Vālenz® Health simplifies the complexity of self-insurance for employers by consolidating health plan solutions on a single platform – the industry-leading Healthcare Ecosystem Optimization Platform. Valenz has deep roots in clinical and member advocacy, alongside decades of expertise in the validation, integrity and accuracy of claims, and a suite of risk affinity solutions. With a steadfast commitment to data transparency and decision enablement, and an omnichannel approach across the healthcare journey, Valenz engages early and often to optimize healthcare for the provider, payer, plan and member, delivering improved cost, quality and outcomes for employers and their members – for smarter, better, faster healthcare. More information is available at valenzhealth.com.

Industry: Insurance
Company Size: 201-500 employees

Vālenz® Health

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Vālenz® Health is the platform to simplify healthcare – the destination for employers, payers, providers and members to reduce costs, improve quality, and elevate the healthcare experience. The Valenz mindset and culture of innovation combine to create a distinctly different approach to an inefficient, uninspired health system. With fully integrated solutions, Valenz engages early and often to execute across the entire patient journey – from care navigation and management to payment integrity, plan performance and provider verification. With a 99% client retention rate, we elevate expectations to a new level of efficiency, effectiveness and transparency where smarter, better, faster healthcare is possible.

**About This Opportunity:**

As a Data Engineer III, you’ll be responsible for designing, building, and evolving scalable data systems that power analytics, product, and operational decision-making across the organization. You will operate as a senior individual contributor with end-to-end ownership of complex data initiatives, contributing directly to the architecture and evolution of our Databricks-based Lakehouse platform on Azure.

**Things You’ll Do Here:**

- Own the design and implementation of scalable, production-grade data pipelines using Databricks, PySpark, SQL, and Python Operationalize machine learning workflows and feature pipelines

- Own and deliver complex, cross-functional data initiatives end-to-end, from ingestion and data modeling through production deployment and ongoing monitoring

- Design robust, reusable ETL frameworks using Delta Lake best practices (incremental processing, merge/upserts, schema evolution).

- Diagnose and resolve performance challenges in distributed Spark workloads (data skew, shuffle, memory pressure, inefficient execution plans)

- Build and enforce strong data quality practices, including validation frameworks, observability, and automated alerting.

- Design and evolve data models across medallion architecture layers to support analytics and downstream applications.

- Implement modern data ingestion patterns, including API-driven, event-based, and AI-assisted ingestion workflows

- Partner with analytics, architecture, and engineering teams to support advanced data use cases, including feature engineering and emerging machine learning workflows

- Evaluate and adopt new capabilities within Azure and Databricks (e.g., MLflow, Unity Catalog enhancements, platform optimizations) to improve scalability and developer productivity.

- Contribute to architectural decisions and platform standards, balancing short-term delivery with long-term maintainability

- Write high-quality, well-tested, and maintainable code; lead by example through thoughtful code reviews

- Act as a go-to resource for diagnosing and resolving complex production issues across systems

- Mentor and elevate other engineers through collaboration, design discussions, and technical guidance

- Perform other duties as assigned

~~Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.~~

**What You’ll Bring to the Team:**

- 4+ years of experience in data engineering or a related field, with a track record of delivering production-grade data systems

- Strong hands-on experience with Databricks, Spark/PySpark, and distributed data processing at scale

- Deep understanding of Delta Lake and modern Lakehouse architecture patterns

- Proficiency in Python and SQL for large-scale data transformation and performance optimization

- Proven experience building incremental, idempotent, and highly reliable data pipelines

- Strong experience diagnosing and optimizing Spark workloads (partitioning strategies, AQE, caching, file sizing, query tuning)

- Experience designing data models for analytics and downstream consumption (medallion architecture, dimensional modeling, or similar)

- Experience implementing data quality, validation, and observability frameworks in production environments

- Familiarity with CI/CD, version control, and modern DataOps practices

- Experience supporting or integrating with machine learning workflows (feature pipelines, model inputs/outputs, or ML lifecycle support)

- Familiarity with AI/ML concepts as applied to data engineering (intelligent ingestion, anomaly detection, automation)

- Demonstrated ability to evaluate and adopt new technologies within cloud ecosystems (Azure, Databricks)

- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

~~A plus if you have…~~

- Familiarity with event-driven architectures (e.g., streaming, message queues, or event hubs)

- Experience working with healthcare data (claims, eligibility, provider, or clinical datasets

**Where You’ll Work: ** This is a fully remote position, and we’ll provide all the necessary equipment!

- Work Environment: You’ll need a quiet workspace that is free from distractions

- Technology: Reliable internet connection—if you can use streaming services, you’re good to go!

- Security: Adherence to company security protocols, including the use of VPNs, secure passwords, and company-approved devices/software

- Location: You must be US based, in a location where you can work effectively and comply with company policies such as HIPAA

**Why You'll Love Working Here**

Valenz is proud to be recognized by Inc. 5000 as one of America’s fastest-growing private companies. Our team is committed to delivering on our promise to **engage early and often for smarter, better, faster healthcare **~~. ~~ With this commitment, you’ll find an engaged culture – one that stands **strong, vigorous, and healthy **in all we do.

**Benefits**

- Generously subsidized company-sponsored Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, with access to services through our own products, Healthcare Blue Book and KISx Card

- Spending account options: HSA, FSA, and DCFSA

- 401K with company match and immediate vesting

- Flexible working environment

- Generous Paid Time Off to include vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays

- Employee Assistance Program that includes professional counseling, referrals, and additional services

- Paid maternity and paternity leave

- Pet insurance

- Employee discounts on phone plans, car rentals and computers

- Community giveback opportunities, including paid time off for philanthropic endeavors

~~At Valenz, we celebrate, support, and thrive on inclusion, for the benefit of our associates, our partners, and our products. Valenz is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all associates and to providing associates with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Valenz are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.~~

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Data Engineer III

On a Mission to Serve®

TriWest Healthcare Alliance was formed in 1996 as the only company of its kind, with one sole purpose that continues today – serving the health care needs of the military and Veteran communities.

Since our founding in 1996, TriWest Healthcare Alliance has been On a Mission to Serve® our nation's Veteran and military communities. For 17 years, we administered the Department of Defense TRICARE program. We have been proud to serve those who wear America's uniform, those who came before them, and their family members.

Today, we are privileged to support the health care needs of our nation's Veterans, offering access to quality provider networks and excellent customer service through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Care Network Region 4 contract.

Doing “Whatever It Takes!®” not only is our corporate motto, it is a deep-rooted desire to go above and beyond for our customers, because we understand and honor them.

We Respect the Military Culture. We Honor the Sacrifices Made. We are Committed to Providing the Service Our Customers Deserve.

Our team members – many of whom are Veterans or military family members – are committed to providing superior service to our nation's heroes. The medical providers in our network and our business partners strive to continually support the military and Veteran communities and exceed customer expectations.

TriWest offers a wide variety of career options in areas such as Project Management, Administrative, Patient Services, Medical Operations, IT, Finance, Business Development, Data Services, and Customer Service, and many more. Learn how you can make a difference in the lives of Veterans at https://www.TriWest.com/joinourteam.

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Industry: Hospitals and Health Care
Company Size: 1,001-5,000 employees

TriWest Healthcare Alliance

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We offer remote work opportunities (AK, AR, AZ, CO, FL, HI, IA, ID, IL, KS, LA, MD, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, NC, ND, OK, OR, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA/DC, WA, WI & WY only).

Our Department of Defense contract requires US citizenship and a favorably adjudicated DOD background investigation for this position.

Veterans, Reservists, Guardsmen and military family members are encouraged to apply!

**Job Summary**

The Manager of Data Operations is responsible for ensuring the reliability, accuracy, and availability of data across the enterprise. This role leads a team that manages the execution, monitoring, and optimization of data pipelines, analytics workloads, and ad-hoc data requests. The manager serves as a bridge between data engineering, analytics, and business stakeholders to ensure timely, high-quality data delivery for operational and strategic needs.

**Education & Experience**

**Required:**

-  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience

-  U.S. Citizen

-  Must be able to receive a favorable Interim and adjudicated final Department of Defense (DoD) background investigation

-  7+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics operations, or related roles

-  3+ years of experience formally leading data teams or managing data operations

-  Proficiency with SQL, Python, and at least one modern data platform (Azure, AWS, GCP)

-  Strong understanding ETL/ELT tools (ADF, Databricks, Snowflake, Airflow, or similar)

-  Strong understanding of BI and analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau, or similar)

-  Familiarity with CI/CD, DevOps, and data workflow automation concepts

-  Excellent communication skills, with the ability to manage technical and non-technical stakeholders

**Preferred**

-  Experience working in high volume data throughput environment with 24x7 processing

-  Experience with Healthcare data

-  Experience with Cloud based systems, preferably Azure

-  Knowledge of SQLServer and Snowflake

**Key Responsibilities**

Operational Management

-  Oversee daily data operations, including job execution, monitoring, and incident response across cloud and on-prem platforms.

-  Maintain data pipelines that support enterprise reporting, dashboards, and analytics use cases.

-  Ensure reliability and timeliness of recurring data loads, extracts, and transformations.

-  Manage SLAs and uptime for data delivery across multiple systems and domains. Ad-Hoc Data Support

-  Coordinate and prioritize ad-hoc data and reporting requests from business units.

-  Ensure proper intake, tracking, and fulfillment of one-off or urgent data needs.

-  Partner with Data Engineering and Analytics teams to balance ad-hoc and scheduled workloads.

-  Establish repeatable processes to convert frequent ad-hoc requests into automated or self-service solutions. Leadership & Team Development

-  Lead a team of data engineers and data analysts.

-  Provide mentoring, coaching, and performance management.

-  Foster collaboration between Operations, Engineering, and Analytics teams.

-  Promote a culture of ownership, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Process, Automation & Optimization

-  Implement tools and processes for pipeline orchestration, alerting, and error handling.

-  Drive automation to reduce manual effort and improve data delivery efficiency.

-  Collaborate with Data Architecture and Governance to enforce standards and best practices.

-  Contribute to capacity planning, change control, and release management. Data Quality & Governance

-  Partner with Data Governance and Quality teams to ensure accuracy and integrity of critical datasets.

-  Develop and enforce operational documentation, runbooks, and escalation processes.

-  Support audits, compliance reviews, and data retention policies.

-  Performs other duties as assigned.

-  Regular and reliable attendance is required.

-  As needed, assist with application development.

**Competencies**

**Communication / People Skills: **Ability to influence or persuade others under positive or negative circumstances; adapt to different styles; listen critically; collaborate.

**Computer Literacy: **Ability to function in a multi-system Microsoft environment using Word, Outlook, TriWest Intranet, the Internet, and department software applications.

**Creativity / Innovation: **Ability to develop unique and novel solutions to problems; view change as necessary.

**Empathy / Customer Service: **Customer-focused behavior; helping approach, including listening skills, patience, respect, and empathy for another's position.

**Independent Thinking / Self-Initiative: **Critical thinkers with ability to focus on things which matter most to achieving outcomes; commitment to task to produce outcomes without direction and to find necessary resources.

**Leadership: **Successfully manage different styles of employees; provide clear direction and effective coaching.

**Organizational Skills: **Ability to organize people or tasks, adjust to priorities, learn systems, within time constraints and with available resources; detail-oriented.

**Problem Solving / Analysis: **Ability to solve problems through systematic analysis of processes with sound judgment; has a realistic understanding of relevant issues.

**Team-Building / Team Player: **Influence the actions and opinions of others in a positive direction and build group commitment.

**Technical Skills: **In-depth knowledge of all application functionality, security, development, and system administration; knowledge of relevant technology, tools and middleware; proficient change agent; knowledge of the agile methodology and software maintenance and support.

**Working Conditions**

**Working Conditions**

-  Works non-regular hours as required

-  On-call rotation to provide technical support to end users for urgent needs

-  Works within a standard office environment, with minimal travel

-  Extensive computer work with long periods of sitting

**Company Overview**

**Taking Care of Our Nation’s Heroes.**

**It’s Who We Are. It’s What We Do.**

Do you have a passion for serving those who served?

**Join the TriWest Healthcare Alliance Team! We’re On a Mission to Serve®!**

Our job is to make sure that America’s heroes get connected to health care in the community.

At TriWest Healthcare Alliance, we’ve proudly been on that important mission since 1996.

**Benefits**

We’re more than just a health care company. We’re passionate about serving others! We believe in rewarding loyal, hard-working people who are willing to learn as they grow. TriWest Healthcare Alliance values teamwork. Join our team, fulfill your responsibilities, and you may also be considered for frequent pay raises, overtime opportunities to earn even more, recognition and reward programs, and much more. Of course, we also offer a comprehensive and progressive compensation and benefits package that includes:

- Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage

- Paid time off

- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (with matching)

- Short-term and long-term disability, basic life, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance

- Tuition reimbursement

- Paid volunteer time

TriWest job postings typically include a salary range, **which can vary based on the specific role and location **, but generally this position ranges from around $152,000 - $163,000 per year.

Equal Employment Opportunity

TriWest Healthcare Alliance is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are proud to have an inclusive work environment and know that a diverse team is a strength that will drive our success. To that end, TriWest strives to create an inclusive environment that supports diversity at every organizational level, and we highly encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Applicants are considered for positions based on merit and without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Manager, Data Operations (Data Analytics & Reporting)

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