; Python; Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Google); Data governance and metadata management.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior data engineer with 12+ years of experience, strong expertise in data lakes, event streaming, and cloud-native data platforms, and experience leading end-to-end data delivery in healthcare IT environments.

Must-Have Skills

12+ years of Data engineering experienceHands-on experience with Data LakesEvent StreamingData FabricExperience with PythonAzure DatabricksSnowflakeKafka event streamingCloud solutions (AWS/Azure/Google) a plusLeadership in end-to-end deliveryData mesh and data governance knowledgeMetadata managementdata lineagegovernance

Nice-to-Have Skills

React or AngularMicroservicesMLOps familiarityMachine learning frameworks

Tools & Platforms

Azure DatabricksSnowflakeApache KafkaGitHubGitLabSeleniumJUnitDockerKubernetes

Required Skills

PythonAzure DatabricksSnowflakeKafkaJSONAvroData LakesEvent StreamingData MeshGitHubGitLabCI/CDDockerKubernetesOracleSQL Server

Hard Skills

PythonAzure DatabricksSnowflakeKafkaJSONAvroData LakesEvent StreamingData MeshGitHubGitLabCI/CDDockerKubernetesOracleSQL Server

Soft Skills

Team leadershipProblem solvingCommunicationMentoringStrategic thinking

Certifications

Required

IAM Level 1 DoD 8140.01 (CAPSecurity+ CECISSPCASPCISMGSLCCCP)

Industry & Role

Industry Healthcare IT

Job Function Lead data engineering initiatives to deliver scalable data platforms and analytics capabilities.

Role Subtype Lead Data Engineer

Tech Domains Python, Azure Databricks, Snowflake, Apache Kafka, Cloud Platforms, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub, GitLab

Keywords for Your Resume

lead data engineerdata engineeringdata lakesevent streamingdata fabricdevopskafkapythonazure databrickssnowflakeawsazuregoogle cloud platformdockerkubernetesdata meshdata governancemetadata managementdata lineageci/cdgitnessusacAsscaphbssKafkaPythonAzure DatabricksSnowflakeData MeshCI/CDDocker

Deal Breakers

Lack of RMF experience or security clearances, Inability to work in a hybrid environment

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