Senior Data Engineer

Description

About Us 

eSimplicity is a modern digital services company that partners with government agencies to improve the lives and protect the well-being of all Americans, from veterans and service members to children, families, and seniors. Our engineers, designers, and strategists cut through complexity to create intuitive products and services that equip federal agencies with solutions to courageously transform today for a better tomorrow.    

 This position is contingent upon contract award   

Responsibilities: 

• Designing, developing, and maintaining scalable data pipelines that ingest, reconcile, and validate Medicaid program data from MESH and connected CMS systems including T-MSIS, MBES, MacFin, SPoTT, and CMCS DataConnect 
• Building and operating data ingestion workflows that support mixed-modality content — spreadsheets (Excel, CSV), documents (PDF, Word), API feeds, and enterprise data services — with full lineage and audit traceability 
• Implementing the data layer that powers the Master Detailed Budget Table (MDBT) modernization, including parsing legacy and modern MDBT formats, normalizing line items (e.g., MMIS 2A/B, 4A/B, 5A/B/C), and validating total computable, state share, and federal share calculations 
• Developing API services to facilitate bidirectional data integration between MESH (Salesforce) and external systems, including standardized integrations with T-MSIS for compliance and Data Quality Assessment status 
• Building data processing workflows on AWS (S3, Glue, EMR, Athena, RDS/Redshift) and, where applicable, Databricks, Spark, and Hive for big-data processing 
• Creating data products that feed Power BI dashboards and Salesforce reports, ensuring consistent definitions, refresh schedules, snapshot management, and data-quality indicators 
• Implementing automated data quality, validation, and reconciliation jobs that flag funding decreases, mismatched FFP rates, missing submissions, and other anomalies 
• Supporting AI/ML pipelines for the MESH platform — including features for AI-assisted submission analysis, predictive analytics, and anomaly detection — by providing curated, governed training and inference data 
• Writing unit and integration tests for all data processing code and partnering with DevOps engineers on CI, CD, and IaC (GitHub Actions, Terraform) so pipelines deploy reliably 
• Performing code reviews, contributing to data-engineering standards, and mentoring less experienced engineers on pipeline design, performance optimization, and observability 
• Maintaining data security and privacy controls for data at rest and in transit (FIPS 140 validated encryption, KMS-managed keys, least-privilege access) consistent with CMS ARS 5.1 and FedRAMP Moderate baselines 
• Documenting data dictionaries, lineage, calculation logic, and pipeline runbooks in CMS-approved tools (Confluence, GitHub) to support transparency, audit, and contract transition activities 

Requirements

Required Qualifications: 

• All candidates must pass public trust clearance through the U.S. Federal Government. This requires candidates to either be U.S. citizens or pass clearance through the Foreign National Government System which will require that candidates have lived within the United States for at least 3 out of the previous 5 years, have a valid and non-expired passport from their country of birth and appropriate VISA/work permit documentation 
• 10+ years of hands-on software development experience; 4+ years of data pipeline experience using Python, Java, and cloud technologies 
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline 
• Strong understanding of AWS data services including S3, Redshift, RDS, EMR, AWS Glue, AWS Glue DataBrew, Athena, QuickSight, and Amazon SNS 
• Experience with Spark and Hive for big-data processing 
• Experience building job workflows on Databricks or comparable platforms 
• Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow, Luigi, or Azkaban 
• Experienced in data governance processes to ingest (batch and stream), curate, and share data with upstream and downstream consumers 
• Strong skills with relational, NoSQL, and SQL databases including Postgres and Cassandra 
• Familiarity with DevOps methodologies, including CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) and IaC (Terraform) 
• Experience with Agile methodology and test-driven development 

Desired Qualifications: 

• Federal Government contracting work experience, particularly with CMS, MACBIS, or other HHS programs 
• Experience working with Medicaid, MMIS, T-MSIS, APD/MDBT, or other CMS data sets 
• Experience integrating data with Salesforce via REST/SOAP APIs, Bulk API, and Salesforce Connect 
• Familiarity with Power BI semantic models, datamarts, and Microsoft Fabric / DataConnect equivalents 
• Experience supporting AI/ML feature engineering and feature stores 
• AWS Data Analytics or AWS Solutions Architect certification 

Working Environment:

eSimplicity supports a remote work environment operating within the Eastern time zone so we can work with and respond to our government clients. Expected hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern unless otherwise directed by your manager. 

Occasional travel for training and project meetings. It is estimated to be less than 5% per year. 

Benefits: 

eSimplicity offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) retirement benefits, paid time off, paid holidays, life and disability insurance, and additional wellness and employee support programs. Eligibility may vary based on employment status and applicable plan terms.
 

Reasonable Accommodation: 

eSimplicity is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process. Applicants who need assistance or an accommodation should contact Human Resources.
 

Equal Employment Opportunity: 

eSimplicity is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status