Data Engineer (Business Intelligence) - Hybrid

Awarded a Healthiest Employer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona aims to fulfill its mission to inspire health and make it easy. AZ Blue offers a variety of health insurance products and services to meet the diverse needs of individuals, families, and small and large businesses as well as providing information and tools to help individuals make better health decisions.

At AZ Blue, we have a hybrid workforce strategy, called Workability, that offers flexibility with how and where employees work. Our positions are classified as hybrid, onsite or remote. While the majority of our employees are hybrid, the following classifications drive our current minimum onsite requirements:

• Hybrid People Leaders: must reside in AZ, required to be onsite at least twice per week

• Hybrid Individual Contributors: must reside in AZ, unless otherwise cited within this posting, required to be onsite at least once per week

• Hybrid 2 (Operational Roles such as but not limited to: Customer Service, Claims Processors, and Correspondence positions): must reside in AZ, unless otherwise cited within this posting, required to be onsite at least once per month

• Onsite: daily onsite requirement based on the essential functions of the job

• Remote: not held to onsite requirements, however, leadership can request presence onsite for business reasons including but not limited to staff meetings, one-on-ones, training, and team building

Please note that onsite requirements may change in the future, based on business need, and job responsibilities. Most employees should expect onsite requirements and at a minimum of once per week.

This position is hybrid within the state of AZ only.  This hybrid work opportunity requires residency, and work to be performed, within the State of Arizona.

Purpose of the job

Designs and implements Business Intelligence and data engineering solutions across enterprise data platforms, including ETL development, data modeling, and performance optimization.

Responsible for building and supporting modern data integration solutions leveraging Snowflake and cloud-based data platforms. Develops scalable data pipelines, integrates BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Business Objects), and ensures data is accessible, reliable, and optimized for analytics and operational reporting.

This role supports enterprise BI by enabling both structured reporting solutions and ad hoc data requests, partnering with business teams to deliver timely data insights. The Data Engineer contributes to the design and build-out of future-state data architecture and serves as a key technical resource supporting the Senior Manager of Data & Platform and the Business Intelligence organization.

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Required Work Experience

• 4 years of experience in computer programming, query design, and databases
• 6 years of experience in computer programming, query design, and databases (Senior level)

Required Education

• High-School Diploma or GED in general field of study

Required Licenses

• N/A

Required Certifications

• N/A

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred Work Experience

• 4+ years of experience building and managing complex Data Integration solutions.
• 4+ years of experience in computer programming, query design, and databases 
• 4+ years of experience Database administration with SQL Server
• 6+ years of experience building and managing complex Data Integration solutions (Senior)
• 6+ years of experience in computer programming, query design, and databases (Senior)
• 6+ years of experience Database administration with SQL Server (Senior)

Preferred Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field preferred
• Master’s Degree in Information Technology or related field (Senior)

Preferred Licenses

• N/A

Preferred Certifications

• MS SQL Certification or other certification in current programming languages

ESSENTIAL job functions AND RESPONSIBILITIES

DAta Engineer – Performs job functions with general supervision and peer review

• Learn area’s direct data flow and understand impact to surrounding systems and business processes.
• Architect, design, construct, test, tune, deploy, and support data integration and ETL solutions across enterprise platforms.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines using SQL, ETL tools, and Snowflake-based architectures.
• Design and implement Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) solutions utilizing SSIS and modern data pipeline frameworks.
• Build and support data integration between Business Intelligence tools (Power BI, Business Objects, Tableau) and enterprise data platforms.
• Support Snowflake integration, ingestion, and data modeling efforts aligned to enterprise data strategy.
• Analyze and map data across systems to support reporting, analytics, and operational use cases.
• Perform ad hoc data pulls and analysis to support business requests and enterprise BI needs.
• Ensure data solutions meet quality, performance, and reliability standards.
• Collaborate with BI developers, analysts, and architects to deliver scalable reporting and analytics solutions.
• Participate in future-state data platform design and modernization initiatives.
• Support and implement data governance, data quality, and standardization practices.
• Write and execute unit test plans; troubleshoot and resolve processing issues.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to design and development standards.
• Contribute to documentation including technical designs, data mappings, and support procedures.
• Participate in the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Maintain knowledge of emerging technologies in data engineering, BI tools, and cloud platforms.
• Communicate status of work assignments to stakeholders and leadership.
• Support operational processes including monitoring, error handling, and recovery procedures.
• Maintain adherence to source control and versioning policies.
• Meet timeliness and accuracy goals and support enterprise reporting reliability.
• The position requires a full-time work schedule. Full-time is defined as working at least 40 hours per week, plus any additional hours as requested or as needed to meet business requirements.

Senior - Performs job functions with minimal supervision in a Lead capacity

• Research, analyze, track and resolve complex production problems.
• Build, support, and maintain complex processes, programs, and data.
• Evaluate high-level project information and assess project components to forecast work effort required.
• Provide peer-level review and mentoring to peers.
• Participate and/or lead complex technical projects.
• Act as primary operational contact for internal and external customers when needed or in the absence of manager.
• Ensure Service Level Agreements between department and operational or technical areas are met.
• Inform manager of any issues impacting the efficient and effective performance of the department including system, resource, and informational barriers; Provide timely feedback to team member on performance.
• Lead Snowflake-based data engineering initiatives and support platform integration efforts
• Act as a subject matter expert in data engineering, ETL, and BI tool integration
• Support and influence future-state data architecture and platform decisions
• Mentor team members on SQL, ETL development, and modern data engineering practices
• Partner with Senior Manager, Data & Platform on platform strategy execution

ALL LEVELS

• Each progressive level includes the ability to perform the essential functions of any lower levels and mentor employees in those levels.
• Maintain current on new developments in technology-related industries.
• Participate in corporate quality and data governance programs.
• Participate in on-call rotation.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.
• The position requires a full-time work schedule. Full-time is defined as working at least 40 hours per week, plus any additional hours as requested or as needed to meet business requirements. Participate in on-call rotation.

competencies

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Required Job Skills (Applies to All Levels)
  • Intermediate skill in use of office equipment, including copiers, fax machines, scanner and telephones
  • Intermediate PC proficiency in spreadsheet, database and word processing software
  • Advanced knowledge of business intelligence, programming, and data analysis sotfware
  • Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft SQL databases and database administration
  • Strong proficiency in SQL and data modeling for analytics and reporting
  • Experience with ETL frameworks and data pipeline development
  • Experience working with Snowflake or similar cloud-based platforms
  • Understanding of data integration across BI tools and reporting platforms
  • Ability to support both structured reporting and ad hoc data requests
  • Intermediate proficiency in T-SQL, NZ-SQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, Hadoop, data tuning, enterprise data modeling and schema change management. 
  • Working technical knowledge of current software protocols and Internet standards to the extent that they apply to database administration.
  • Excellent database troubleshooting skills
  • Working technical knowledge of PowerShell.
  • Strong object-oriented design and analysis skills
  • Experience consuming, organizing and analyzing JSON and XML messages as data.

• Required Professional Competencies (Applies to All Levels)
  • Knowledge of agile development practices
  • Strong analytical skills to support independent and effective decisions
  • Ability to prioritize tasks and work with multiple priorities, sometimes under limited time constraints.
  • Perserverance in the face of resistance or setbacks.
  • Effective interpersonal skills and ability to maintain positive working relationship with others.          
  • Verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
  • Systems research and analysis. Ability to write and present business intelligence documentation
  • Demonstrate the ability to stay current on global threats and vulnerabilities.
  • Maintain confidentiality and privacy

• Required Leadership Experience and Competencies
  • Build synergy with a diverse team in an ever changing environment
  • Facilitate and resolve customer requests and inquiries for all levels of management within the Corporation (Senior only)

• Participation in one or more groups that aids in setting/enforcing standards and/or providing educational opportunities across the IT organization. (Senior only)

PREFERRED COMPETENCIES

Preferred Job Skills (Applies to All Levels)

• Knowledge of HIPAA regulations
• Advanced proficiency in spreadsheet, SQL queries, database, flow charting, and  word processing software
• Advanced knowledge of data mapping techniques
• Advanced knowledge of computer operating systems
• Advanced knowledge of decision support systems
• Advanced knowledge of programming, database systems, and data management.
• Advanced knowledge of decision support systems
• Advanced knowledge of Business Objects
• Experience with Snowflake or modern cloud data warehouse platforms
• Experience integrating BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, and Business Objects
• Experience building scalable data pipelines and data integration frameworks

Preferred Professional Competencies (Applies to All Levels)

• Advanced systems research and analysis expertise
• Impeccable project management skills
• Solid technical ability and problem solving skills
• Knowledge of internal departments and operations
• Strong technical documentation skills and a strong ability to translate technical concepts so that they are easily understood by laypersons

Preferred Leadership Experience and Competencies (Applies to Senior level)

• Ability to provide mentoring and peer review to junior team members
• Ability to build lesson plans and deliver lessons to junior team members

Our Commitment

AZ Blue does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected group.

Thank you for your interest in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona.  For more information on our company, see azblue.com.  If interested in this position, please apply.