Sr. Data Visualization Engineer

The work we do matters!

Hiring Agency:

Health & Human Services - Agency 25

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:

$35.267

Job Posting:

JR2026-00025291 Sr. Data Visualization Engineer (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):

04-26-2026

Job Description:

As a Data Visualization Developer for the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) at the State of Nebraska, you can contribute your skills as we harness the power of technology to help our clients improve the health and well-being of the members they serve — a community’s most vulnerable populations. Connect your passion with purpose, teaming with people who thrive on finding innovative solutions to some of healthcare’s biggest challenges.

We offer an excellent total compensation package including: 13 paid holidays, immediate earning of vacation and sick leave; state-matched (156%) retirement plan; health (79% employer contribution), dental, vision, and life insurance options, and we are a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

***This is a full-time, on-site permanent position. It is not available as a contracted position. ***

**The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services does not sponsor or transfer non-immigrant work visas for this position or accept STEM OPT (form i-983) at any time. **

Examples of Work

• Delivers data, reports and dashboards with the key performance indicators and metrics needed to make business critical decisions and drive business results .
• Builds strong working relationships with data consumers to understand the link between data requests and business process decisions.
• Works with data consumers and subject matter experts (SMEs) to understand business rules behind available data to enable proper interpretation for metrics.
• Perform data cleaning and transformation
• Analyze, interpret, and compile large amounts of data to find impactful insights that drive decision-making.
• Create, execute or analyze basic test scenarios to verify that client requirements are built into system design.
• Partner with business and technical stakeholders to be a champion of change and for data literacy for the organization.
• Aid in the creation and maintenance of documentation of data artifacts to ensure smooth operations and a robust knowledge base.
• Teach, train, and educate others across the organization with respect to best practices for presenting and analyzing data to deliver business value.

Requirements / Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications: A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, information systems, mathematics, engineering or other related field and two years of experience, education, or training in coding computer applications; programming experience can be substituted for education on a year for year basis.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Information Systems or related field
• 5 to 10 years of experience translating business requirements into real action for clients through reporting and visualizations
• 3 to 5 years experience creating dashboards and visualizations with PowerBI
• 3 to 5 years experience in SQL (preferably SnowSQL), R, and Python for understanding data
• Health care background preferred.
• Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills to collaborate with business leaders, clients and technical personnel
• A technically inclined, self-starter who is detail oriented.
• Strong organization, planning, problem solving, and decision-making skills
• Enjoys digging deep for the answer and won't give up until they have it.
• Works well independently and collaboratively with peers and external SME

Position is located at the Nebraska State Office Building in Lincoln. No hybrid/remote work.

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Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.

Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer! Benefit eligibility may vary by position, agency and employment status. For more information on benefits, please visit: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits

Equal Opportunity Statement

The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.