Data Analyst - Remote

The Company 

ICF is a mission-driven company filled with people who care deeply about improving the lives of others and making the world a better place. Our core values include Embracing Difference; we seek candidates who are passionate about building a culture that encourages, embraces, and hires dimensions of difference.  

 

The Team  

Our Health Engineering Solutions (HES) team works side by side with customers to articulate a vision for success, and then make it happen. We know success doesn't happen by accident. It takes the right team of people, working together on the right solutions for the customer. We are looking for a seasoned Data Analyst with experience in Healthcare who is eager to use their domain knowledge and their skills in BI tools, SQL, and programming to rapidly turn data into insights. 

Our team supports the development and maintenance of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Reporting System (EQRS) application. These mission-critical systems, used daily by tens of thousands of healthcare providers nationwide, ensure patients receive the highest quality of care. Leveraging modern technologies, DevOps practices, and cloud-based infrastructure, our dynamic work environment involves multiple project teams collaborating toward a common vision of delivering an integrated solution. 

 

The Work  

We are looking for a talented Data Analyst who is eager to use their advanced analytical and data transformation techniques, their visualization knowledge, and skills in AWS QuickSight, SQL, and programming to rapidly turn data into insights and to develop practical tools and analyses that can help solve complex business problems, transforming volumes of data into actionable information. If you have experience with BI tools and want your work to contribute to systems that collect healthcare data used by hundreds of thousands of daily users, we want to (virtually) meet you!  

You will work on projects that support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as we develop a next-generation analytics and reporting system that directly impacts healthcare quality. You will be part of a highly skilled and collaborative team that uses human-centered design to implement modern, usable interfaces. The project’s goal is to achieve better healthcare, improve population health, and lower costs through enhancements in care. This team is creating a centralized and comprehensive mechanism for tracking and managing the existing portfolio of systems, providing a state-of-the-art platform for reporting and analytics. You will be working on high-impact government projects. We are seeking confident, self-motivated individuals to conduct this valuable work in a fully remote capacity within the USA. 

Key Responsibilities and Job Duties  

• Work with cross-functional teams within CMS to modernize existing reports utilizing AWS QuickSight to build datasets, analysis and dashboards 

• Balance technical data architecture and data flows with end user UX best practices 

• Manage data visualization life cycles, working in an Agile environment 

• Simplify complex ideas to stakeholders at various levels (e.g. explain technical solutions in a manner that matches the audience) 

• Research, hypothesize and develop analytical approaches for identifying, analyzing, and interpreting trends or patterns in complex data sets 

• Design and build analytics dashboards to measure performance and assist in directing team's efforts towards initiatives with the largest impact 

• Create and maintain datasets from disparate data sources and provide analysis thereof using SQL 

• Build and maintain ETL pipelines using Spark/Scala, Python, AWS Step Functions and/or AWS Glue 

• In collaboration with others, develop and implement data collection systems and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and data quality 

• Attend daily stand-up meetings and participate in other SAFe Agile ceremonies, including demoing work to internal staff and external stakeholders 

Required Qualifications  

• Bachelor’s degree required (degree in Computer Science or related field preferred) 

• 3+ years of experience in data analysis and data visualization 

• 1+ year of SQL experience 

• Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance 

• Candidate must reside in the U.S., be authorized to work in the U.S., and all work must be performed in the U.S. 

• Candidate must have lived in the U.S. for three (3) full years out of the last five (5) years 

 

Preferred Qualifications  

• MS and 1+ years of technical experience 

• Experience with building ETL pipelines using Spark and Python or Scala 

• Experience using Amazon Quicksight 

• Strong grasp of statistics, programming, and modeling techniques (machine learning, classification, cluster analysis, data mining, databases, and visualization)  

• Dataset parsing, dataset merging, dataset analysis, dataset synthesis  

• Strong knowledge of databases 

• Experience with Agile methodology 

• Experience working in the healthcare industry with PHI/PII   

• Federal Government contracting work experience  

• Expertise working as part of a dynamic, interactive Agile team  

• Strong written and verbal communication skills 

• Prior experience working remotely full-time 

 

Job Location: Remote (USA). Travel for a conference or to another ICF location for collaboration may be required once a year. This position requires that the job be performed in the United States.  If you accept this position, note that ICF monitors employee work locations, blocks access from foreign locations/foreign IP addresses, and prohibits personal VPN connections. 

 

#DMX-HES

#DMX24

 

Working at ICF

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we’re not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future.

We can only solve the world's toughest challenges by building an inclusive workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to hiring regardless of any protected characteristic, such as race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status, or military/veteran status. Together, our employees are empowered to share their expertise and collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. For more information, please read our EEO & AA policy.

Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation please email icfcareercenter@icf.com and we will be happy to assist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

Read more about workplace discrimination rights, the Pay Transparency Statement, or our benefit offerings which are included in the Transparency in (Benefits) Coverage Act.

 

Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:

$57,737.00 - $98,153.00

Nationwide Remote Office (US99)