Data Engineer III

Join Our Team : Do Meaningful Work and Improve People’s Lives

Our purpose, to improve customers’ lives by making healthcare work better, is far from ordinary. And so are our employees.

Working at Premera means you have the opportunity to drive real change by transforming healthcare.

To better serve our customers, we’re creating a culture that promotes employee growth, collaborative innovation, and inspired leadership.

because we are committed to creating an environment where employees can do their best work and where best-in-class talent comes, stays, and thrives!

As a Data Engineer III , you will create, modify, and test the code, forms, and scripts that construct the data sets that drive our Data Science and Business Intelligence capabilities.

This work is derived from specifications developed in collaboration with those consuming or interacting with those data sets.

In addition, you may develop and write solutions to store, locate, and retrieve specific documents, data, and information and distribute through multiple methods.

You will provide solutions to a wide range of difficult problems, with solutions that are imaginative, practical, and consistent with organizational objectives.

This is a virtual / telecommuter position, working from home.

What you’ll do :

Solve business and data engineering problems using data centric programming and scripting skills to create data models and pipelines.

Consult with the business to create understanding of the needs, pace, and direction for our business partners, translate these needs into requirements and specifications, and maintain contact with the customers through project completion.

Lead all phases of architecture, conceptualization, design, development, testing, and production support of BI solutions.

Architect, design, and build best-of-class production processes that ensure security, efficiency, and availability of analytic tools and data.

Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to further understand business problems.

Program and manage APIs for data exchange.

Lead and conduct unit and system testing to ensure design is still relevant and implementation is producing a useful, maintainable, reliable product.

Mentor and train other team members by introducing them to new technologies, methods, and learning resources.

Act as a resource to the technical community as well as business partners.

What you’ll bring :

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar area, and 5-10 years of experience in data integration, design, and management.

Additionally, you will have knowledge of the software development lifecycle, relational database theory, and skills to utilize one or more programming languages.

At a minimum, candidates must possess the equivalent in education, experience, and skills of a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field and (5) years of relevant experience. (Required)

Familiarity with healthcare specific regulatory requirements for data management.

Experience providing data integration services within healthcare organizations.

Significant knowledge of health care and the health care industry; knowledge of health insurance concepts and terms.

Knowledge of Tableau, SAS, R, and other analytic tools.

3) years of experience in data integration, design, and / or management using NoSQL / Hadoop.

Advanced data processing programming skills across SQL-based and Hadoop-based technologies.

Strong understanding of web services.

Working knowledge of Agile and Scrum project methodologies utilizing TFS, Jira / Confluence.

Ability to use leading Extract Transform Load (ETL) tools (SSIS, Data Stage, Cask).

Ability to use Kimball methodology for dimensional data modeling, 3rd Normal form DW.

What we offer

• Medical, vision and dental coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement programs (401K employer match and pension plan)
• Wellness incentives, onsite services, a discount program and more
• Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate degrees
• Generous Paid Time Off to reenergize
• Free parking

Equal employment opportunity / affirmative action :

Premera is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. Premera seeks to attract and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Premera is hiring in the following states, with some limitations based on role or city : Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin

The pay for this role will vary based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographic location, market conditions, and specific skills and experience.

National Salary Range :

$91, - $154,

National Plus Salary Range :

$102, - $174,