Data Analyst

Job Summary: The Virginia Department of Health’s Division of Informatics and Information Systems is seeking an Analytics and Visualization Specialist to assist with communicable disease data reporting and analysis. This role is essential for the organization, presentation, analysis, and verification of epidemiological health information across the Commonwealth of Virginia, with a primary focus on COVID-19 data. This position will report to the Division of Informatics and Information Systems (DIIS) Data Analytics Manager.

Essential Functions:
Data Integration and Transformation:
Leverage analytic tools such as SQL, Tableau Prep, Tableau Desktop, R, and GCP to integrate, clean, and transform public health and healthcare data.
Analysis and Visualization:
Build analyses, visualizations, and dashboards using appropriate software (Tableau Desktop, R/Python, GCP) for various purposes including public reporting, performance evaluation, decision analytics, data quality analysis, and scientific publication.
Maintenance and Enhancement:
Maintain, republish, and enhance data products according to established schedules (e.g., daily, weekly, annually).
Collaboration:
Work collaboratively with business stakeholders and subject-matter experts to define and refine requirements.
Documentation:
Document detailed descriptions of data cleaning steps, sources, filters, assumptions, and purposes.
Best Practices:
Maintain documentation related to data visualization processes, tools, and best practices while enhancing existing processes and procedures.
Data Quality:
Proactively identify and communicate data quality issues and address issues arising from data processing.
Additional Duties:
Conduct other duties as requested/assigned.

Job Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of experience and education.
Strong data analysis skills in SQL, Tableau, R/Python, and Microsoft Excel.
Experience working collaboratively with diverse groups and projects with defined timelines.
Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
Strong communication skills.
Self-starter.

Preferred Qualifications:
More than 2 years of experience with Tableau and SQL.
Familiarity with health/public health data.
Flexibility to work on multiple projects/issues simultaneously.
Knowledge of relational databases.
Knowledge of WordPress.
Experience with ArcGIS and working with geospatial data.

Required / Desired Skills:
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount of Experience
Data Analysis
Required
2 Years
Tableau
Required
1 Year
R/Python
Highly Desired
1 Year
SQL
Required
2 Years
Microsoft Suite, particularly Excel
Required
2 Years
ArcGIS/Geospatial data