Jr-Level Data Scientist

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Pinao Consulting,LLC is seeking a Junior-Level Data Scientist to support the Vision Center ofExcellence (VCE) Data Analytics and Epidemiology Support Services contract. TheVCE supports efforts to prevent, diagnose, mitigate, treat, and rehabilitate militaryeye injuries and uses the Defense and Veterans Eye Injury and Vision Registry(DVEIVR) and other Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairsdata sources to improve vision readiness, treatment, outcomes, research, andpolicy. Working under the guidance of senior and mid-level team members, thisposition provides data preparation, analysis, reporting, visualization usingTableau and Power BI, documentation, and quality-control support for ocular,vision, clinical, and population health data.

DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

·        Assist withanalyzing, verifying, refining, and maintaining data models and component viewswithin VCE systems, including data from Defense Health Agency and Department ofVeterans Affairs medical systems.

·        Support reviewsof DVEIVR data models, data logic, business rules, ontologies, and vocabulariesby documenting findings, tracing data elements, and helping identify potentialgaps.

·        Clean, transform,integrate, validate, and analyze structured and unstructured data sets usingStructured Query Language (SQL), R, Python, flat files, and Extensible MarkupLanguage (XML).

·        Write and executeSQL queries under technical guidance to extract, summarize, and validate datafor approved data requests, reports, and dashboards.

·        Assist withdeveloping and testing algorithms for information retrieval, text extraction,classification, entity resolution, link analysis, semantic indexing, andrelated analytic activities.

·        Support thedevelopment and maintenance of data marts, data structures, tables, views,indexes, extract-transform-load (ETL) processes, and semantic datarepresentations.

·        Assist withdeveloping, publishing, testing, and maintaining reports, dashboards,templates, and user interfaces using tools such as R, Tableau, Qlik, MicrosoftPower BI, and Python.

·        Perform routinedata-quality checks, reconcile results, document anomalies, and elevateprogramming, metadata, data integration, or reporting issues to senior teammembers.

·        Collaborate withclinicians, epidemiologists, data architects, functional analysts, projectmanagers, developers, and end users to clarify data needs and support deliveryof usable data products.

·        Assist withmaintaining clinical and vision-related case definitions, algorithms,ontologies, vocabularies, semantic models, data dictionaries, and searchablelibraries.

·        Prepare andupdate technical documentation, including data maps, data rules, querydocumentation, data summaries, report design information, data dictionaries,and standard operating procedures.

·        Create cleartables, charts, visualizations, briefing materials, and written summaries fortechnical and nontechnical stakeholders.

·        Support ETLpipeline development and maintenance and assist with approved artificialintelligence and machine learning activities, including data preparation,feature development, model testing, validation, and documentation.

·        ProtectControlled Unclassified Information, Personally Identifiable Information, andProtected Health Information; maintain data integrity and comply withapplicable government privacy, cybersecurity, and access requirements.

·        Perform otherdata science and analytics support activities required for VCE-approved datarequests and contract deliverables.

Requirements

REQUIREDQUALIFICATIONS:

To be consideredfor this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilitieslisted below. 

Skills /Qualifications:

·        Familiarity withbusiness intelligence and data visualization tools, including Tableau andMicrosoft Power BI, for developing interactive dashboards and reports.

·        Foundationalexperience in data science, data analytics, statistical programming, databasequerying, data management, or a closely related field through employment,internships, academic research, or applied projects.

·        Working knowledgeof SQL and at least one analytical programming language, such as R or Python.

·        Experiencecleaning, organizing, transforming, and validating data for analysis.

·        Ability todevelop basic queries, data summaries, visualizations, reports, dashboards, orother analytic products with technical guidance.

·        Basicunderstanding of relational databases, data models, business rules, metadata,data mapping, and data quality principles.

·        Familiarity withone or more business intelligence or visualization tools, such as Tableau,Qlik, or Microsoft Power BI.

·        Ability to followdocumented methods, maintain reproducible work, and clearly documentassumptions, code, data transformations, and results.

·        Stronganalytical, problem-solving, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills.

·        Effective writtenand verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate in amultidisciplinary team environment.

·        Experience withhealthcare, clinical, population health, military health, ophthalmic, orvision-related data is preferred.

·        Exposure to ETLprocesses, artificial intelligence, or machine learning through coursework orapplied projects is preferred.

Education:

·        Bachelor’s degreein statistics, data science, computer science, informatics, mathematics,engineering, public health, or a related quantitative field; or an equivalentcombination of education, training, and relevant experience. A master’s degreeis preferred but not required.

SecurityClearance:

·        Secret SecurityClearance or ability to obtain one required

Work Experience:

·        1+ years in arelated field

ADDITIONALINFORMATION:

Job Type: Full-Time

Location: Silver Spring, MD

Salary Range: $100,000 -$105,000

EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled

Pinao is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receiveconsideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex ornational origin.

Benefits

BenefitsPackage: Pinao understandsthe importance of providing a benefits package that is competitive with currentindustry standards and designed to encourage employee participation. Pinao’s benefitpackage includes the following:

§  Medical Benefits

§  Dental Plan

§  Life Insurance

§  Short Term Disability

§  Long-Term Disability Insurance

§  Workman’s Compensation

§  FICA/Medicare

§  State Unemployment Tax/Federal UnemploymentTax

§  401K

§  Personal Time Off (PTO)

§  TuitionReimbursement.

Pinao offers medical, dental, vision, group term and supplemental lifeand accident insurance, short- and long-term disability programs.

Medical Benefits: Themedical plan is administered by TriNet HR III, Inc. TriNet provides severaloptions of coverage for eligible employees and his/her dependents. Pinao pays 80%for each employee and 50% for dependents.

Dental Plan: TheDental Plan is administered by TriNet HR III, Inc. TriNet provides severaloptions of coverage for eligible employees and his/her dependents. Pinao pays 100%for each employee and 50% for dependents.

Vision Plan: TheVision Plan is administered by TriNet HR III, Inc. TriNet provides severaloptions of coverage for eligible employee and his/her dependents. Pinao pays 100%for each employee and 50% for dependents.

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs): Pinao employees are eligible to enroll in one or both of the followingand contribute to tax-free dollars:

·        HealthCare FSA: Can be used tocover eligible health care-related expenses. Employees can contribute up to$2,650 per benefits plan year.

·        DependentDay Care FSA: Can beused to cover eligible expenses related to the care of a child (under age 13)or certain eligible dependents. Employees can contribute up to $5,000 percalendar year.

Life Insurance: The Life Insurance Policy is administered byMetropolitan Life Insurance Company. Pinao pays for full coverage for eacheligible employee at one (1) times the rate of their annual salary.

Short-Term Disability: Short-Term Disability Insurance is providedby The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. Pinao pays 66.67% of the premiumfor each eligible employee.

Long-Term Disability Insurance: DisabilityInsurance is provided by The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. Pinao pays 66.67% of the premium for eacheligible employee.

401K: Pinao provides a 401K plan through Voya. Pinaopays for all administration fees and provides matching funds up to 4% of aparticipating employees’ gross income.

Temporary duty: (Two Weeks – 80 hours) Military Leave: In additionto the rights and benefits provided to Employees taking Extended Military,eligible Employees who must be absent from their job for a period of not morethan ten working days each year in order to participate in temporary militaryduty are entitled to as many as ten days paid military leave. All benefits willcontinue during a Employee’s temporary military leave.

All Other (Extended) Military Leave: Employees ordered to active duty and directed to participate inextended military duties in the U.S. Armed Forces that exceed ten working dayswill be placed on an unpaid military leave of absence status for a period of aslong as five years and will be entitled to the rights and benefits afford tothem by law and corporate policy.

RemoteLocation Allowances: Pinao policy allows for Hybrid/Work from Home within the following constructs:

§  All Work from Home activities and schedulesmust be approved in writing prior to the work from home benefit starting.

Pinao employeesthat participate in hybrid/work from home programs are reimbursed:

Personal TimeOff (PTO): Pinao providesPTO to cover activities such as vacation and sick leave for eligible employeesat a rate of 5 hours per pay period. PTO starts accumulating from day one ofemployment with Pinao.

TuitionReimbursement/Educational Assistance: Pinao recognizes its employees are vital resources whose talents arecritical to the success of the company. For employees pursuing educationaladvancement related to their current position, Pinao offers an education assistanceplan, which encourages self-improvement through formal education so thatemployees can improve or maintain job-related skills or enhance their abilityto compete for reasonably attainable jobs within Pinao. Pinao provides 100percent (upto $2,500.00 per year) of tuition/training cost for eligible employeesbased on budget, potential for added capabilities to clients, company andindividual, and whether or not the individual has been approved in the past forany education or training.

AdditionalElements of Pinao’s Compensation Plan

Holidays: Pinao follows the government holidayschedule. Employees are eligible for eleven holidays during the year. Holidaysmay vary based on contractual requirements. If an employee is required to worka holiday due to a contractual requirement, the holiday can be deferred andtaken at a later time within the fiscal year.

FlexibleSchedules: Pinao understands the need for a proper work-personal life balance andprovides flexible work schedules whenever possible. We also encouragetelecommuting wherever appropriate which decreases time spent commuting andincreases time spent with family and friends.

Bonus Plan: The Bonus Plan is established to rewardoutstanding performance by company employees. This plan is applicable to allfull-time employees after the first year of employment, excluding companyofficers. The basis for award is as follows:

§  Recognition of outstanding performance by acustomer.

§  Recommendations that lead to cost reductionsor cost-effective improvements or services.

§  In thediscretion of the President, an employee has made an outstanding contributionto the operation of the company.

Awards will beauthorized by the President of Pinao. Total awards for any fiscal year cannotexceed fifteen percent of the payroll for that fiscal year.