Data Analyst I

Description:

About Us:

eSimplicity is modern digital services company that work across government, partnering with our clients to improve the lives and ensure the security of all Americans—from soldiers and veteran to kids and the elderly, and defend national interests on the battlefield. Our engineers, designers and strategist cut through complexity to create intuitive products and services that equip Federal agencies with solutions to courageously transform today for a better tomorrow for all Americans.

This role is Contingent upon customer award

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:

• Minimum of 2 years experience
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other technical or social science. With four years of general information technology experience and at least two years of specialized experience, a degree is not required.
• 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
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust; residing in the United States

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Working Environment:
eSimplicity supports a hybrid remote work environment operating within the Eastern time zone so we can work with and respond to our government clients. Expected hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern unless otherwise directed by your manager.

Occasional travel for training and project meetings. It is estimated to be less than 25% per year.

Benefits:
We offer highly competitive salaries and full healthcare benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
eSimplicity is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, status as a protected veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.