Advanced Analytics - Data Engineer

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Job Title & Specialty Area: Data Engineer

Department: Advanced Analytics

Location: Dallas, TX

Shift: Monday-Friday

Job Type: Remote

At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.

Through our cutting‑edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well‑being.

Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.

The Data Engineer will design and deliver high‑quality data solutions that advance the enterprise's data‑driven decision‑making capabilities. This will be accomplished through the development and optimization of scalable data pipelines, integration of diverse data sources, and the creation of curated data products that empower analytics and data science teams. The role requires strong technical expertise in data architecture, engineering, and analytics, as well as a collaborative mindset to work effectively within agile, cross‑functional teams.

This position will serve as a key contributor to the organization's analytics strategy by solving complex data challenges, fostering a culture of innovation and reusability, and supporting the implementation of modern data platforms and tools. The Data Engineer will also partner with business and technical stakeholders to ensure alignment with strategic initiatives and promote a robust, efficient, and forward‑looking data ecosystem.

• Recognized internally as a key technical contributor in the data engineering domain, the Data Engineer plays a pivotal role in advancing the organization’s analytics capabilities. This position is accountable for the design, development, and optimization of data pipelines and architectures that support enterprise‑wide analytic initiatives and strategic decision‑making. The Data Engineer collaborates with cross‑functional teams to translate complex business needs into scalable data solutions, applying critical thinking and technical expertise to solve data challenges with broad organizational impact.
  
  This role leads the implementation of modern data platforms and tools, influences data governance practices, and contributes to the evolution of enterprise data strategy. The Data Engineer anticipates emerging data trends and technologies, recommends enhancements to data infrastructure and processes, and communicates technical concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders. Operating within a matrixed environment, the Data Engineer fosters a culture of innovation, reusability, and continuous improvement across the analytics ecosystem.
• Designs, develops, and maintains scalable data pipelines and architectures that support enterprise analytics and reporting needs. Applies deep technical expertise to ensure data solutions align with business goals and adhere to best practices in ETL, data modeling, and governance. Able to quickly learn and understand data from diverse sources such as third‑party APIs, cloud or on‑premise SQL databases, Excel files, etc.
• Collaborates with cross‑functional teams—including business analysts, data scientists, and solution architects—to translate business requirements into robust data solutions that enable actionable insights and strategic decision‑making.
• Collaborates with stakeholders and clients to translate opportunities to data solutions. Leverages effective communication strategies to accelerate strategic initiatives.
• Acts as the technical lead for projects involving integration and curation of data from diverse sources, ensuring data quality, consistency, and accessibility across platforms. Administers and optimizes data warehouse environments and cloud‑based infrastructure to support high‑performance analytics.
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