Remote Federal Government Data Analyst Jobs in Kansas

The Staff Data Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines, infrastructure, and data visualization to support our data-driven decision-making processes. The scope of this job includes collaborating with data scientists, analysts, solutions partners, and other stakeholders to increase data quality, accessibility, and security.

Location: This is a remote position. Candidates located within 50 miles of WellSky's headquarters in Overland Park, KS will join our WHQ community and participate in our in-office collaboration experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, develop, and maintain the data architecture, data models, and standards for various data integration and data warehousing in enterprise data warehouse.
• Research, develop, and maintain data solutions to enable new or existing solutions and BI development for the enterprise driven data warehouse and data visualization solutions.
• Maintain current data infrastructure for performance, scalability, and reliability across all data workflows.
• Influence code reviews through WellSky solution subject matter expertise.
• Develop and train teammates for data security, architecture, and governance requirements while maintaining data quality standards through automation.
• Adhere to WellSky core values, ensure PHI data security, and adapt to changing BI technologies.
• Perform other job duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
• At least 8-12 years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience managing replication tools (HVR/Fivetran, DataStream, or similar CDC tools) to replicate data from source systems into BigQuery in real-time or near-real-time
• Experience with event-based data capture and streaming using Apache Kafka, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, or similar messaging platforms
• Strong experience with star schema design, dimensional modeling, and modern data platform patterns for analytics-ready solutions
• Experience with Dataflow, Airflow, dbt, Dataform, or equivalent tools for high-volume pipeline orchestration
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and Terraform for automated, scalable data engineering
• Working knowledge of AI-based development tools and workflows (e.g., AI-assisted coding, LLM integration, prompt engineering for data workflows)
• Working knowledge of reporting and dashboarding tools (Tableau, Looker, Sisense) with experience embedding analytics into multi-tenant client application systems
• Healthcare industry experience
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) data services
• Experience with multi-tenant SaaS application architectures

Job Expectations:

• Willing to work as a part on an on-call rotation
• Willing to work additional or irregular hours as needed
• Must work in accordance with applicable security policies and procedures to safeguard company and client information
• Must be able to sit and view a computer screen for extended periods of time

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Here are some of the exciting benefits full-time teammates are eligible to receive at WellSky:

• Excellent medical with Rx, dental, and vision benefits
• Mental Health support through EAP
• Generous paid time off, plus 13 paid holidays
• 100% vested 401(K) retirement plans
• Educational assistance up to $2500 per year

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