Senior Data Modeler
Job Summary
The Senior Data Modeler is responsible for architecting, governing, and advancing the enterprise data modeling framework to ensure data structures support organizational strategy, scalability, and analytic maturity. Provides expert-level leadership across conceptual, logical, and physical modeling and ensures data assets are accurate, consistent, reusable, and aligned with enterprise architecture standards. Champions data modeling best practices, improves enterprise data quality, and shapes the long-term direction of data architecture.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required in computer science, management information systems, or related field.
- Minimum of five years of experience in data modeling, database design and development, systems or applications development, or related field.
- Must be proficient in data modeling tools such as Erwin, ER/Studio, PowerDesigner, or other similar tools.
- Proficiency with SQL, strong understanding of data pipeline and data warehousing principles and concepts is required.
- Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Experience in data modeling and design within the health insurance or health care industry is preferred.
- Experience with cloud data platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud) and healthcare analytics platforms (e.g., Epic Caboodle).
- Understanding of data lake and lakehouse architectures.
- Experience with data governance, data quality, and MDM principles.
- Familiarity with BI/analytics tools and data science needs.
Benefits
Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance.