Lead Data Warehouse Engineer
12 hours ago
New York
Description The Scientific Computing & Data group at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) accelerates scientific discovery by supporting a high-performance computing and research data ecosystem. This includes a data commons and two clinical research data warehouses: one for ISMMS and one for the Kidney Precision Medicine Project (KPMP), a multi-institutional research consortium () funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Both warehouses use Microsoft SQL Server and the OMOP Common Data Model. The Lead Data Warehouse Engineer is a senior technical specialist responsible for leading development, maintenance, and operations of these research data warehouses. The role collaborates with warehouse team members and research stakeholders to expand functionality and integrate new data sources. Data transformations are built in Transact-SQL stored procedures, with SSIS used for orchestration. Responsibilities • Design databases and pipelines that balance functionality, performance, cost, and development time; evaluate technical options with the product manager., • Design, build, test, and maintain ETL/ELT processes using T-SQL stored procedures, SSIS, and SQL Agent; apply metadata-driven design for extensibility., • Serve as a team leader; contribute to project planning, work breakdown, dependency sequencing, and release management., • Develop and promote standards, conventions, design patterns, DevOps/SDLC best practices, and operational procedures for pipelines and warehouse maintenance., • Mentor junior engineers in data warehousing, data engineering skills, and operational support., • Design, build, and maintain data management processes, including loading flat files (csv, tsv, pipe-delimited, JSON)., • Lead design sessions, code walkthroughs, peer reviews, and produce technical documentation., • Tune database objects, stored procedures, and pipelines to optimize performance and minimize compute and storage costs., • Monitor database and pipeline operations; lead troubleshooting and remediation of failures; provide occasional after-hours on-call support., • Collaborate with DBAs and system administrators on backups, performance tuning, statistics/index maintenance, and patching., • Provide high-quality customer service to researchers, clinicians, and internal partners; maintain a science‑driven, customer-focused approach., • Ensure patient privacy and data security in compliance with IRB & cybersecurity policies, HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, NYS Article 27-F, and other regulations., • Stay current with emerging technologies to improve capabilities, efficiency, quality, or cost., • Identify improvements in procedures, technology, compliance, and data privacy/security., • Periodically assist DBAs with user provisioning, backups, restorations, capacity planning, and performance monitoring., • Perform related duties as assigned. Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field; Master’s preferred., • 12–15 years of related experience, including 7+ years designing, developing, and maintaining relational databases, data pipelines, and dimensional/OLAP warehouses. Preferred • Expert knowledge of data warehousing: 3NF & dimensional modeling (fact table types, SCDs), change data capture, incremental loads, data lineage, source-to-target mappings, pattern-based & parameter-driven development., • Expert-level experience with Microsoft SQL Server technologies: T-SQL, indexing, stored procedures, UDFs, sequences, dynamic SQL, Linked Servers, SSIS, Visual Studio, SSDT, and SQL Agent., • Experience with DevOps/SDLC best practices; Agile (Scrum, Kanban) with JIRA and Confluence; version control with git., • Strong communication and customer service skills for working with researchers, clinicians, administrators, and IT staff., • Excellent critical thinking, problem-solving, multitasking, and collaboration skills; ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment., • Preferred experience with healthcare data (EHR, billing/claims, cost accounting), Epic Clarity/Caboodle, data models (OMOP, i2b2, PCORnet)., • Preferred experience with Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Oracle PL/SQL, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL., • Experience with SQL Server administration: configuration, performance tuning, partitioning, materialized views, permissions, backups & restorations., • Preferred experience with scripting in Windows & Linux (PowerShell, Python, or similar); HL7; web services/REST APIs; reporting tools like SSRS, Power BI, Tableau. 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Compensation The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides salary ranges that comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $145200 - $217875 annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and operational need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
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