RTI International is seeking a Programmer/Analyst to analyze and synthesize complex qualitative and quantitative administrative health data from multiple sources into meaningful results, addressing the world's most critical problems with technical and science-based solutions.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years of experience with Python or SQL analytical coding with demonstrated familiarity with the linkage of various types of data files
- Programming experience using data stored in relational databases such as Teradata, Snowflake, DB2, Oracle, and SQL Server
- Experience designing and implementing flexible, reusable, scalable, programming code
- Commitment to analytic programming quality and best practices, including experience with QA/QC procedures (e.g., peer review of code, parallel programming)
- Familiarity with all phases of the Analytic Development Life Cycle and demonstrated experience in working with at least 1 of these phases
- At least 1 year of experience using SAS for analytic programming (preferred)
- Understanding and use of issue tracking and code versioning tools such as Jira or Git (preferred)
Responsibilities
- Developing coding expertise and best practices to query, merge, and analyze complex healthcare data from large relational databases
- Leveraging a variety of quantitative methods to standardize, blend, and distill data from multiple disparate sources, transforming them into analytic insights for use in client reports, journal manuscripts, abstracts, or posters for professional meetings
- Iteratively developing and maintaining Python code while adopting best practices for increasing efficiency, minimizing computational errors, implementing process improvements, and other approaches that add value to business processes and analytic results
- Participating in thorough code review and documentation, as well as parallel coding efforts for other programmers to maintain quality standards and ensure that code may be efficiently transferred among team members as needed
- Constructing analytic datasets and databases to support deliverables for various public health and healthcare financing engagements
- Collaborating with project team members to review, critically evaluate, and refine business requirements, and then translate those requirements into programming logic
- Adopting and refining technical skills on projects, including working independently, proactively resolving day-to-day issues of small complexity, and leveraging coding best practices and standards
Other
- BS/BA or advanced degree in data science, computer science, statistics, social sciences, health policy or related field with at least 3 years of programming experience OR the equivalent combination of education and experience
- Organizational and planning skills that enable independent work while contributing to a team effort
- Analytic thinker with exceptional attention to quality and detail
- Good interpersonal skills, including written and oral English-language skills, the ability to effectively manage competing deadlines, and the ability to work independently on a day-to-day basis while regularly collaborating with project teams
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, have lived in the United States for at least 3 of the last 5 years, and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status
