DATA SCIENCE ANALYST WITH SECURITY CLEARANCE

Ke'Aki Technologies - Gettysburg, PA

Full-time - Mid Level

Gettysburg, PA

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

About the position

The Alaka`ina Foundation Family of Companies (FOC) is seeking a Data Science Analyst to support our government customer, specifically the Defense Health Agency (DHA), in San Antonio, TX, Falls Church, VA, or remotely. This role is pivotal in delivering world-class, data-driven decision science analytics for military healthcare operations and the delivery of healthcare services globally. The successful candidate will have a strong background in the Military Healthcare System, with specific knowledge of Military Healthcare data marts and experience in developing healthcare delivery reports that analyze operations at both the headquarters and military treatment facility levels. In this position, the Data Science Analyst will be responsible for accessing, validating, and analyzing information about the Military Healthcare Systems (MHS) population. This includes developing, validating, and linking various medical, safety, environmental, occupational, and personnel databases. The analyst will aggregate and analyze population health data to respond to inquiries from Congressional representatives, DoD senior leaders, and Service-specific Headquarters agencies, as well as military treatment facilities (MTFs). Collaboration with DHA and other agencies will be essential to link program data with health and personnel data to support a longitudinal database. The role also involves coordinating and conducting research and evaluations of Clinical and Business Decision Support activities. The analyst will develop and maintain tools for team members to enhance their efficiency in meeting objectives. Evaluating market viability for new service introductions and identifying data import, analysis, and display errors from multiple sources are also key responsibilities. The analyst will perform clinical and business analytical studies using accepted data science techniques to provide insights into trending areas for improvement in prevention, managed care, medical readiness, and clinical safety. Additionally, the Data Science Analyst will provide data analysis and decision support, utilizing research expertise and literature reviews to develop clinical and business measures and prototypes of health IT tools. The role requires providing evaluations of program operations and consultation for questions across regions, supporting ad-hoc analytics requests, and offering technical consultation and customer support for public health and primary care activities. The analyst will also research and apply national benchmarks to DHA/MHS metrics and support the planning and implementation of Clinical and Business Decision Support activities. Other duties may be assigned by the supervisor as needed.

Responsibilities

• Access, validate and analyze information about the Military Healthcare Systems (MHS) population by developing, validating, and linking various medical, safety, environmental, occupational and personnel databases.
• Aggregate and analyze population health data to respond to questions from Congressional inquiries, DoD senior leaders, Service-specific Headquarters agencies, and the MTFs.
• Collaborate with DHA and other applicable agencies to link program data with other health and personnel data to support a longitudinal database.
• Coordinate and conduct research and evaluations of all Clinical and Business Decision Support activities.
• Develop and/or maintain existing tools for use by other team members to aid them in their ability to efficiently/effectively meet the team's objectives.
• Evaluate market viability for new service introduction, External Use Lease (EUL), federal sharing opportunities, Military Health System Support Initiatives (MHSSI), and Military Construction (MILCON).
• Identify and troubleshoot data import, analysis, and display errors from multiple data sources.
• Perform clinical and business analytical studies using accepted data science techniques to provide insight into areas of trending/improvement for prevention, managed care, medical readiness issues, health promotion, clinical safety and quality, and other health Service-related issues.
• Provide data analysis and decision support using research expertise as well as literature review/evidence-base to develop clinical and business measures and prototypes of health information technology (IT) tools, programs, procedures, services or databases to support DHA's goal of building a managed healthcare system that considers and optimizes safety, quality, cost and access.
• Provide evaluation of program operations and consultation for questions/concerns across regions, from Managed Care Support Contractors (MCSC), MTFs, DHA, and other users of the applicable program.
• Provide response/work to support ad-hoc analytics requests, including briefs to Senior Leadership in the DHA.
• Provide technical consultation and customer support for implementation, troubleshooting and management for these and other public health, primary care, and health promotion activities.
• Provide technical expertise in the clinical and business metrics and areas including population health, managed care, medical readiness, provider productivity, clinical services, and other health service-related issues.
• Research, identify and apply, when available, national/standardized benchmarks and thresholds to DHA/MHS metrics as appropriate or identify reasons why the established benchmarks/thresholds/methods are not appropriate/relevant.
• Support the plan, development, and implementation of Clinical and Business Decision Support activities.
• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Requirements

• Master's degree in public health, Health Services Research, Epidemiology, Mathematics, Biostatistics, Statistics, Informatics or related areas, or previous participation in advanced training/program with one of the related areas, as identified as a Fellow in their area of expertise is required.
• Minimum of three (3) years' experience data mining and conducting detailed analysis within the Military Health System (MHS) Data Warehouses.
• Expert level skills in one or more of the following: Python, R, SQL, SAS, Tableau/Tableau Creator and Application/Dashboard Development.
• Ability to acquire skills/capabilities necessary to meet growing needs/demands of systems/software/hardware.
• Ability to critically examine and evaluate, problem-solve.
• Ability to deliver products on time, on schedule, within budget.
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to rapidly changing and often time-constrained environment.
• Able to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate analytical discoveries and appropriate recommendations/mitigation strategies effectively and clearly to all levels of customers including Senior DHA leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to organize/participate/lead working groups to develop analytic products and byproducts or to develop/understand processes leading to effective optimization of analytic efforts.
• Demonstrated ability to provide accurate and timely analytical products containing well-reasoned and cogent discussion points providing leadership with substantiated options or courses of action.
• Demonstrated ability to undertake and complete multiple tasks with multiple deadlines simultaneously.
• Demonstrated advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office products PLUS additional software/hardware skills and capabilities.
• Proven ability to synthesize disparate data from multiple sources and coalesce into an accurate and useful analytic product, incorporating Service and MHS strategic goals for use by leadership in both tactical and strategic decision making.

Benefits

• 401K plan with company match
• Medical insurance coverage
• Dental insurance coverage
• Disability insurance coverage
• Life insurance coverage
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off
• 11 paid holidays