Senior Statistician

Responsibilities

Noblis is supporting CMS mission to deliver high-value IT solutions rooted within CMS’ strategic programs designed to improve quality, cost effectiveness, and accessible health care. We are providing quality-related analytics and reporting initiatives to drive CMS’ ability to make informed quality- related policy decisions and ensure data transparency to the public.

 

This position will involve direct interactions with the customer and requires the ability to lead healthcare analytics teams to implement applications, platforms, and IT development services and products. We utilize HCD thinking and Agile Software Development processes that achieve results through continuous capability enhancements, minimal downtime, and prompt response to emerging needs.

 

Responsibilities

• Use statistical approaches and specialized statistical software to analyze and model data in an enterprise data environment.
• Use sophisticated research-supported statistical techniques and write code/syntax to solve complex statistical problems.
• Propose valid statistical solutions to health research problems based on available data.
• Present data and interpretations in research reports and briefs.
• Conduct advanced statistical programming tasks involving:
• Importing, cleaning, and transforming data for statistical analysis.
• Conducting statistical analysis on data from complex data sets and generation of reports.
• Supporting development of technical reports, manuscripts and other publications.
• Work closely with project managers, clients, and stakeholders to transform requests into technical specifications (health-related) and explain complex concepts.
• Work in a collaborative environment with colleagues from a diverse background.
• Develop and maintain Quality Assurance and Quality Control practices for data pipelines deployments

Client Engagement

· Support and lead evolving business development efforts by applying technical and functional expertise to develop business solutions. · Lead proposal sections for small or limited competition proposals and actively participate in teaming strategy discussions

Qualifications

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Public Health, Survey Methodology or other relevant statistical or math-based degree.
• Minimum of 6 years of related experience
• Demonstrated experience managing, executing, and performing complex statistical modeling, which must include multi-variant and time series analyses.
• Familiarity with Quality Assurance and Quality Control practices for complex statistical model development
• Advanced SAS, Python/R skills and experience, and experience with other statistical packages
• Advanced MS Excel skills.
• Ability to perform well in a team-based environment, with occasional quick-turn responses.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.

Preferred Experience

 

• Knowledge and experience working with CMS data domains, such as:     
  • Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) Claims Part A and B
  • Medicare Advantage (MA) Claims Part C
  • Prescription Drug Claims Part D
  • Provider data
  • Beneficiary data
  • Healthcare Quality Measures of healthcare delivery and outcomes
  • Healthcare Facilities Assessment, Survey, and Certification
• Experience working with systems of record where data for the above domains is originated, as well as processing and storage of that data             
• Familiarity with HHS IT systems and/or Healthcare Quality Information Systems (HCQIS), based on the information and references for past projects within HHS.

Overview

With the continuing impacts of COVID-19 around the world, we are taking action to protect the health and well-being of our colleagues and maintain the safety of the communities where we operate. Noblis seeks an environment free from COVID-19 and prefers all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.  Attestation of vaccination status will be required for employment with Noblis.  Unvaccinated employees may be subject to additional health and safety requirements to include any federal, state and/or client restrictions.

 

Noblis and our wholly owned subsidiaries, Noblis ESI, Noblis MSD and Noblis Mikros Systems tackle the nation's toughest problems and apply advanced solutions to our clients' most critical missions. We bring the best of scientific thought, management, and engineering expertise together in an environment of independence and objectivity to deliver enduring impact on federal missions. Noblis works with a wide range of government clients in the defense, intelligence and federal civil sectors. Learn more at Noblis -About Us

 

Why work at a Noblis company?

Our employees find greater meaning in their work and balance the other things in life that matter to them. Our people are our greatest asset. They are exceptionally skilled, knowledgeable, team-oriented, and mission-driven individuals who want to do work that matters and benefits the public. Noblis has won numerous workplace awards. Noblis maintains a drug-free workplace.

 

Noblis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race (as well as because of or on the basis of traits historically associated with race, including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists), color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

 

Noblis is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Noblis will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact employee-relations@noblis.org.