Health System Data Engineer Lead-142751

Description & Requirements

Health System Data Engineer Lead

Do you like working on things that positively impact the health of your friends, family, neighbors, and community? St. Luke's has been committed to the health and well‑being of the people we serve since our founding in 1902. As our communities’ needs have evolved, so have we — expanding how we care for our friends and neighbors.

Today, St. Luke’s is more than a hospital. We’re an integrated health system delivering care in our hospitals and clinics, connecting communities to a network of exceptional providers through St. Luke’s Health Partners and funding care through St. Luke’s Health Plan.

As an engineering lead of our Data Platform team at St. Luke’s, you will be integral in developing and helping others develop innovative data solutions for business‑critical data that is shared across the enterprise and collectively represents a “single source of truth.” The ideal candidate for this position would have great communication skills, be a curious self‑starter, have great analytical and problem‑solving skills, and have a passion for delivering technical solutions that enable time‑sensitive, critical decisions. Previous technical or personnel leadership is a plus, but not required.

Required Criteria

• Education: Bachelor's degree or 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree
• Experience: Minimum of 4 years related experience

Responsibilities

• Partner and Learn: Partner with other Data and Analytics leaders, Business Intelligence Developers and Analysts to ensure they have the data needed to develop solutions and provide self‑service data access.
• Develop a strong partnership with the business and increase your understanding of St. Luke's business and clinical functions.
• Co‑develop recommendations, understand needs and lead data and analytics professionals to deliver on requests and projects.
• Lead, coordinate and mentor: Lead your group of data engineers to enhance and develop state‑of‑the‑art data pipelines, data lakehouse and support data extracts.
• Mentor staff to develop skills and fulfill assignments.
• Ensure the team has clear requirements and the solutions are tested and validated.
• Provide regular status reports and plans with appropriate stakeholders.
• Responsible for performance appraisals for positions under their direction; provides leadership guidance, counseling, and continuing education to staff.
• Aligns and develops best practices and align with Data and Analytics best practices within other groups.
• Work with architects to implement solutions in alignment with standards.
• Participate in developing and improving standards and best practices across the Data & Analytics department.
• Build cross‑functional relationships with application teams and business leaders to understand information needs, data flows, and data quality.
• Working Lead: Design, implement, and maintain data management capabilities including the enterprise data platform; its associated data models, ETL processes, and data architecture requirements.
• Utilize data profiling and data quality techniques for requirements validation, unit testing, and automated integration testing. Implement frameworks for automated and scripted testing.
• Contribute to improving solution stability, reliability, efficiency, and quality.
• Identify technical solutions that achieve efficiency and effectiveness and enable data usage as a strategic business asset.
• Be available to support solutions as required by the business need.

Experience

• Strong SQL experience, writing queries and stored procedures.
• Experience with database management systems including performance and tuning and security.
• Experience in developing and communicating data warehouse data models and methodologies.
• Development experience with Databricks and Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services.
• Experience with REST and .NET preferred.
• Experience with Epic EHR and Epic experience is a plus.
• Exposure with Data Lake and Lakehouse Methodologies.
• Previous technical or personnel leadership is a plus.

About St. Luke's

Our employees enjoy many benefits, some of the most popular are tuition reimbursement, hospital retirement contributions, and hospital‑supported ongoing training and education.

If you’re looking for a place where you can grow in your personal life, in your career, and in your community, St. Luke’s may be just the place for you.

A strong, talented staff is at the heart of St. Luke’s Health System. We are the state’s largest employer with more than 19,000 employees and a medical staff of more than 1,800 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Our employees are dedicated to impacting the lives of those in our community while pursuing a life‑changing career at St. Luke’s. Our staff is the reason for our outstanding reputation as both a quality employer and superior healthcare organization.

We’re proud of our people who deliver skilled, compassionate care every day, and are looking to add dedicated individuals who will continue in the same tradition of excellence.

With multiple locations in the beautiful southern and central Idaho, our mild, four‑season climate means you can play outdoors year‑round. Whether you prefer leisurely walks along the river or heart‑pounding climbs up a sheer cliff there is always something to do after work. An exciting mix of urban and outdoor life defines Idaho’s culture; you can ski in the morning and watch a college sporting event at night.

It is a great state to raise a family and forge lasting relationships.

What's In It For You

At St. Luke’s, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission – and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally.

In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on‑site massages, on‑site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

EEO Statement

St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

• Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.