It’s More Than a Career, It’s a Mission.

Our people are the foundation of our success. By joining our growing team at Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI), a subsidiary of McKesson, you will have the opportunity to become part of one of the largest community-based cancer programs to advance oncology treatments and improve outcomes for cancer patients across the globe. We look for mission-driven candidates who have a desire to advance the fight against cancer and make a difference in the lives of patients diagnosed with cancer every day.

Our Mission

People who live with cancer – those who work to prevent it, fight it, and survive it – are at the heart of every decision we make. Bringing the most innovative medical minds together with the most passionate caregivers in their communities, we are transforming care and personalizing treatment. Through clinical excellence and cutting-edge research, SCRI is redefining cancer care around the world.

SCRI’s Data Solutions team is looking for a Data Ops Engineer to support strategic data initiatives.  As a Data Ops Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, constructing, and maintaining data architectures, databases, and large-scale processing systems to support SCRI data initiatives. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to develop and support efficient data pipelines and contribute to our data modernization efforts. This position requires an understanding of data engineering principles, cloud technologies, and a commitment to delivering high-quality data solutions.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design and implement scalable and efficient data pipelines to support various data-driven initiatives. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and contribute to the development of data architecture. 

• Work on data integration projects, ensuring seamless and optimized data flow between systems. 

• Implement best practices for data engineering, ensuring data quality, reliability, and performance. 

• Contribute to data modernization efforts by leveraging cloud solutions and optimizing data processing workflows. 

• Create and maintain technical documentation, including data mapping documents, solution design documents and data dictionaries.

• Effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

• Automation and promotions to different environments using GitHub CICD with GitHub Actions / Liquibase.

• Participate in the evaluation and identification of new technologies.

• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications: 

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science), or related experience. 

• Technical expertise in building and optimizing data pipelines and large-scale processing systems. 

• Technical expertise with Azure Cloud, Data Factory, Batch Service and Databricks.  

• Experience working with cloud solutions and contributing to data modernization efforts. 

• Experience using Terraform and bicep scripts to build Azure infrastructure.

• Experience implementing security changes using Azure RBAC.

• Experience building cloud infrastructure including Data Factory, Batch Service, Azure Gen 2 Storage Account and Azure SQL database.

• Experience in developing data pipelines through proficiency in programming languages such as SQL, Python, Pyspark, or Scala for effective data manipulation and transformation.  

• Excellent understanding of data engineering principles, data architecture, and database management. 

• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail. 

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Additional Experience:

• Knowledge of the healthcare, distribution, or software industries is a plus. 

• Strong technical aptitude and experience with a wide variety of technologies  

• Ability to rapidly learn and if required evaluate a new tool or technology.  

• Strong verbal & written communication skills  

• Demonstrated technical experience.  

• Be an innovative thinker.  

• Must have a strong customer and quality focus.

*We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role at this time.

Interested candidates should submit their application through https://www.scri.com/careers/. Applications will be accepted through January 22, 2025. Please ensure all required materials are included as outlined in the posting.

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