Data Analyst I

eSimplicity is hiring a Data Analyst I to support government clients by analyzing Medicaid and CHIP data and addressing data quality issues. The role translates stakeholder needs into reports and dashboards, supports databases and team procedures, and helps coordinate project activities.

Responsibilities:

• Build a working knowledge of program data models, reports, and business requirements
• Contribute to continuous improvement practices of team procedures for state support
• Develop basic understanding and use of relevant project tools including business intelligence, cloud service consoles, databases, and SQL queries as needed
• Translate stakeholder needs into well-defined solutions including reports or dashboards
• Collaborate with team to analyze Medicaid and CHIP data and metrics to determine causes and solutions for data quality issues; document all relevant findings and share learnings with team
• Communicate complex data issues and recommendations to technical and non-technical audience, both verbally and in writing
• Assist more experienced database analysts/programmer in the design, implementation, and maintenance of databases, collection of data elements, and preparation of database specifications
• Help to develop, maintain, and control the data dictionary
• Coordinate project activities to ensure projects are on schedule
• Provide administrative and logistical support including meeting arrangement, progress tracking, and documentation

Requirements:

• All candidates must pass public trust clearance through the U.S. Federal Government
• candidates to either be U.S. citizens or pass clearance through the Foreign National Government System which will require that candidates have lived within the United States for at least 3 out of the previous 5 years, have a valid and non-expired passport from their country of birth and appropriate VISA/work permit documentation
• Minimum of 1 year of experience
• Experience analysing and visualizing data
• Exceptional ability to take initiative and ownership of issues and projects
• Flexible and willing to accept a change in priorities as necessary
• Resourceful, curious, and analytical approach to problem-solving
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize and balance concurrent deadlines
• Excellent command of written and spoken English
• Experience with project management software, status reporting, scheduling, management, implementation, and administration
• Experience with Atlassian Jira/Confluence
• Experience with Agile and particularly SAFe methodology
• Experience working with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) or healthcare industry
• Experience with data visualization and tools, including creating and maintaining dashboards
• Experience with data management systems and analysis or statistical tools
• Ability to perform root cause analysis to identify opportunities for improvement and answer questions
• Experience identifying, designing, and implementing internal process improvements