The Advanced Analytics team at Blue Shield of California is seeking a Data Engineer to join us in transforming healthcare through innovation. We partner with a wide array of stakeholders to build impactful solutions for our members and providers. We are awed by the complex problems before us, and undaunted by the challenge. If there is data and a problem statement, we are building a solution.

The Data Engineer builds, manages and optimizes production data pipelines supporting key data and analytics initiatives. You will be the cornerstone of a robust data stack, integrating diverse sources and serving up data to power machine learning solutions and self-service analytics. You will mine the operational details of adjudicating claims and build a real-time pipeline to feed an AI-enabled recommendation engine. You will follow our members' journey through the healthcare landscape and blend data points across a broad spectrum of applications to create multidimensional records serving interventions. You will scrape surveys and munge data streams to extract measurable insights. From the minutiae of desk level procedures to macro population trends, there are no problems too big or small for your keen eyes and open mind.

Responsibilities:
* Build, develop, implement and execute extensible reusable data pipelines
consisting of multiple acquisition sources and integration into use case driven
endpoints.

* Maintain and optimize workloads in various deployment stages and data
environments to ensure optimal performance as data volume and variety
increase.

* Lead design activities in partnership with data scientists, analysts and product
owners to translate functional requirements into technical specifications for
scalable data pipelines.

* Oversee management of analytical data assets for exploratory and early stage
analytic usage patterns, and develop recommendations to integrate with
production pipelines.

* Orchestrate data pipelines using modern tools and techniques to automate
repeatable ETL processes, minimize error-prone dependencies and improve
integrity of published data assets.

* Collaborate with internal IT teams to troubleshoot incidents and coordinate
resolutions to minimize disruption of analytic applications.

* Monitor data consumption patterns and develop enhancements to ensure
pipelines adapt to evolving data schema and analytic use cases.

* Collaborate with data consumers to define and catalog use cases to ensure
adherence to data governance standards and ethical/legal guidelines.

* A minimum of 10+ years of experience in data management disciplines.
Industry experience in health care sector preferred.

* High proficiency working with large, heterogeneous datasets in
building/optimizing data pipelines using ELT, data replication, API access,
data virtualization, stream data integration, and emerging technologies.

* High proficiency with relational databases (Netezza, Oracle, MS SQL),
NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra), and distributed computing
platforms.

* Proficiency in Python, R, Scala, Julia or equivalent scripting language for data
analysis.

* High proficiency with CI/CD tools and rigorous application of DataOps
principles.

* Successful track record implementing complex automated data pipelines with
commercial data preparation tools (Trifacta) or open-source technologies
(Airflow, Spark).

* Demonstrated ability to work across multiple deployment environments,
operating systems and through containerization techniques such as Docker
and Kubernetes.

* Ability to partner, collaborate with, and influence relevant stakeholders across
diverse functions and experience levels.

* Strong independent judgment, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
required to anticipate and respond to emerging challenges.

Education:
* A college degree or equivalent in computer science, data management,
information systems or related quantitative field.

Additional Information

- Our Company: At Blue Shield of California we are parents, leader, students, visionaries, heroes, and providers. Everyday we come together striving to fulfill our mission, to ensure all Californians have access to high-quality health care at a sustainably affordable price. For more than 80 years, Blue Shield of California has been dedicated to transforming health care by making it more accessible, cost-effective, and customer-centric. We are a not-for-profit, independent member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association with 6,800 employees, more than $20 billion in annual revenue and 4.3 million members. The company has contributed more than $500 million to Blue Shield of California Foundation since 2002 to have a positive impact on California communities. Blue Shield of California is headquartered in Oakland, California with 18 additional locations including Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego. We're excited to share Blue Shield of California has received awards and recognition for - LGBT diversity, quality improvement, most influential women in corporate America, Bay Area's top companies in volunteering & giving, and one of the world's most ethical companies. Here at Blue Shield of California, we're striving to make a positive change across our industry and the communities we live in - Join us!

- Physical Requirements:
Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

- Equal Employment Opportunity: External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.

- Requisition ID: 2000273

- Posting Date: Sep 11, 2020

- Schedule: Full-time

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