ManTech

Junior Data Analyst

28 May 2024
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£72000 - £120000 / year

Job Description

Secure our Nation, Ignite your Future

Become an integral part of a diverse team while working at an Industry Leading Organization, where our employees come first.  At ManTech International Corporation, you’ll help protect our national security while working on innovative projects that offer opportunities for advancement.   

ManTech is seeking a motivated, career and customer oriented Junior Data Analyst to join our team in the Silver Spring, MD area. This supports an epidemiological research and operational policy support program focused on improving warfighter readiness, optimizing recruitment and retention, and informing medical policies. The position entails collaborating with a diverse team of epidemiologists, statisticians, physicians, data analysts, and military personnel to deliver knowledge products to multiple Department of Defense (DoD) stakeholders. This is currently a remote position. This position is expected to become fully onsite in the near future. Candidates within reasonable commuting range or those willing to relocate are strongly preferred. 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Import, clean, transform, validate and analyze data in SAS with the purpose of understanding and drawing conclusions from data in support of data-to-decision knowledge products

  • Test data to identify data integrity issues, troubleshoot problems and coordinate with team to plan solutions 

  • Participate in data-related projects, including, but not limited to, data standardization and normalization, maintenance, quality assurance, and visualization

  • Generate and maintain data documentation to include data dictionaries, metadata, and standard operating procedures 

  • Review both internal and external documentation to understand raw and analytic datasets as well as data flow to help make meaningful decisions of data

  • Integrate data from multiple sources and apply complex rules to create analytic data sets for epidemiologists, scientists, physicians, and other stakeholders

  • Perform descriptive statistical analyses and input analytic results into knowledge products, including but not limited to, data visualizations, dashboards, and annual reports

Minimum Qualifications:

  • A minimum of 3 years of experience with SAS (Base/STAT/Graph/Macro facility)

  • Bachelor’s degree in statistics, computer science, healthcare informatics, data science, public health or related field 

  • Advanced knowledge of MS Excel and SAS for data ingestion, transformation, analysis, and visualization to design and build analytic datasets

  • Experience in creating and maintaining relational databases using SQL

  • Experience in data documentation, including creation/modification of data dictionaries, handling versioning and quality control of conflicting datasets

  • Ability and drive to adhere to detailed coding and documentation standards 

  • Strong analytic, critical thinking, and decision-making skills and can identify and solve issues independently – investigate and understand data issues and actively participate in course correction

  • Excellent English verbal and written communication skills needed to keep research team informed of progress, changes in status of work, and communicate findings to stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications:

  • A minimum of 1 year of experience in clinical operations, quality improvement, or public health domain. (Note for recruiter: Clinical operations exposure is valuable – including exposure to datasets from EHR/EMR systems and understanding and application of public health, epidemiology, and research principles

  • Prior service or thorough understanding of the U.S. military, particularly experience with military health systems, data, or healthcare policies

  • Knowledge and understanding of ICD 9/10 codes

  • Experience with feeding business analytics tools such as Tableau, PowerBI

  • Familiarity with Python

Clearance Requirements:

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance

Physical Requirements:

  • Must be able to remain in stationary position for up to 50% of the time

  • Must be able to move about inside the office or IT environment to access computer systems, modules, equipment and IT machinery

  • Must be able to constantly operate computers and other IT environment systems such as IT machinery, modules, etc

  • The person in this position frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations

  • Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations

  • The person in this position must be able to detect, identify, observe, and assess written communications, presentations, and manuals

The projected compensation range for this position is $72,100-$120,900. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, ManTech invests in it’s employees beyond just compensation. ManTech’s benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Short Term and Long Term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.

For all positions requiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license. The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. ManTech may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone.

ManTech International Corporation, as well as its subsidiaries proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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