Work Arrangement: Remote

Agency Interview Type: Webcam Only

Job Description:

We are looking for a Data Analyst with 11 years of experience managing data pertaining to the different medical, nutrition, and financial subsidies managed by the DCAS system.

The Data Analyst will play a critical role to support the work of the Program Administration, Executive Steering Committee, and Stakeholders. Under the aegis of the Chief Data Officer, the Data Analyst is responsible for:

Operational Oversight

• Overseeing the lifecycle of agency data, including defining and implementing policies and procedures for the day-to-day operational and administrative management of systems and data.
• Defining and documenting data and terminology in a relevant glossary.
• Developing and implementing strategies to assess and maintain the quality, integrity, and reliability of data.
• Coordinating cross-agency efforts and decisions to ensure official agency records requirements, privacy, security, and related requirements are met.
• Providing oversight to ensure data issues, needs, and requirements are documented.

Data Quality

• Establishing data-quality metrics and requirements, including defining acceptable values, ranges, and parameters for each data element.
• Collaborating with the DCAS Data Research, Analytics, and Management team to establish procedures for detecting and correcting data-quality issues.
• Engaging in ongoing and detailed evaluation of data quality, identifying anomalies and discrepancies, and implementing corrective measures.
• Coordinating with program teams and Stakeholder Agencies to ensure the quality and integrity of data elements.
• Facilitating the creation of data standards based on business rules, data access security requirements, and legacy data retention.

Privacy, Security, and Risk Management

• Establishing guidelines and protocols to ensure privacy controls are enforced in all processes.
• Compiling retention, archival, and disposal requirements and ensuring compliance with institutional policy and regulations.
• Establishing and implementing data curation practices to ensure the lifespan of data is commensurate with requirements.
• Reviewing agency and interagency data-related work products.
• Coordinating cross-agency efforts to ensure official agency records requirements, privacy, security, and related requirements are met for data.

Policies and Procedures

• Monitoring and analyzing the application of federal, state, and local data requirements, standards, and rules.
• Coordinating efforts with stakeholder agencies to interpret business needs into applications and derive data requirements.
• Presenting findings and recommendations to DCAS leadership, Executive Steering Committee, and other stakeholders regarding recommended changes to improve operating practices, accountability, or transparency.

Other Significant Facts

Preferred Skills include:

• Knowledge of good data management principles, concepts, and practices.
• Knowledge of how to determine business data requirements, create data standards, and business rules.
• Knowledge of human services and healthcare programs.
• Ability to work with multiple agency stakeholders with common and unique agency or program-specific data requirements.
• Familiarity with public policy issues related to human services data requirements.
• Ability to analyze complex, abstract issues in a logical, structured way.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Knowledge of statistics and/or research methodology.
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Familiarity with business information generation and analysis methods.
• Ability to effectively drive business, culture, and technology change in a dynamic and complex operating environment.
• Gravitas to develop a framework for information and data governance and to embed it in all levels of the business.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to explain digital concepts and technologies to business leaders, as well as business concepts to technologists.
• Demonstrated knowledge of data structure desired but not essential; information systems/tools, and related software and data management.
• Broad experience desired but not essential in multiple domain areas, such as data warehousing, business intelligence (BI), data governance, and more.
• Preference for candidates with knowledge and experience with government.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field or equivalent experience.