Director Of Data Platform

Highmark Health

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Gcp, aws, azure cloud environments
Spark, flink, kafka, airflow
Bigquery, presto/trino, iceberg
This role is pivotal in defining and owning the long-term data platform and engineering strategy, establishing technical roadmaps, and driving architectural decisions for data ingestion, storage, processing, interoperability, and analytics across the enterprise

Job Summary

  • This role is pivotal in defining and owning the long-term data platform and engineering strategy, establishing technical roadmaps, and driving architectural decisions for data ingestion, storage, processing, interoperability, and analytics across the enterprise.
  • The incumbent will also establish and enforce data quality standards, metadata management, lineage, and operational excellence, ensuring compliance with healthcare regulatory requirements (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2) and partnering with governance and security teams to protect sensitive data.
  • Perform management responsibilities to include, but are not limited to: involved in hiring and termination decisions, coaching and development, rewards and recognition, performance management and staff productivity.

Matching Summary

This role is pivotal in defining and owning the long-term data platform and engineering strategy, establishing technical roadmaps, and driving architectural decisions for data ingestion, storage, processing, interoperability, and analytics across the enterprise.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • GCP, AWS, Azure cloud environments
  • Spark, Flink, Kafka, Airflow
  • BigQuery, Presto/Trino, Iceberg
  • dbt and semantic modeling
  • FHIR, HL7, and related APIs
  • HIPAA-compliant platforms
  • PHI data management

Nice-to-have

  • Influence cross-functional stakeholders
  • Foster a culture of excellence
  • Drive architectural decisions
  • Bridge technical and business concepts

Key Requirements

  • 7 years in Data Analytics
  • 5 years in a management or leadership role
  • 5 years in the Healthcare Industry
  • 5 years in Information Systems
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer and Information Science, Computer Engineering, Health Informatics or related field
  • 6 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree

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