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Radiant Digital

Cloud Data Solution Architect (Healthcare)

Contract · In Office · USA

Posted Jul 31, 2026

  • Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in developing and maintaining code to automate the processing of major medical terminologies such as SNOMED CT, RxNorm, LOINC, and the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)
  • Experience writing scripts (often in Java, Python, or Perl) to convert, map, and validate raw health data against federal and international interoperability standards (e.g., HL7, FHIR).
  • Experience implementing automated testing frameworks to detect errors, inconsistencies, or version conflicts in large terminology datasets before they are published to the Data Center.
  • Demonstrated experience with AWS cloud migration, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with terminology systems like UMLS, RxNorm, VSAC, and eCQMs.
  • Experience in data governance, data quality, and data management principles.
  • Experience in data collection, data flow management, data quality, and data standards from varied group of data sets like Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR).
  • Experience in retrieving and assembling data from multiple sources/formats, creating derived datasets, and implementing data specifications to create OCCS datasets to be used in research.
  • Basic understanding of python, SQL, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, XML/JSON, or other languages/tools
  • Experience with data modeling, metadata management, and data profiling.
  • Knowledge of data warehousing and business intelligence concepts.
  • Demonstrated experience in working with other organizations to review and advise on a wide range of specific value-set content issues referenced in MU regulations.
  • Demonstrated experience in providing dCQMs and eCQMs-related support.
  • Program, map, and process medical vocabularies within the UMLS Metathesaurus and Value Set Authority Center (VSAC).
  • Design, build, and maintain automated application pipelines for clinical research data.
  • Modernize legacy on-premises infrastructure by migrating workflows to AWS cloud systems.
  • Develop services implementing FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) for biomedical datasets.
  • Collaborate in a team-based, Agile sprint environment to deliver stable, highly secure software.
  • Develop and maintain data standards for biomedical applications.
  • Support value set curation and enhancement for CMS and NIH healthcare systems.
  • Automate ETL processes for terminology updates in tools like VSAC and RxNorm.
  • Develop and implement a comprehensive data governance framework.
  • Oversee the creation and maintenance of data standards, metadata repositories, and data dictionaries.
  • Lead data quality initiatives, including data profiling, cleansing, and validation.
  • Design and implement complex data mapping and transformation logic to ensure data consistency across systems.
  • Collaborate with data architects, database administrators, and application developers to optimize data models and structures.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the data standards team.
  • Utilize data profiling and analysis tools to identify and resolve data quality issues.
  • Develop data quality reports and metrics to monitor data health.
  • Stay up-to-date with industry trends in data management and standards.
  • Improve usability and ranking in search engines and provide very good support for mobile technology which is increasingly needed for field data capture.
  • Maintain and implement the MEDIT system, which will remove the dependency on Cold-Fusion and move to modern technology, reduce maintenance effort, improve security, and migrate to the cloud platform.
  • Migrate pre-release and ETL tools from Oracle to Postgres DB.
  • Support the value set authoring and expansion processes in Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR).
  • Import new code system data to support the curation of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) C-CDA (Consolidated-Clinical Document Architecture) value sets in VSAC.
  • Update Unified Medical Language System content to provide the user community with updated terminology.
  • Refresh the UMLS Terminology Services to replace legacy technology with modern technology.
  • Provide additional API for value sets retrieval from VSAC repositories and support access to various value sets in a standard manner, with the data format conforming to FHIR specification – an HL7 standard.
  • Automate and maintain RxNorm - Source Inversion – Insertion.

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Cloud Data Solution Architect (Healthcare)

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