Alignment Health is breaking the mold in conventional health care, committed to serving seniors and those who need it most: the chronically ill and frail. It takes an entire team of passionate and caring people, united in our mission to put the senior first. We have built a team of talented and experienced people who are passionate about transforming the lives of the seniors we serve. In this fast-growing company, you will find ample room for growth and innovation alongside the Alignment Health community. Working at Alignment Health provides an opportunity to do work that really matters, not only changing lives but saving them. Together.

The Data Development Operations Engineer who is responsible for supporting Alignment Healthcare’s enterprise data platforms. This role requires a balance of Azure cloud database administration responsibilities as well as a support role in data applications and design. As a result of this unique blend of responsibilities, the incumbent must work in tight unison with in-house Developers, Systems Engineers and external vendors to provide a high level of excellence in our data-driven platform. This role requires effective communication with all levels across Data & Technology and managing customer perceptions that build strong relationships throughout both Data & Technology and business departments. This position also facilitates ongoing collaboration with Data & Technology department leaders to develop consistent framework strategies that align with business requirements, goals and initiatives. Primary responsibilities of this role include owning, tracking, and resolving data platform related incidents and requests, CI/CD for data platform, performance tuning, remediation of security vulnerabilities. This role also requires a service-oriented mentality, a high sense of ownership of the problems and requests assigned, a focus on managing and resolving issues, as well as initiating and performing DevOps functions on Production, UAT, Dev, and Test systems. The Data DevOps Engineer requires familiarity with Data & Analytics technologies and reporting techniques that support Alignment Healthcare’s analytics environment.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

(May include but are not limited to)

Develop, test and implement CI/CD Process which minimize downtime.
Develop and maintain data platform standards, naming conventions and DevOps methodologies.
Perform database and application tuning.
Perform code review and provide consultation to development teams.
Review and approve database logical and physical designs.
Confer with technical staff and cross departmental team members to plan, design, develop, implement, and enhance database applications, scripts, procedures, processes and metadata.
Keep up to date on emerging cloud data platform architectures, technologies, and methodologies.
Mentor and train other staff as necessary.
Working in and around Azure DevOps and GIT. Managing assigned tasks and possible bugs.

Job Requirements:

Extensive experience in performance tuning and troubleshooting (drill down approach with database and application).
Azure Cloud SQL Experience
3+ Years in Azure Data Factory, Azure Storage
3+ years maintaining SQL Server mission critical databases
3+ years in SQL and PL/SQL scripting and tuning.
3+ years in Logic Apps, Synapse
3+ years in shell scripting / PowerShell scripting, SSIS packages.
2+ years with Big Data Technologies (NoSQL databases, Cosmos DB Hadoop, Hive, HBase, Pig, Spark, Elasticsearch etc.)
Experience monitoring databases with SQL Server related monitoring tools.
Ability to install and configure new server instances and upgrade existing ones.
Experience in using Python, Java and/or other data engineering languages
Experience leading large-scale data warehousing and analytics projects, including using Azure or AWS technologies – SQL Server, Redshift, S3, EC2, Data-pipeline, Data Lake, Data Factory and other big data technologies
Ability to work with technical and non-technical people
Problem solving skills and ability to meet deadlines are a must

Preferred:

Microsoft Azure Certification is a plus
Healthcare Experience

Essential Physical Functions:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee regularly is required to stand, walk, sit, use hand to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.

2. The employee frequently lifts and/or moves up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Pay Range: $130,332.00 - $195,498.00

Alignment Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

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