We are seeking a highly skilled data science/analytics contractor with hands-on experience in SQL, DBT, and Tableau, and a strong understanding of Medicaid and Medicare dental data. This individual will help drive insights, automation, and model development in support of utilization-based scoring, claims optimization, and policy evaluation initiatives.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Design and maintain DBT models within a medallion data architecture
• Write performant SQL to transform and analyze large datasets (primarily in Snowflake)
• Build Tableau dashboards for executive and operational stakeholders, focused on dental claims, utilization trends, and benefit impact
• Interpret Medicaid/Medicare dental data for care progression, cost modeling, and policy scenarios
• Collaborate across data science, actuarial, and operations teams to deliver insights
• Ensure data quality, validation, and documentation for auditability

Must have Technical Skills:

• Strong SQL skills and experience with cloud data warehouses (Snowflake preferred)
• Proficiency with DBT for modular data modeling, testing, and documentation
• Expertise in Tableau for building visually compelling, user-friendly dashboards
• Experience working with Medicaid and/or Medicare dental data (e.g., CDT codes, utilization patterns, benefit design)
• Strong understanding of healthcare claims data structures and dental domain terminology
• Excellent problem-solving and stakeholder communication skills

Nice to have technical skills:

• Exposure to benefit expansion analysis, or dental claims optimization
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD workflows.
• Python skills for data transformation or ML support