Data Engineer - Remote

About this role

City/State Virginia Beach, VAWork Shift First (Days)Overview: Sentara is hiring a Data Engineer! This is a fully remote position. Work Location: Remote opportunities available in the following states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington (state), West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming Overview We are looking for a Data Engineer to support a modern data platform built on Databricks. This role will focus on building scalable data pipelines, supporting a metadata-driven ingestion framework, and ensuring data quality and governance are embedded into the platform. Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain data pipelines using PySpark and Databricks

Work within a metadata-driven ingestion framework to onboard new datasets

Implement data quality checks and validation rules within pipelines

Support ingestion from file-based sources and ingestion tools (e.g., Fivetran)

Handle schema changes, incremental loads, and file processing patterns

Contribute to data governance practices including tagging, metadata, and lineage

Troubleshoot and resolve pipeline failures and performance issues

Collaborate with architects and stakeholders on data onboarding and requirements

Follow and contribute to coding standards, reusable components, and best practices

Education

Experience in lieu of a Bachelor’s Degree

3+ years of relevant experience with a degree

5+ years of relevant experience without a degree

Certification/Licensure No specific certification or licensure requirements Experience

Required to 3 to 5 years of relevant experience

Hands-on experience with PySpark and Databricks

Strong SQL skills

Experience building ETL/ELT data pipelines

Understanding of Delta Lake concepts (merge, schema evolution, partitions)

Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure preferred)

Basic experience with Git and version control

Exposure to data catalog or governance tools (e.g., DataHub)

Experience with Fivetran or similar ingestion tools

Understanding of data quality and validation concepts

Experience working with metadata-driven frameworks

Strong problem-solving and debugging skills

Ability to work in a structured, framework-driven environment

Focus on data quality, not just pipeline execution

Willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-evolving data ecosystem

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay rate for Full Time employment is: $80,204.80 - $133,681.60. Additional compensation may be available for this role such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Keywords: Data Engineer, Azure, ACP, Azure Cloud Platform, Fivetran, metadata, PySpark, Databricks

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans

• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000

• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave

• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave

• Emergency Backup Care

• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans

• Life Insurance

• 401k/403B with Employer Match

• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education

• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000

• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development

•Pet Insurance

•Legal Resources Plan

•Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves. In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment. For positions that are available as remote work,Sentara Health employs associates in the following states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Originally posted on Himalayas