Data Engineer

January 17

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CDC Foundation

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CDC Foundation is a non-profit organization that collaborates with donors and partners to advance public health initiatives globally. By leveraging collaboration, the foundation works to improve community health, enhance health communication, and develop workforce solutions. The foundation supports over 1,400 programs since its inception, contributing to data modernization, global health security, and emergency responses to health threats. Through partnerships with community-based organizations and global entities, the CDC Foundation empowers thriving communities and promotes effective health communications, all while focusing on contemporary challenges such as COVID-19 and antimicrobial resistance.

public health • public-private partnerships • epidemiology • disease control and prevention

51 - 200 employees

Founded 1995

🤝 Non-profit

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🌍 Social Impact

📋 Description

•The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. •The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. •Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1.9 billion and launched more than 1,300 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. •The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of programs in the United States and in more than 90 countries last year. Visit www.cdcfoundation.org for more information. •The Data Engineer will play a crucial role in advancing the CDC Foundation's mission by designing, building, and maintaining data infrastructure for a public health organization. •This role is aligned to the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI). •WAI is a federally funded CDC Foundation program with the goal of helping the nation’s public health agencies by providing them with the technology and data experts they need to accelerate their information system improvements. •Working within the Illinois Department of Public Health, to build, optimize, and manage cloud-based data pipelines and ETL processes on the Snowflake platform. •This role will focus on implementing high-performance data systems, ensuring the reliability and scalability of our data infrastructure, and enabling robust analytics and insights for the organization. •The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Snowflake, cloud environments, and data engineering best practices. •The Data Engineer will be hired by the CDC Foundation and assigned to the Illinois Department of Public Health. •This position is eligible for a fully remote work arrangement for U.S. based candidates.

🎯 Requirements

•Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, or a related field. •Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience. •Proficiency in programming languages commonly used in data engineering, such as Python, Java, Scala, or SQL. Candidate should be able to implement data automations within existing frameworks as opposed to writing one off scripts. •Experience with big data technologies and frameworks like Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, and Flink. •High level of proficiency in Snowflake, including advanced features like Time Travel, Zero-Copy Cloning, and data sharing is required. Experience regarding engineering best practices such as source control, automated testing, continuous integration and deployment, and peer review. •Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and tools.Familiarity with data lake and lakehouse architectures. •Expertise in data modeling, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, and data integration techniques. •Familiarity with agile development methodologies, software design patterns, and best practices. •Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities. •Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical partners effectively. •Flexibility to adapt to evolving project requirements and priorities. •Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; and the ability to develop productive working relationships with colleagues and partners. •Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams •Proficiency in Microsoft Office.