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Senior AWS Cloud Engineer Healthcare Domain
Remote
Job Summary
We are looking for a seasoned Senior AWS Cloud Engineer with 15+ years of experience and a strong background in AWS, Python, and PySpark, along with healthcare domain expertise. The ideal candidate will design and build scalable, secure, and compliant cloud-based data platforms handling sensitive healthcare data while adhering to regulatory standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement cloud-native architectures on AWS for healthcare applications and data platforms
- Build and maintain scalable data pipelines using Python and PySpark for processing large healthcare datasets
- Develop ETL/ELT workflows for structured and unstructured healthcare data (EHR/EMR, claims, clinical data)
- Work with AWS services such as:
- Amazon S3, EMR, Glue, Lambda, Redshift, RDS, Athena
- Ensure data security, privacy, and compliance with healthcare regulations (e.g., HIPAA)
- Implement data lakes and data warehouses for healthcare analytics and reporting
- Optimize performance and cost efficiency of cloud workloads
- Automate deployments using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation)
- Implement orchestration using Airflow or AWS Step Functions
- Enable real-time and batch data processing pipelines
- Collaborate with data engineers, clinicians, analysts, and business stakeholders
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 15+ years of IT experience, with significant experience in cloud engineering
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services
- Expert-level proficiency in Python and PySpark
- Experience working with large-scale healthcare datasets
- Strong knowledge of:
- Data modeling, ETL pipelines, and distributed computing
- Hands-on experience with AWS services:
- S3, EMR, Glue, Lambda, Redshift, Athena
- Experience building secure and compliant data systems
- Knowledge of healthcare data standards such as:
- HL7, FHIR, ICD, CPT (preferred)
- Strong SQL and database skills (RDBMS and NoSQL)
Familiarity with CI/CD, DevOps, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).