Health Services Data Engineer

Job Number: R0234300

Health Services Data Engineer
The Opportunity:

Ever-expanding technology like IoT, machine learning, and artificial intelligence means that there's more structured and unstructured data available today than ever before. As a data engineer, you know that organizing data can yield pivotal insights when it's gathered from disparate sources. We need an experienced data professional like you to help our clients find answers in their data to impact important missions-from fraud detection to cancer research to national intelligence.

As a Data Engineer at Booz Allen, you'll use your expertise to help build advanced technology solutions and lead data engineering activities on some of the most mission-driven projects in the industry. You'll guide data engineering activities by overseeing the development and deployment of pipelines that organize and make disparate data meaningful.

Here, you'll serve as a technical lead on analytic tasks in the federal health space. You'll use your expertise to conduct analytic and engineering work as an individual contributor, organize analytic work for small- to medium-sized tasks and teams, help teams solve complex coding or analytic issues, and mentor junior analysts and engineers. Support the development and maintenance of scalable data pipelines that supply data in forms needed for business analysis. Identify opportunities to leverage leading-edge analytic and engineering principles, theories, and concepts solutions to help clients solve new and existing problems. Collaborate with various team members, including quantitative and qualitative analysts, policy experts, developers, communications specialists, and project managers.

Work with us to use data for good. Here, we focus on growing as a team to make the best solutions for our customers, so you'll have resources for mentoring and learning new skills and tools. Join our team as we transform healthcare capabilities with cloud technology, enabling data science and advanced analytics applications, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and automation.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• 6+ years of experience performing data management with health data in SQL and Python, including using Databricks or Snowflake and big data tools or frameworks, such as Spark
• Experience analyzing health insurance claims data in the Chronic Conditions Warehouse (CCW), Integrated Data Repository (IDR), or Centralized Data Repository (CDR)
• Experience with data validation, cleansing, and enrichment techniques to improve the accuracy and completeness of data
• Experience designing, implementing, and optimizing end-to-end data pipelines for ingesting, processing, and transforming large volumes of data
• Experience designing and developing ETL workflows using tools, such as Apache Spark or AWS Glue, and monitoring and troubleshooting ETL processes to identify and resolve issues in a timely manner
• Knowledge of healthcare data such as Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS), Master Beneficiary Summary File (MBSF), Standard Analytic Files (SAF), or Prescription Drug Event (PDE) data
• Ability to design and maintain data models, schemas, and database structures to support operations and to build and maintain data integrations with internal and external data sources and APIs
• Ability to communicate and clearly explain complex methodologies, and present findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements
• Bachelor's degree in an Epidemiology, Economics, Statistics, or Computer Science field

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with the federal procurement and proposal process
• Experience managing tasks for others
• Experience with Agile engineering practices
• Knowledge of quantitative methods for the detection of fraud, improper payments, or other payment anomalies
• Knowledge of healthcare pay-for-performance based payment adjustments
• Knowledge of quality measure calculation

Vetting:

Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you'll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you'll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.