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ICF · 15 hours ago

Data Scientist-Remote, DMV Area

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$108K/yr - $184K/yr

6+ years exp

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider seeking mid-to-senior level Data Management / Data Analyst Specialists to support a Department of Defense client. The role involves collecting, managing, and analyzing mental health-related data to develop reports and visualizations that support decision-making within the Military Health System.

ConsultingInformation TechnologyProfessional Services

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Independently conduct queries of very large military health administrative data to 1) create analyzable data sets to address surveillance and epidemiological studies; and 2) provide rapid responses to operational RFIs around mental health utilization, mental health care cost, and mental health prevalence

Oversee the work of three other teammates to monitor progress and provide guidance as needed to keep the team on track of its requirements

Lead team meetings to monitor the progress of the team’s activities, and report progress, challenges, and status updates directly to the client

Evaluate incoming analytic tasking requirements and advise the government on appropriate analytic approaches

Utilize MHS administrative and clinical data to assess mental health care utilization and trends in mental health disorders among beneficiaries (service members, veterans, and their dependent family members)

Utilize advanced SAS skills to extract, cleanse, manage, manipulate, and evaluate data extracted from very large databases in order to evaluate psychological health care programs and trainings to assess performance against established standards/benchmarks, quality, effectiveness, and/or cost efficiencies

Use the same analyses to measure surveillance of certain mental health conditions across the DoD/MHS

Conceptualize processed and outcome metrics to support high-quality mental health care delivery and to inform MHS policy and programmatic adjustments

Conduct quantitative analyses on data sets and execute queries using statistical analysis software programs

Develop dynamic data visualizations and dashboards using analytic output that allow stakeholders to tailor output to their specific needs

Develop presentations for leadership to share findings and assist in making actionable recommendations

Prepare analytic reports and publications detailing methods, findings, and recommendations

Qualification

SASSQLMilitary Health System Data RepositoryData ManagementTableauData VisualizationStatistical AnalysisCommunication SkillsTeam Leadership

Required

Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Epidemiology Statistics, Biostatistics, Data Science, or related field

At least 6 years of experience working with health administrative data

At least 3 years of current experience using the Military Health System Data Repository (MDR)

A minimum of 8 years of experience writing complex SAS and SQL code to extract and manipulate datasets from extremely large data repositories and relational databases

At least 6 years of experience performing program evaluations analyses utilizing very large, complex datasets

At least 6 years of experience conducting data management and data cleaning

At least 6 years of experience using statistical software packages to conduct descriptive and inferential statistics

At least 6 years of experience conducting quality control reviews of teammates' scripts and code

At least 6 years of experience utilizing excellent communication skills to interface with clients and teammates using very clear, articulate verbal communications; direct, succinct, and grammatically correct written communications; and active listening to correctly understand client and team needs