Data Scientist-SME -Medicaid @Jackson, MS for 3 Years (Onsite-Locals or any State Experience)
Aruna Gundarapu
Note: No GC and OPTs
Key Responsibilities:
· Provide technical expertise to further the development of reports as well as evaluate and recommend tools for data reporting and analysis.
· Assist in the development of scalable, organization-wide dashboards and reporting.
· Utilize DOM claim and clinical data to perform advanced analysis to identify patterns, trends and insights using advanced analytical tools and methods.
· Collaborate with DOM technical and non-technical teams to develop and document production of reports generated for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and other external entities.
· Identify possible gaps and recommend solutions for existing data and reporting/analytics solutions.
· Review reporting produced by external entities to ensure whether methods and presentation are sound, accurate, and consistent with DOM expectations.
· Support data literacy initiatives to educate DOM users on availability of and potential use cases for DOM data.
· Participate and contribute data and analytics expertise in agency projects as needed.
· Identify and assist with evaluation of project opportunities, risks, and impact to other areas.
· Perform other duties as assigned.
Note:
· Applicants who do not meet all of the required skills/experience minimums may not be considered further.
· The awarded applicant will be required to execute a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with DOM.
· The awarded contract will be a three (3) year contract with options for renewals.
Required Skills:
· 7 years working as a data scientist with Information Technology (IT) projects.
· 3 years' experience working with Medicaid programs to develop organizational data strategy and improve data quality by reinforcing data integrity
· 3 years' experience with building and developing reports, including working with tools such as the R Project for Statistical Computing, Microsoft Power BI, and other tools
· 3 years' experience working with technical and non-technical users of data
· 3 years' experience communicating, presenting, and teaching both technical and non-technical project members, including in person, at meetings and discussions with project members, etc.
· 3 years’ experience managing workloads to meet critical timelines and deadlines for IT projects
Preferred /Not Required:
· 3 years’ experience with Healthcare IT projects and healthcare data
· 3 years’ experience with Medicaid projects or Healthcare payer projects