Irving, TX

Salary
$102,400–$179,000from the description
Posted
Aug 2, 2026
Location
Irving, TX
Last confirmed open
Sep 24, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A Senior Software Engineer role on Vizient's Data Engineering team, responsible for designing and maintaining scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, modernizing cloud data infrastructure on Azure, and supporting AI/ML data preparation workflows. The position spans the full data engineering lifecycle — from ingestion and transformation through CI/CD deployment and production support — with secondary involvement in integrating LLM-powered and agentic AI capabilities into the data platform.

Senior level · 5+ years · Full-time

Must have (7)
SQLSSISAzure Data FactoryPythonDatabricksCI/CDAzure DevOps or GitHub Actions
Nice to have (3)
PySparkLLMsRAG pipelines

“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.

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How this req sits in the market our data

What gives you an edge
Azure Data Factory5%Databricks10%

Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.

What won't set you apart
SQL90%Python51%CI/CD45%Azure DevOps40%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

What the occupation pays Median $106,921 (middle half $81,361–$138,439). This posting is about at that midpoint.

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 4, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (5)

Location is not specified in the posting; no CBSA or state could be determined. The salary range and incentive eligibility suggest a US-based full-time role.

The degree requirement is listed as 'preferred,' not required, so it is treated as optional.

The AI/ML lifecycle knowledge requirement is stated as required in the qualifications but describes a working knowledge of a methodology rather than a specific named technology, so it is not emitted as a skill.

Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions are listed together as acceptable alternatives for CI/CD tooling under the required qualifications; Azure DevOps is the primary name with GitHub Actions in alternatives.

The role sits at the boundary between data/pipeline engineering (15-1243) and general software development (15-1252); the primary focus on ETL/ELT pipeline design, data architecture, and cloud data platform work tips it toward 15-1243, but the Python development, CI/CD, and AI integration work are meaningful software-development signals.

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