Data Engineer - Remote
Company: Sentara Health
Location: Virginia Beach, VA (Remote)
Type: Contract
Remote: Yes
Posted: 2026-05-23
About this role
City/State
Virginia Beach, VA
Work 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...