Remote Public Health Data Standards and Interoperability Specialist

Summary

Join DRT Strategies as a Standards and Interoperability Specialist to work with public health professionals, analysts, and developers to support data models. The Specialist will analyze, monitor, and manipulate data for compliance with public health data models such as HL7, CDA, and FHIR.

Requirements

• Must have or be able to obtain a Public Trust with the US federal government
• Experience in data standard roles
• Advanced understanding of relational database design, development, and management
• Familiarity with HL7, CDA, or FHIR
• Knowledge of public health data and related privacy requirements (HIPPA, PII, etc.)
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Public Health or related field

Responsibilities

• Designs, builds, and maintains multiple data models for use with public health data
• Works with analysts, subject matter experts, and technologists to determine and implement data models
• Utilizes clinical, laboratory, and other electronic health data to conduct analyses for clinical research, public health, or other healthcare domains
• Implements data analytics solutions, conducting analytics including descriptive, prescriptive, and predictive analytics
• Collaborates with public health agencies to conduct public health surveillance
• Develops and manages a schedule to meet deliverables and establish estimated completion dates
• Follows the government’s software development lifecycle framework and provides agreed upon project documentation
• Completes tasks on time with minimal supervision but supports collaboration across teams
• Supports testing and troubleshooting of data systems

Preferred Qualifications

Recent experience with CDC environment and standards: SDLC, technical architecture, release processes