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Data Engineer, Enterprise Data, Full-time, Days

Company: 
Northwestern Medicine
City: 
Chicago
State: 
Illinois
Employment type: 
Full time
Remote Position: 
No
Required degree level: 
Other

Benefits

  • $10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
  • $10,000 Student Loan Repayment ($5,000 part-time)
  • $1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
  • $250 Wellbeing Fund per year($125 for part-time)
  • Matching 401(k)
  • Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
  • Life insurance
  • Annual Employee Salary Increase and Incentive Bonus
  • Paid time off and Holiday pay


Pay Starting at: $46.39+ per hour based on experience

Northwestern Medicine is powered by a community of colleagues who are purpose-driven and committed to our mission to deliver world-class care. Here, you'll work alongside some of the best clinical talent in the nation leading the way in medical innovation and breakthrough research with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

We recognize where you've been, and we support where you're headed. We celebrate diverse perspectives and experiences, which fuel our commitment to equity and culture of service.

Grow your career with comprehensive training and development opportunities, mentorship programs, educational support and student loan repayment.

  • Create the life you envision for yourself with flexible work options, a Reimbursable Well-Being Fund and a Total Rewards package that support your physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being.
  • Make a difference through volunteer opportunities we offer in local communities and drive inclusive change through our workforce-led resource groups.


From discovery to delivery, come help us shape the future of medicine.

Remote work from Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, or Ohio

Description

The Data Engineer reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization's Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

Working in Analytics at Northwestern Medicine, we help our clinical and administrative leadership through the development of thoughtful, highly engaging analytics products that will impact the clinical and financial areas of our health system. We do this by engaging with our customers to understand opportunities for improvement and then applying the right analytic solution to drive that improvement. Our health system looks to us to be thought-leaders in Analytics, which requires us to be analytical problem solvers by nature. We also strive to develop a deep understanding and empathy for our internal customers and communicate the value and purpose to stakeholders. Through tenacity and resilience, we will strive through ambiguity, drive impactful projects, and overcome challenges.

Northwestern Medicine is looking for a data driven, business-minded, results-oriented Data Engineer to join our team. The Data Engineer uncovers insights that drive strategy and optimal decision making for the executive team and leaders across the organization. In this role, you will be charged with understanding the 'who, what, and whys' of our business - working cross-functionally to realize the value of NM's data assets.

Responsibilities:

  • The Data Engineer is responsible for delivering data warehouse and analytic solutions by ingesting, integrating, and curating data, building analytical solutions, and administering systems to deliver information to the health system.
  • Serves as a functional and content expert of the data warehouse to synthesize raw data into actionable information to be used in analytical solutions.
  • Applies knowledge of relational database skills including advanced SQL knowledge and the ability to create complex queries and stored procedures.
  • Collaborates with the Architecture team in the design and execution of solutions.
  • Ensures that new and existing data models and databases are consistent with approved data architecture standards.
  • Providefacilitation, analysis, design,andexecution ofarchitecture solutions and ensure solutions are leveraged. Create, document, and communicate the integration approach of all the components of the solution.
  • Define key solutions and ensure they are managed for consumption by users and across teams. Research, analyze, determine capabilities and propose solution alternatives to address specific business needs and product/service strategies.
  • Maintain knowledge of current trends and development in the field. Actively explores emerging technologies.
  • Independently work with business users to gather and scope requirements and recommend analytical solutions to meet business needs.
  • Assists with ETL design and development including data analysis, source-target mapping, quality profiling, change data capture, code performance.
  • Evaluate data quality and interpret results in a clear, concise manner.
  • Document all programming changes and design, system modifications and their associated maintenance.
  • Own analytics projects and be accountable for collaborating with the business to gather requirements, execute to provide analytical solutions, which exceed customer expectations.
  • Work collaboratively with and support multi-departments efforts and projects.
  • Mentor staff by sharing skills, experience, knowledge, and expertise on analytic tools and solutions.
  • Serve as subject matter expert within the department.
  • Provide training and support through the organization on the use of analytics tools.
  • Performs other duties and functions as assigned.


Qualifications

Required :

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in relevant field
  • Five or more years of experience in a role querying, analyzing data, and/or data modeling/architecture
  • Experience working with a variety of data warehousing models and design fundamentals (e.g. Inmom Kimball)
  • Experience with developing and maintaining ETL / data pipeline (e.g. Microsoft SSIS, Azure Data Factory)
  • Experience with OLAP or Tabular cube software
  • Experience using SQL for data extraction, manipulation, and reporting
  • Previous experience working in an Agile environment
  • Strong knowledge of relational database skills including advanced SQL knowledge and the ability to create complex queries and stored procedures
  • Experience with report writing and data visualization tools such as: Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Crystal Reports, SSRS, etc.


Preferred:

  • Experience developing, designing and supporting applications and relational databases
  • Experience using a software package for statistical analysis (R, Python, etc)
  • Previous experience working with Epic Clarity data
  • Previous healthcare experience, ideally with a health system


Equal Opportunity

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.

While each of our 11 hospitals and more than 200 locations has a unique story, Northwestern Medicine is unified under one vision: to put patients first in everything that we do. Anchored by Northwestern Memorial Hospital in downtown Chicago, Northwestern Medicine brings academic medicine into the heart of local communities across the suburbs and beyond, close to where our patients live and work.

Northwestern Medicine is dedicated to providing the most advanced health care to the communities and patients we serve. The Northwestern Medicine clinical and administrative staff, medical and science faculty, and medical students come together every day with a shared commitment to superior quality, academic excellence, scientific discovery and patient safety.

Northwestern Medicine has:

  • More than 33,000 employees dedicated to exceptional service and care
  • More than 4,400 aligned physicians, including faculty, residents and scientists, offering treatment informed by the latest research from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • 6 hospitals honored by the Magnet® Recognition Program for meeting the highest standards for patient care and nursing excellence
  • Hundreds of locations throughout the Chicagoland area

CULTURE

Our Mission, Vision and Core Values

Whether directly providing patient care or supporting those who do, every Northwestern Medicine employee has an impact on the quality of the patient experience and the level of excellence we collectively achieve. This knowledge, expressed in our shared commitment to a single, patient-focused mission, unites us.

Mission

Northwestern Medicine is a premier integrated academic health system where the patient comes first.

  • We are all caregivers or someone who supports a caregiver.
  • We are here to improve the health of our community.
  • We have an essential relationship with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
  • We integrate education and research to continually improve excellence in clinical practice.
  • We serve a broad community and strive to bring the best in medicine closer to where patients live and work.

Vision

To be a premier integrated academic health system that will serve a broad community and bring the best in medicine—including breakthrough treatments and clinical trials enhanced through our affiliation with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine—to a growing number of patients close to where they live and work.

Values

Patients first: Putting our patients first in all that we do

Integrity: Adhering to an uncompromising code of ethics that emphasizes complete honesty and sincerity

Teamwork: Team success over personal success

Excellence: Continuously striving to be better

  • “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” (2022): Top score and designated as “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” by the Disability Equality Index
  • “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” (2021): Top score and designated as “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” by the Disability Equality Index

 

 

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