Mid-Level Data Scientist

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Pinao Consulting, LLC is seeking a Mid-Level Data Scientist to support the Vision Center of Excellence (VCE) Data Analytics and Epidemiology Support Services contract. The VCE supports efforts to prevent, diagnose, mitigate, treat, and rehabilitate military eye injuries and uses the Defense and Veterans Eye Injury and Vision Registry (DVEIVR) and other Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs data sources to improve visual readiness, treatment, outcomes, research, and policy. This position serves as a member of the VCE data solutions team and provides hands-on data science, analytics, data modeling, reporting, and documentation support for ocular, vision, clinical, and population health data.

DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

·        Analyze, verify, design, refine, modernize, and maintain data models and component views within VCE systems, including data from Defense Health Agency and Department of Veterans Affairs medical systems.

·        Review current DVEIVR data models, data logic, business rules, ontologies, and vocabularies; identify gaps and support implementation of practical corrective solutions.

·        Create, clean, transform, integrate, and analyze structured and unstructured data sets using Structured Query Language (SQL), R, Python, flat files, and Extensible Markup Language (XML).

·        Develop and implement algorithms for information retrieval, text extraction, classification, entity resolution, link analysis, semantic indexing, and analysis of structured and unstructured data.

·        Write and execute complex SQL queries and apply performance-tuning practices to support accurate, efficient data retrieval and reporting.

·        Assist with the design, implementation, and maintenance of data marts, data structures, warehouse fact and dimension tables, views, indexes, extract-transform-load processes, and semantic data representations.

·        Develop, publish, test, and maintain reports, dashboards, templates, and user interfaces using available business intelligence tools, which may include R, Tableau, Qlik, Microsoft Power BI, and Python.

·        Work with clinicians, epidemiologists, data architects, functional analysts, project managers, developers, and end users to identify data needs, frame analytic questions, and deliver usable data products.

·        Validate data quality, reporting logic, dashboard accuracy, and functionality; troubleshoot programming, metadata, and data integration issues with team members.

·        Support development and maintenance of standardized clinical and vision-related case definitions, algorithms, ontologies, vocabularies, semantic models, and searchable libraries.

·        Prepare and maintain clear technical documentation, including data model gap analyses, data maps, data rules, data structure analyses, report design documents, semantic data dictionaries, data classification rules, and data summary reports.

·        Present analytic findings and technical recommendations in clear briefings, reports, and other written materials for technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

·        Design, develop, and maintain ETL pipelines to extract, transform, validate, and integrate complex healthcare data, while applying AI and machine learning techniques to identify patterns, automate analytical processes, generate predictive insights, and support data-driven decision-making.

·        Protect Controlled Unclassified Information, Personally Identifiable Information, and Protected Health Information; maintain data integrity and comply with applicable government privacy, cybersecurity, and access requirements.

·        Perform other data science and analytics activities required to support VCE-approved data requests and contract deliverables.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below. 

Skills / Qualifications:

·        Three (3) years of professional experience performing data science, data analytics, statistical programming, database querying, data modeling, or closely related work.

·        Strong skills analyzing and presenting complex data from multiple sources using SQL and R; working knowledge of Python is highly desirable.

·        Experience cleaning, wrangling, transforming, integrating, and validating structured and unstructured data.

·        Experience developing complex queries, data sets, reports, dashboards, algorithms, or other reusable analytic products.

·        Working knowledge of relational data models, business rules, metadata, data mapping, data quality, and documented analytic methods.

·        Experience with one or more business intelligence or visualization tools such as Tableau, Qlik, or Microsoft Power BI.

·        Ability to translate stakeholder needs into reproducible analyses, data products, technical recommendations, and clear documentation.

·        Effective communication and collaboration skills in a multidisciplinary environment.

·        Ability to prepare clear and concise technical reports, briefings, and other written materials.

·        Experience with healthcare, clinical, population health, military health, ophthalmic, or vision-related data is preferred.

·        Experience in ETL and AI/ML

Education:

·        Master’s degree in statistics, data science, computer science, informatics, mathematics, engineering, or a related quantitative field and three (3) years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Security Clearance:

·        Secret Security Clearance or ability to obtain one required

Work Experience:

·        3 years in a related field

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Job Type: Full-Time

Location: Silver Spring, MD

Salary Range: $115,000 - $120,000