Overview
Allied Consultants, Inc. is an Austin-based firm which has for 32 years been a premier provider of technical and business professionals to clients in Texas. We are currently seeking an experienced Snowflake Data Engineer to be a key resource on a technical services team.
Allied Consultants offers its family of consultants excellent rates, a local support staff, and an attractive benefits package which includes medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost), life insurance, a matching 401(k) plan and a cafeteria plan.
Candidates selected for interview will be required to undergo criminal background checks and may be required to complete a drug screen in accordance with Federal and State Law. Offers of Employment are contingent on a successful background check
Allied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer.
**Location of job: Hybrid-4 days remote with 1 day (Tuesdays) required to be onsite. Program will allow candidates who are within the state (Any location within the State of Texas).**
Responsibilities
Client's IT is continuing to develop a client Performance Portal pilot initiative with a goal to accomplish the following:
- Implementation and configuration of the infrastructure for the performance portal pilot
- Design, development, and implementation (DD&I) of the performance portal using an agile methodology for all standard SDLC phases that includes, but is not limited to:
- Validation of performance metric requirements
- Creation of Epics/User Stories/Tasks
- Automation of data acquisition from a variety of data sources
- Development of complex SQL scripts
- Testing – integration, load and stress
- Deployment / publication internally and externally
- Operations support and enhancement of the Performance Portal pilot
This development effort will utilize an agile methodology based upon the approach currently in use at client for the Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System (TIERS). As a member of the agile development team, the worker responsibilities may include:
- ETL Administration with a focus on data warehousing and business intelligence solutions.
- Experience with Informatica IICS Administration, including installation, upgrades, and maintenance of the Informatica IICS environment.
- Knowledge of Power Exchange Change Data Capture (CDC) on both PowerCenter and IICS.
- Experience with a cloud background and knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tools such as GitHub and Jenkins.
- Ability to think innovatively and automate various administrative tasks in the admin space using Python and shell scripting skills.
- Excellent analytical skills to triage and resolve production issues and outages.
- Proven expertise in designing, developing, and deploying ETL pipelines using industry-standard tools like Informatica and IICS.
- Familiarity with a wide range of data sources: relational databases (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Snowflake), flat files, and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS S3, Azure Blob).
- Experience in data quality, validation, and data migration projects.
- Linux/Unix experience.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
- 8 years of ETL Administrator with a focus on data warehousing and business intelligence solutions.
- 8 years experience with Informatica IICS Administration, including installation, upgrades, and maintenance of the Informatica IICS environment.
- 8 years of knowledge of Power Exchange Change Data Capture (CDC) on both PowerCenter and IICS.
- 8 years experience with a cloud background and knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tools such as GitHub and Jenkins.
- 8 years ability to think innovatively and automate various administrative tasks in the admin space using Python and shell scripting skills.
- 8 years of excellent analytical skills to triage and resolve production issues and outages.
- 8 years of proven expertise in designing, developing, and deploying ETL pipelines using industry-standard tools like Informatica and IICS.
- 8 years of familiarity with a wide range of data sources: relational databases (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Snowflake), flat files, and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS S3, Azure Blob).
- 8 years experience in data quality, validation, and data migration projects.
- 8 years of Linux/Unix experience.
- 8 years of technical writing and diagraming skills, including proficiency with modeling and mapping tools (e.g., Visio, Erwin), and the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and MS Project.
- 8 years experience on an agile sprint team
- 8 years experience with JIRA software
- 8 years experience working with multiple teams concurrently, being able to prioritize and complete work on time with high quality
- 8 years of knowledge of relational databases and data warehousing, including platforms like Oracle, Snowflake, SQL Server, and MySQL.
- 8 years of proficiency in SQL, Python and Bash.
- 8 years of familiarity with cloud ecosystems like AWS, Azure, or GCP and their respective data services.
- 8 years of Data Quality & Modeling: Knowledge of data quality frameworks and data modeling techniques.
Preferred:
- 6 years of proven ability to write well designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices
- 4 years of understanding of security principles and how they apply to healthcare data
- 4 years experience with state of the art software components for a performance metrics data visualization or business intelligence environment
- 4 years of excellent oral and written communication skills.
- 4 years of effectively manage multiple responsibilities, prioritize conflicting assignments, and switch quickly between assignments, as required.
- 4 years of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Business or equivalent experience.
- 3 years prior experience in the Healthcare Industry
- 2 years prior experience with an HHS agency
- 2 years prior experience working with PII or PHI data
- 2 years prior experience with Azure
