Data Analyst – Epidemiologist II

Data AnalystData AnalystFull TimeRemoteTeam 51-200Since 1995H1B SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

South Carolina

Posted

41 days ago

Salary

$100K / year

Postgraduate DegreeEnglishSQL

Job Description

• Conduct routine and emergency-response epidemiologic analyses to support measles surveillance, case investigation, and contact tracing activities. • Perform data cleaning, reconciliation, and linkage across multiple data sources (e.g., surveillance systems, laboratory data, immunization records). • Develop and maintain analytic datasets to monitor outbreak trends, transmission patterns, and response performance indicators. • Conduct special epidemiologic analyses during outbreaks, including assessment of exposure settings, secondary attack rates, vaccination status, and geographic clustering. • Evaluate and improve the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of case investigation and contact tracing data; provide feedback to data collectors and program staff. • Collaborate with epidemiologists, informatics staff, and response leadership to identify data gaps and analytic needs during a measles outbreak. • Prepare clear written summaries, data tables, figures, and dashboards to support situational awareness and leadership briefings. • Provide technical assistance and guidance on data and analytic best practices to response leadership during emergency responses.

Job Requirements

A Master’s degree in Epidemiology and professional experience involving the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of quantified data.
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
Statistics or associated professional degree, professional experience involving the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation/visualization of quantified data. Work experience with disease outbreak and/or emergency response is ideal but not required.
Experience supporting outbreak investigations and emergency response activities, including vaccine-preventable diseases (e.g., measles).
Ability to manage work and provide updates to jurisdictional leadership.
Experience in conducting epidemiological studies and investigation skills in analyzing and interpreting epidemiological data.
Proficiency with analytic and data management tools (e.g., SAS, R, SQL, Excel, or comparable platforms).
Experience working with surveillance systems, case investigation databases, and contact tracing platforms.
Employee functions under limited supervision. Must be able to function with a high degree of independence and discretionary judgment to seek assistance from other team members.
Employee will support the measles outbreak response as directed.