Data Scientist SME at Chenega Corporation

Overview

AJANTA CONSULTING, LLC

Wright Patterson AFB

THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON BID AWARD

The Research Data Scientist SME will serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in research design, data management, and data analysis to be located within the Operational Support Team (FESO) branch of the Aerospace Medicine Studies and Analysis (FES) Division and facilitate and support the collaboration between Air and Space Human Performance Branch (RHBA) and FESO by understanding the FESO data sources, the Operational Support Teams’ research needs, and translating those to the RHBA team so that RHBA can develop associated research programs.

Responsibilities

• Assist in designing, formulating, conducting, and leading data analysis of operational studies on health surveillance data/health records/other relevant military records and risk reduction of negative health outcomes affecting the DAF total force population.
• Use judgement and originality in developing innovative approaches to define and resolve highly complex situations.
• Assist in the management of the retrieval and integration of health information data, personnel records, deployment-related records, health surveillance registries, and other military-related data into useable format for end-users.
• Shall assist in data collection in support of the RHBA and FESO collaborative research.
• Draft reports, prepare, and/or present reports, documents, and/or presentations pertaining to the status of the research and data analysis as requested, and meet RHBA projected suspense dates.
• Present results of studies or investigations through briefings, technical reports, and publication into scientific journals.
• Apply knowledge of science/technology to analyze and resolve multifaceted issues/problems with minimal guidance and collaborate with technical area stakeholders to develop strategies for effective execution within a particular technology area.
• Support the RHBA mission by coordinating the RHBA and FESO collaborative research projects.
• Conduct any other functions and duties recognized as being necessary to conduct their primary role within the scope of the effort.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Masters’ degree in Epidemiology, Statistics, Data Science, or Bioinformatics
• Minimum five (5) years’ demonstrated experience in advanced analytical skills to include visual analytics in population health and health data surveillance.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to design, formulate, conduct, and lead data analysis of operational studies on health surveillance data/health records/other relevant military records and risk reduction of negative health outcomes affecting the DAF total force population.
• Proficient in the Microsoft Office suite of applications, Adobe Acrobat, and SharePoint, and shall have experience to demonstrate expert knowledge in descriptive statistics, as well as SAS/SAS EG.
• Possess demonstrated experience with writing technical documentation, research and development programs, and research reports. Examples may include functional requirements documents, test plans, human subjects protocols, technical reports, and training material.
• Possess experience within a health analytics related field and working with DAF related data.
• Ability to complete Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative human subject use training (CITI training) and DAF Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) training within the first month and maintain annual currency thereafter. The primary duties for this position cannot be carried out without this training. This course is required for investigators and staff conducting research with human subjects.
• Ability to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) based on the potential access to confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive information

Physical Demands: (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Contractor will be required to travel when authorized to participate in customer business line-related travel, including meetings and conferences, to fulfill respective mission goals.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee may use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

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