Data Engineer I-Psychiatry

The Data Engineer Iis responsible for data collection, movement, storage, transformation processing, and storage ofBig Data. This individual works with both current ETL/Data Warehousing and future Big Data/Streaming/Pipeline architectures. The focus is on choosing optimal solutions to use for these purposes, then implementing, maintaining, and monitoring them, always being mindful of the overarching goal of accelerating translational research and improving clinical care.

1. Facilitates data collection from a variety of different sources, getting it in the right formats, assuring that it adheres to data quality standards, and assuring that downstream users can get that data quickly and with a common standard interface.

2. Ensures that data streams/pipelines are scalable, repeatable, and secure, and can serve multiple users within the Institute.

3. Develops as a core member of an Agile team, using Agile tools and methodology. Work closely with other team members including Application Developers, Database Developers, and Data Scientists.

4. Responsible for creating the infrastructure that provides insight from raw data and handles diverse sources of data seamlessly.

5. Enables big data and batch/real-time analytical solutions that leverage emerging technologies.

6. Additional responsibilities include developing prototypes and proof of concepts for the selected solutions, and implementing complex big data projects with a focus on collecting, parsing, and managing large sets of data using multiple platforms to allow for Research and Data Science initiatives.

7. Translates business requirements into modern data pipeline solutions. Create centralized documents and diagrams of all solutions.

8. Creates a data catalog store of all metadata.

9. Designs and implements monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery of data systems.

10. Approaches all relationships with a world-class customer service approach. Maintains a customer-focused approach with users to provide solutions that are science/research-driven.

11. Responsible for the integrity and security of data in all forms of storage throughout the Data Architecture.

12. Works with other IT professionals through Mount Sinai effectively. Comply with the Institutional Review Board and HIPAA to follow all applicable policies and procedures.

13. Assists in the development of standards and procedures affecting data management, design and maintenance.Documents all standards and procedures.

14. Provides presentations and training to other team members in the above.

15. Possesses an extremely flexible attitude. Willing to work with multiple types of technologies and languages with an open mind and without technology bias. Continuous interest in updating skill sets and knowledge of trends in the Big Data Technology space.

16. Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related discipline; Advanced degree preferred
• 2+ years relevant professional development experience, preferably in a LINUX environment.
• Strong SQL and NoSQL Database Knowledge: Oracle, PostgreSQL/MYSQL, and Mongo DB (or similar).
• Proficiency with at least 2 programming languages among Scala/Python/ Java. Must be flexible and fast to pick up new languages.
• Proficiency in Restful service development, preferably with Node JS, Django and PHP.
• Experience with micro-services and SOA.
• Strong SQL and NoSQL Database Knowledge: Oracle, PostgreSQL/MYSQL, and Mongo DB (or similar).
• Proficiency or working familiarity on the installation and configuration of big data software and technology
• Knowledge of Hadoop, Spark, Kafka and other big data technology stacks and streaming tools is a plus
• Familiarity with and the ability to leverage a wide variety of open source technologies and tools.
• Working knowledge of cloud architecture and implementation onAzure or AWS, is a big plus. Experience with serverless computing, creating VMs, cloud security, and other cloud services is also a big plus.
• Experience working in an Agile methodology. Experience working with JIRA is a plus.

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:  

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization.  We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

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