We are seeking a Data Scientist I who will support the management of complex databases as well as develop, maintain, and document code. The Data Scientist will collect and extract data using a variety of data extraction tools and carry out data management, visualization, and analysis tasks.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Support the development of dashboards, calculations, and reports which may require programming.
• Support the development and tuning of machine learning models, which may require programming.
• Support the development of infrastructure for cleaning and processing data and running experiments to evaluate system performance.
• Mine various data resources for development of key metrics, performance indicators, and general business intelligence useful for planning and service design.
• Perform error analysis and suggest and implement improvements.
• Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties described above

• Wrangle and analyze Electronic Health Record data other real world data including health insurance claims.
• Use SQL, R and/or Python for statistical analysis.
• Apply best practices for real-world evidence principles, including bias, confounding, and study design considerations.

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Four years of relevant quantitative research and analytics experience, with at least two of those years including complex programming experience.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• Strong proficiency in coding and data wrangling with SQL, R and/or Python for statistical analysis.
• Experience with econometrics techniques.
• Experience with electronic health records and cost related data such as claims.
• Real world evidence techniques including target trial emulation.

Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency

• Continuous Improvement - Developing
• Data Architecture - Developing
• Data Management and Analysis - Developing
• Data Tools and Platforms - Developing
• Data Validation and Quality Assurance - Developing
• Data Visualization - Developing
• Machine Learning - Developing
• Oral and written communications - Developing
• Programming Languages - Developing

The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.

Classified Title: Data Scientist I
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PG
Starting Salary Range: $102,295 - $179,375 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday to Friday: 9:00am – 5:00pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/School of Public Health
Department name: Health Economics
Personnel area: School of Public Health