FME: Unable to Retrieve Connection Parameters from Published Database Connection (Deployment Parameter Issue)

I’m attempting to configure a workspace to use a database connection that is published as a deployment parameter.  However when I try to set a feature reader to the deployment parameter I get

Worker 12476 > An error occurred while attempting to retrieve the connection parameters from the connection file 'SWS_GIS_DB'
Worker 12476 > Failed to obtain any schemas from reader 'GEODATABASE_SDE' from 1 datasets. This may be due to invalid datasets or format accessibility issues due to licensing, dependencies, or module loading. See logfile for more information
Worker 12476 > Failed to read schema features from dataset 'SWS_GIS_DB' using the 'GEODATABASE_SDE' reader

I published the database connection myself and created the deployment parameter so I’m not sure why form cannot use it.  I would like to use the deployment parameter as opposed to having the user have to select the connection themselves.