Data Engineer, Consultant

Company: Blue Shield of California

Location: Oakland, CA 94607 (Remote)

Salary: $123,090 - $184,800 a year

Type: Contract

Remote: Yes

Posted: 2026-07-21

About this role

Your Role

The Data Services team is responsible for technical design and end-to-end delivery of complex data-driven solutions and data products for the enterprise. The Data Engineer,Consultant will report to the Sr Manager, Data Solutions / Manager. This role serves as a senior individual contributor and technical leader, responsible for driving end‑to‑end delivery of complex data engineering solutions across cloud data platforms. The DE‑C partners closely with Solution Design Leads, Architects, Product Managers, and business stakeholders to translate solution designs and business requirements into scalable, secure, and production‑ready data products.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Your Work

In this role, you will:

  • Lead the design and implementation of complex, data pipelines and data products from development through production
  • Translate solution designs and business requirements into detailed technical architecture and implementation plans
  • Architect and build scalable, secure, and highly available data solutions across enterprise data platforms
  • Apply advanced data modeling techniques (Data Vault 2.0, dimensional, and domain‑oriented models) to support analytics and reporting needs
  • Embed data quality, testing, security, and observability by design across data pipelines
  • Drive operational excellence, including incident analysis, stabilization, performance tuning, and deployment optimization
  • Identify and implement optimization opportunities related to performance, reliability, and cloud cost management
  • Influence and evolve data engineering standards, patterns, and frameworks used by delivery teams
  • Provide t...

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