Senior Data Manager - REMOTE

SeKON is looking for a Senior Data Manager for an upcoming opportunity supporting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Geospatial Research, Analysis, and Service Program (GRASP). This role is 100% remote. The mission of GRASP is to provide leadership and expertise in the application of the concepts, methods, and tools of geography and geospatial information science to public health research. GRASP objectives are to research and analyze the geospatial trends and patterns relevant to diverse factors associated with environmental health, infectious and chronic disease, and emergency preparedness & response; and to geospatially enable CDC/ATSDR scientists and systems with data, consulting technology, and training.

With over 25 years of mission-focused success, SeKON delivers cultural, operational, and technical transformation to support federal government customers including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Defense Health Agency (DHA).  Our vision is “Better Health Through Innovation and Digital Transformation.”

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide high-level expertise in GIS information modeling and management and requirement analysis.
• Perform logical database design to support the development and testing of database schemas necessary to support small applications and complex projects that reside on database management systems.
• Support the deployment of mobile technologies, processes, and devices to gather spatially referenced data from the field to support public health investigation and practice.
• Manage data to address public health concerns at deployment locations
• Design, develop, implement, and maintain spatially referenced data collection processes requiring data importation, data validation using manual reviews and/or automated processes, and data sharing mechanisms providing sharing of data and use of data by appropriate partners
• Support data validation, manipulation, and/or preparation of public health and GIS datasets
• Design processes and procedures to implement database indexing methods to optimize database performance
• Mine data on large public health datasets to discover geospatial, temporal, and other types of patterns and trends
• Participate in oral and written communications, as needed, to interface with the diverse and multi-disciplinary GRASP staff to obtain clarity in requirements and communicate complex GIS science and technology concepts to GRASP staff and CDC/ATSDR staff who collaborate with GRASP on various projects.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Eligible for Public Trust Clearance
• 10 years (or 5 years with an advanced degree) of experience using GIS tools and techniques to analyze patterns and trends evident in public health data.
• Experience designing, preparing, and managing GIS and general public health databases for integration within analysis, investigation, GIS systems, and surveillance.
• Familiarity with developing automated routines for processing and altering large geospatial datasets to produce indices, metrics, and other databases for ongoing use.
• Experience with loading, updating, and managing GIS and public health data.
• Ability to support the development of data collection processes, techniques, and methodologies to collect, validate, and manipulate public health data.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are a must.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience writing SQL queries, Transact-SQL (T-SQL) stored procedures, and ETL processes using SQL Server 2008 and SSIS.
• Knowledge and understanding of relational database design, development, and management.
• Experience with ArcGIS tools, ArcGIS Suite of products (ESRI, Inc.), Quantum GIS (qgis.org), SaTScan (SatScan.org), R, and other GIS analysis, GIS data manipulation, and map production tools.
• Experience with Python and VBA to support creating tools and scripts for automated geoprocessing, data management, and spatial and statistical analysis.
• Ability to support analyzing, monitoring, and manipulating GIS spatial data for fine-tuning analysis and optimization of database performance.
• Experience supporting CDC/ATSDR, or any Public Health Agency is highly desired.