Data Engineer

  • Baton Rouge, LA
  • Posted 11 hours ago | Updated 5 hours ago

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

API
Agile
Amazon Redshift
Amazon Web Services
Apache Hadoop
Apache Kafka
Apache Spark
Big Data
Cloud Computing
Collaboration
Communication
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Integration
Data Architecture
Data Engineering
Documentation
Engineering Support
Data Governance
Data Lake
Data Quality
Data Security
DevOps
Extract
Transform
Load
GitHub
Good Clinical Practice
Google Cloud Platform
HIPAA
Health Care
Health Informatics
JSON
Mentorship
Meta-data Management
Microsoft Azure
Migration
MySQL
Onboarding
Orchestration
PL/SQL
Pandas
Performance Tuning
PostgreSQL
Public Health
Python
R
Real-time
Regulatory Compliance
SAS
SQL
Scrum
Snow Flake Schema
Stored Procedures
Streaming
System On A Chip
Terraform
Testing
Workflow
XML

Job Details

Role: Data Engineer

Location: Baton Rouge, LA (Onsite)

Duration: 12+ Months Contract

Job Description:

The scope of the proposed services will include the following:

  • Assess feasibility and technical requirements for LINKS Datalake integration.
  • Collaborate with OPH Immunization Program, OPH Bureau of Health Informatics and STC health on data specifications and recurring ingestion pipelines.
  • Build and optimize ETL workflows for LINKS and complementary datasets (Vital Records, labs, registries).
  • Design scalable data workflows to improve data quality, integrity, and identity resolution.
  • Implement data governance, observability, and lineage tracking across all pipelines.
  • Mentor engineers, support testing, and enforce best practices in orchestration and architecture.
  • Document and communicate technical solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are mandatory:

  • 3 years of experience in data engineering and/or data architecture
  • 2 years of experience with Python for ETL and automation (pandas, requests, API integration).
  • 2 years hands-on experience with SQL queries, stored procedures, performance tuning (preferable Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL)
  • 1 year experience with ETL orchestration tools (Prefect, Airflow or equivalent).
  • 1 year experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform), including data onboarding/migration.
  • 1 year exposure to data lake / medallion architecture (bronze, silver, gold).
  • 2 years of experience providing written documentation and verbal communication for cross functional collaboration.

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are desirable but not mandatory:

  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering roles.
  • Experience integrating or developing REST/JSON or XML APIs .
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.).
  • Exposure to Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation).
  • Experience with data governance and metadata tools (Atlan, OpenMetadata, Collibra).
  • Public health/healthcare dataset or similar experience, including PHI/PII handling.
  • Familiarity with SAS and R workflows to support epidemiologists and analysts.
  • Experience with additional SQL platforms (Postgres, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery).
  • Familiarity with data quality frameworks (Great Expectations, Deequ).
  • Experience with real-time/streaming tools (Kafka, Spark Streaming).
  • Familiarity with big data frameworks for large-scale transformations (Spark, Hadoop).
  • Knowledge of data security and compliance frameworks (HIPAA, SOC 2, etc.).
  • Agile/SCRUM team experience.
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