Additional Information
The Data Engineering team at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is hiring an Associate Data Engineer II to build and optimize data pipelines that power critical system and vendor integrations, as well as enterprise analytics. This role is ideal for candidates with strong experience in SQL and Python who are comfortable designing, enhancing, and troubleshooting scalable data pipelines, supporting data warehouse structures, and resolving complex data quality issues.
In this role, you will partner closely with data engineers, business analysts, vendors, and stakeholders to deliver reliable, high-performing data solutions using modern cloud technologies, including Google Cloud and BigQuery. This position includes collaboration across teams and participation in an on-call rotation, offering continued growth opportunities and the ability to expand into more advanced engineering responsibilities.
Notes:
On-call rotation is required for this role, starting about 6 months into the position.
Sponsorship is unavailable for this role.
While this is a remote, work from home position, the final round of interviews will take place onsite in our Chattanooga, TN offices.
Job Responsibilities
Formulates and defines system scope and objectives through research to design, develop, modify, or integrate moderately complex information systems.
Devises or modifies application systems and procedures to optimize functional requirements including capacity, operating time, response time, and form of desired results.
Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents programs, subroutines, and scripts.
Must be competent to work on most phases of applications systems analysis, and must maintain technical skill set for software languages, databases, platforms, operating systems, etc.
Responds to system failures and performance events by taking appropriate measures to reduce system downtime and eliminate recurrence of problems.
Provides services to multiple project teams or management staff, provides guidance to less-experienced programmers, and may conduct presentations to provide end users with knowledge to maximize their use of developed systems.
May serve one or more project team roles, such as project lead, business systems analyst, or technical lead, for small to medium efforts.
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Job Qualifications
Education
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience required. Equivalent years of experience are determined as one year of technical experience for every year of college requested.
Bcbst · TN, Chattanooga, Remote