Sanford Health · 4 hours ago
Senior Data Modeler
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$40/hr - $66/hr
5+ years expSanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. The Senior Data Modeler is responsible for architecting and advancing the enterprise data modeling framework to support organizational strategy and analytic maturity, while ensuring data structures are accurate and aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
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Responsibilities
Lead collaboration with data architects, data engineers, and business stakeholders to translate complex business rules and analytical requirements into robust conceptual, logical, and physical data models
Design and govern high-quality data structures using advanced normalization, dimensional modeling, star schema design, and domain-driven design
Produce and maintain detailed Entity–Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) to ensure clarity, consistency, and alignment across data ecosystems
Provide authoritative oversight and approval for enterprise-wide data models, ensuring compliance with architectural standards, data governance policies, and Technology Solutions (TS) and Architecture COE principles
Establish, refine, and enforce modeling standards, patterns, and best practices used across the organization to include comprehensive data dictionaries, metadata and data flow documentation
Ensure data models adhere to healthcare security and regulatory requirements (e.g. HIPAA, GDPR, etc.)
Design schemas for data lakes and data warehouses (star, snowflake, normalized, denormalized)
Lead cross-functional technical discussions, serving as a mediator and subject matter expert to ensure data modeling needs are accurately understood and implemented
Contribute to the evolution of healthcare-based enterprise data models, ensuring interoperability, scalability, and alignment with organizational goals
Collaborate closely with principal data architects to influence data architecture decisions and strategic direction
Strengthen data modeling discipline across applications and business areas, ensuring high-quality data capture and data pipeline alignment
Anticipate and identify opportunities for optimization, modernization, and innovation in data modeling and propose enhancements to align with industry advancements
Partner with data engineers, data architects and data analysts to resolve integration challenges
Mentor and develop data modelers, engineers, and analysts, promoting modeling excellence and knowledge sharing across teams
Design, build, and optimize data models for platforms such as Snowflake, Redshift, and similar cloud-based database systems, ensuring performance, scalability, and architectural integrity
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
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
Company
Sanford Health
Sanford is a healthcare company providing research, education and clinical care.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.01MKey Investors
South Dakota Department of Human Services
2024-07-24Grant· $0.01M
Leadership Team
Baier Roger
CEO
Bill Gassen
President & Chief Executive Officer
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