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Req ID: RQ172367
Type of Requisition: Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Job Family: Data Analysis
Skills:
Analytical Thinking,Interpersonal Relationships,Predictive Modeling,Statistics
Experience:
2 + years of related experience
Job Description:
GDIT is hiring a Biostatistician to provide data management, analytic, and visualization support for our program with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); the Center for Global Health (CGH). As part of the Interagency Collaboration for Program Improvement (ICPI) established by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR); CDC’s Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis (DGHT), the Health Informatics Data Management and Statistics Branch (HIDMSB) has been entrusted with stewardship of PEPFAR data and analytics to monitor the impact of HIV programs and services and inform future investment strategies.
Position is for full time employment with GDIT and will work remote.
HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:
Conduct high-level data interpretation and analysis of HIV/AIDS data using various data analytics platforms
Develop and test innovative data analytic and statistical methods or applications to enhance insight of HIV program performance.
Provide technical assistance in data management, analysis, and visualizations to DGHT headquarters and field staff.
Prepare written summaries and presentations that reflect the results of the data analysis and present findings to agency leadership
Help train PEPFAR headquarters and field staff on the use of data collection and analysis best practices
Build data dashboards in various platforms including Excel and Business Intelligence platforms
Liaise with stakeholders across different government agencies and HIV/AIDS program areas
Manage unstructured patient level data to prepare for meaningful data analysis
Develop methods, processes, or checks to assess and improve the quality of PEPFAR data across the data life cycle from reporting, entry, access, extraction, and use.
Travel Required: Up to 15% international and domestic travel
Location : Remote
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
Required :
Education: Master’s degree in Statistics, Data Science, Data Analytics, Health Informatics, or related field of study
A minimum of 2–3 years’ experience in data analysis and data science with a background in statistics, another quantitative discipline, or computer science.
Understanding of data management principles using R, Power Query and/or SQL
Proficiency in data wrangling (querying/connecting, transposing, merging, filtering, aggregating, cleaning) of large complex datasets using at least one of R, Stata, SQL, or SAS
Proficiency in building data models using Power Query or similar
Ability to create quantitative analytics tools, visualizations and applications in more than one of the following platforms: Excel, PowerBI, MicroStrategy, Tableau, R Studio/R Shiny, Python/Jupyter
Expert user of Microsoft Excel, Power Query, and PowerPoint
Travel Required: Up to 15% international and domestic travel
Location : Remote
Preferred Skills :
Familiarity with health, public health, or population health.
Experience working in resource-limited settings
Experience in scripting using RStudio for data management and data visualization purposes using Tidyverse packages
Knowledge of methods in data science, modeling and/or machine learning
Experience working with or for a US government agency, including State Department
Experience working with big datasets and/or patient level data
Capable of creating geospatial analytic products using RStudio or QGIS
Skills and Attributes:
Superb interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively as a team member
Strong verbal communication skills; must be comfortable and effective working with diverse audiences including technical staff, international staff, and others.
Ability to interpret stakeholder concerns and translate them into analytical questions.
Ability to work independently, including exploring new lines of investigation with minimal supervisory guidance
Organized, intuitive, efficient and well-documented coding skills
Excellent analytical and writing skills
Exceptional attention to detail
Passionate about making impact in global health
Effective oral and written communication skills to communicate assignments and requests
Ability to multitask and effectively manage competing priorities
WHAT GDIT CAN OFFER YOU:
401K with company match
Customizable health benefits packages
Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
Challenging work that makes a real impact on the world around you
Full-flex work week
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The likely salary range for this position is $119,000 - $161,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.
GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.