Data Platform Engineer

Job overview

The Data Platform Engineer role is fully remote within the United States, excluding California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. The salary range is $85,389–$116,975 per year. The role supports the Department of Veterans Affairs. The engineer modernizes a healthcare data platform by moving XML-based data toward a scalable AWS architecture and building reporting and query capabilities for business users. The work connects data engineering, analytics needs, and EDI processing while documenting and maintaining the platform.

What you'll do

• Evaluate AWS data services and architecture
• design reporting and SQL query layers
• plan migration of XML data from MSSQL
• maintain catalogs, schemas, and metadata
• optimize query performance and cost
• collaborate with stakeholders and a C#/.NET engineer
• maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code
• document architecture and data flows.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

data platform engineer

remote

united states

syms strategic group

aws

healthcare data

sql

xml

data migration

analytics

ci/cd

public trust mbi

$85,389–$116,975 per year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

100% U.S.-based remote position; U.S. citizenship and Public Trust (MBI) eligibility required.

About the employer

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG) is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Facilities Management Services. Sector: 54.