Job Description

RESPEC’s Data & Technology Solutions (DTS) business unit seeks a Data Analyst / Programmer to support the Indian Health Service. The successful candidate should have both mature data analysis and programming skills. The position requires:

• Providing timely, logical, organized, and cleanly written code and solutions for analyses with a focus on creating scripts that can be easily manipulated and updated to support actionable results insights to the organization
• Supporting the data warehouse in identifying, capturing, and revising reporting requirements
• Analyzing data from multiple data sources to establish true definitions of the data and what types of additional data are needed, in what format, to what level of specificity, etc.
• Generating meaningful results to empower stakeholders in making important decisions by identifying various facts and trends
• Creating visualizations, presentations, reports (graphs, infographics, etc.), and tabulations for internal teams and/or external clients
• Identifying, analyzing, and interpreting trends or patterns in complex datasets and providing valuable information assets
• Identifying and implementing data transformation and cleansing rules to automate data flows and data processing
• Developing, implementing, and maintaining databases, data collection systems, data analytics, and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and quality
• Providing quality assurance of imported data, working with quality assurance analysts if necessary
• Identifying, researching, analyzing, documenting, troubleshooting, and resolving issues related to data quality, data integrity, metadata, and normalization for processing
• Working with management to prioritize business and information needs.
• Working with users requesting data pulls or reports from data sources to clarify data availability, data access issues, and user requirements and to set priorities
• Working with a team to evaluate, analyze, and document business/functional/system requirements, traceability matrices, data models, and data dictionaries
• Defining and maintaining data catalogs, glossaries, dictionaries, data lineage, and model management
• Evaluating changes and updates to source production systems
• Managing change-control activities, including product backlogs, scope management, and impact and gap analysis
• Processing confidential data and information according to federal guidelines (HIPAA and Privacy Act apply)

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, professional training, and work experience
• 3 to 4 years of directly applicable experience with requirements analysis
• Current and/or previous experience in a health-related environment
• Current Public Trust clearance, or willingness to go through the process to obtain a clearance
• Strong SQL language skills (T-SQL, views, stored procedures, functions and triggers) to provide high-quality data analysis and support to clients and relevant stakeholders
• Experience creating process and data flow diagrams and prototypes/wireframes
• Project Management (PM) experience and PM activities in a changing environment
• Knowledge of system development methodology and PM
• Understanding of logical data modeling, CRUD (create, read, update, and delete), and data dictionary
• IIBA certification Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) or PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA) is preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills, and analytic capabilities.

The ideal candidate:

• Cares about the project, the people on the project, and our client
• Is a servant leader who maximizes the efforts of others toward common goals
• Is organized and effective at managing time
• Is process- and detail-oriented in coding and data analytics
• Collects and interprets datasets to answer questions or solve problems
• Proactively follows up on tasks and action items
• Manages issues, removes impediments, and escalates sensibly
• Evaluates risks and recommends and/or implements mitigation plans

Additional Information

Salary depends on experience and expertise. Compensation includes a comprehensive fringe-benefits package. RESPEC is a 100 percent employee-owned company and employees are eligible for participation in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) after a qualifying period.

Featured benefits include:

• Flexible Work Schedules
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401(k) & ESOP (with company match up to 4%)
• Professional Development and Training
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance Plans

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.