Job Description

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)Manage, in a highly automated manner, the infrastructure of SHC's Enterprise Information Management (EIM) platform (currently DataBricks on Azure in a mesh architecture with GCP and AWS environments) including SecOps, DevOps, FinOps, orchestration, etc. Collaborate with owners of Data Products and other solutions, including Data Scientists creating AI/ML solutions, to align solutions to standards and deploy to production.

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview
This role will have a primary focus on day-to-day administration, monitoring, and support of the Enterprise Information Management (EIM) platform, participate in management of the Cloud infrastructure, and design, build, and operate process automations to manage the platform.

This role provides subject matter leadership for one or more domains and/or operational frameworks (SecOps, DevOps, FinOps, Architecture, etc.) of the EIM platform. They drive evolution of related portions of the EIM architectural blue print and roadmap through regular assessment of new/evolving technologies that may be leveraged to improve operational efficiency, data quality, and adoption of data products. They also manage the financial operations (FinOps) for their domain(s) in alignment with EIM policies and budgets.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud technologies, particularly Azure Databricks, utilize systems thinking to holistically create solutions, and a passion for driving automation and efficiency in data management processes.

You will work closely with various teams and leadership to facilitate the innovation processes while ensuring data integrity, security, and compliance.

This individual will lead projects, mentor team members, define architect strategies that advance the goals of the organization, make architectural/design decisions, and define & monitor technical standards for the team.

This role will reside in Stanford Health's Enterprise Information Management department.

Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• Technical Leadership: Serve as the highest technical authority for a specific operational domain and/or technology. Provide technical leadership to the team and others within SHC on best practice uses and capabilities and how to utilize these to enable solutions.
• Innovation and Research: Drive innovation by researching and implementing cutting-edge technologies and methodologies.
• Develop vendor/platform relationships and influence product adoption based on SHC needs and priorities.
• Strategy & Architecture Design: Design complex data architectures and frameworks to support business needs. Define and maintain components of the Lakehouse reference architecture and standards. Collaborate with leadership on architectural blueprint, roadmap, and budgeting to support the EIM strategy.
• EIM Environment & Infrastructure Mgmt: Collaborate with Cloud Infrastructure leadership to align and optimize common operational processes (IaC, DevOps, FinOps, etc.).
• Design and enforce platform standards: environment separation (dev/test/prod), workspace segmentation, cluster policy design, catalog structure, secure library/dependency management, etc.
• Data Operations Management: Own domains and/or components of the data platform and operational processes.
• Analyze incidents and platform performance metrics to drive incident response excellence.
• ⁠Data Pipelines/Ingestion: Design and implement scalable and efficient data pipelines for various data types (structured, semi-structured, and unstructured) from various sources, including databases, APIs, and third-party services.
• Security and Compliance: Contribute to risk management with Security and Compliance to define potential solutions (i.e., threat modeling, control design and testing, evidence collection for audits, and continuous compliance automation) and new technology.
• Assess controls to meet healthcare data security requirements. Conduct recuring access audits/reviews.
• FinOps: Contribute to cost governance, usage showback/chargeback reporting, chargeback agreements, etc.
• Documentation and Training: Create comprehensive documentation of solutions and operations processes. Conduct training sessions for internal teams on operational protocols and best practices.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams and lead discussions on platform capabilities and operational processes/standards.
• Innovation: Evaluate and recommend new tools and technologies to enhance the cloud data platform's capabilities. Apply Systems Thinking to designs and solutions.

Education Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in information technology, information systems, business management, business analytics, business administration or a directly related field from an accredited college or university required.

Experience Qualifications

• EIGHT (8) OR MORE YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A CLOUD ENGINEER, DATA ENGINEER, OR IN SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY ROLES WITH A RECENT FOCUS ON CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES REQUIRED.
• Certifications in Azure (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, Azure Data Engineer) and/or Databricks required.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Thought Leadership in Cloud Technologies: Recognized expert in cloud data engineering with a focus on innovative solutions and best practices.
• Comprehensive Knowledge of Azure Services: Mastery of Azure services, including the latest advancements and features.
• Strategic Vision for Data Architecture: Ability to define and drive the strategic vision for data architecture and engineering practices.
• Expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code and Automation: Mastery of infrastructure-as-code tools and automation strategies for cloud resource management.
• Innovative Solution Design: Proven track record of designing and implementing cutting-edge, scalable data solutions.
• Influential Leadership and Mentorship: Ability to lead cross-functional teams and mentor engineers at all levels, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
• Expertise in Data Security and Compliance: Authority on data security best practices and compliance regulations, influencing organizational policies.
• Exceptional Problem-Solving and Analytical Skills: Ability to tackle the most complex data challenges and provide strategic solutions.
• Strong Communication and Advocacy Skills: Exceptional ability to communicate technical concepts to executive leadership and external stakeholders, advocating for data initiatives.
• Contribution to the Data Engineering Community: Active participation in industry forums, conferences, and publications, contributing to the broader data engineering community.
• Makes reliable operational internal decisions independently and reliable tactical external decisions independently.

These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.

You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective:

• Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care
• Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health
• Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination inall ofits policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $83.98 - $111.27 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.