Posted 17 days ago
Lead Software Engineer
@ Virtusa
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Overview
Virtusa is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to lead complex data engineering projects, design data architectures aligned with business requirements, and optimize data pipelines. The role requires 8+ years of IT experience, including 5 years in the listed tech skills, and experience leading data engineering teams in the healthcare insurance domain.
Responsibilities:
- Lead development of data pipelines and architectures for large-scale data sets
- Design, construct and test data architecture aligned with business requirements
- Provide technical leadership and ensure high-quality data solutions
- Collaborate with product, finance and business units on data requirements
- Oversee data solutions enabling predictive and prescriptive analytics
Requirements summary:
- 8+ years overall IT experience, 5+ years in listed tech skills
- Strong Python and PySpark experience for data processing
- Proficiency in SQL and big data processing
- Experience with AWS data services (S3, Redshift, Lambda, EMR, Airflow, Glue)
- Healthcare insurance domain understanding and experience leading data teams
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-28
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-15
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-15
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Data & analytics |
| Experience | 8+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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Virtusa
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 11 |
Job description
Senior Data Engineer
Position Summary
The Senior Data Engineer leads complex data engineering projects, working on designing data
architectures that align with business requirements. This role focuses on optimizing data
workflows, managing data pipelines, and ensuring the smooth operation of data systems.
Minimum Qualifications
▪ Proficiency in SQL, dealing with big data processing
▪ Experience in AWS cloud platform and its data services (S3, Redshift, Lambda,
EMR, Airflow, Glue)
▪ Expertise in BASH/Shell scripting
Position Summary
The Senior Data Engineer leads complex data engineering projects, working on designing data
architectures that align with business requirements. This role focuses on optimizing data
workflows, managing data pipelines, and ensuring the smooth operation of data systems.
Minimum Qualifications
- 8+ Years overall IT experience with minimum 5 years of work experience in below tech
- Tech Skills:
▪ Proficiency in SQL, dealing with big data processing
▪ Experience in AWS cloud platform and its data services (S3, Redshift, Lambda,
EMR, Airflow, Glue)
▪ Expertise in BASH/Shell scripting
- Strong understanding of healthcare insurance domain and experience leading data
- Experience in Agile environments.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills.
- Leads development of data pipelines and architectures that handle large-scale data sets.
- Designs, constructs, and tests data architecture aligned with business requirements.
- Provides technical leadership for data projects, ensuring best practices and high-quality
- Collaborates with product, finance, and other business units to ensure data pipelines
- Oversees development of data solutions that enable predictive and prescriptive
- Ensures the technical quality of solutions, managing data as it moves across
- Aligns data architecture to Healthfirst solution architecture.
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