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Requisition ID:  117871

Senior Data Analyst

IT@JH Research Data Analytics and Engineering is seeking a Senior Data Analyst who will work to understand the diverse requirements of the Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine research community and develop solution sets to meet their needs. Research IT is a growing and developing area within the IT@JH organization. This role will help support and implement a new set of service offerings for the Research Data Analytics and Engineering unit being rolled out under the Office of the Deputy CIO. The objective of this unit is supporting and advancing the management of research data across its lifecycle.


Specific Duties & Responsibilities

  • Supports the collection, storage, maintenance, and data quality of critical research data throughout its lifecycle while maintaining data provenance and data integrity.
  • Ensures that analytic and data management solutions leverage best practice, secure, and compliant technology and are implemented in accordance with institutional, local, and federal policies. Ensures that information is disseminated in accordance with established policies and procedures. This includes support for both human subjects and non-human subject research.
  • Conducts complex data analysis across disparate data sources to support researchers in development of key insights. This may include both process and data analysis as well as advanced analytic techniques like NLP.
  • Engages directly with investigators and end-users, gathers and documents business and technical requirements, creates standards and best practices, designs solutions, implements them and keeps customer informed as projects progress.
  • Contributes to the development and implementation of data strategies, including identifying areas for process improvement and enhanced data-driven decision making.
  • Provides guidance and mentorship to junior data analysts and other members of the data community.
  • Plays an important role supporting the implementation and use of enterprise research data assets and products, including developing best practice guidelines, code templates, and other materials as needed.
  • Participates in project teams and collaborates effectively with team members and stakeholders. Supports development and tracking of tasks/user stories and estimates.
  • Works closely with data engineers to integrate multiple complex processes and disciplines to meet business and technical requirements.
  • Generates documentation for all tasks and assignments including business and technical requirements, code, data dictionaries, user guides, and updates within ticket or task management systems.
  • May support business intelligence applications by preparing data for ingestion with these tools and/or creating data visualizations.


Specific Devices, Software, Projects

  • Supports a complex and dynamic portfolio of projects which could include feasibility and data profiling for new grant proposals, assessing data quality and completeness for observational data mapped into the OMOP CDM, and providing data management support for multi-site data coordinating centers.
  • These projects will leverage IT@JH managed software and involve a variety of data storage and analytics platforms, both on-prem and cloud-based, including Azure/Fabric, AWS, Databricks, RStudio, python, SQL Server, REDCap, and PowerBI among others.


Scale/size of Area, Project and/or System Supported

  • The portfolio is dynamic and includes smaller, less complex projects as well as highly complex, larger initiatives.
  • The candidate will need to engage with individual contributors and leaders in a variety of roles and levels within the University and Medicine organizations.


Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

  • Strong analytical ability to gather data and perform transformation and complex data analysis to solve both business and technical problems.
  • Proficiency in translating raw data into meaningful information.
  • Experience directly engaging with end users to understand requirements and develop analyses and deliverables to meet those requirements.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to translate technology concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • Must be well-organized, detail-oriented, self-starter and proactive.
  • Ability to balance multiple priorities and conflicting demands.
  • Strong critical thinker with problem solving aptitude and analytical abilities.
  • Must embrace and advance Johns Hopkins’ commitment to the dignity and equality of all persons, inclusive of sex, gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and veteran status.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree.
  • Five years' experience.
  • Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond HS Diploma/Graduation Equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Minimum of 2 years working with data lakes and/or databases.
  • At least 1 year of hands-on experience analyzing data for research.
  • Experience with OMOP and/or other common data models .
  • Experience with SQL, python, or R .
  • Experience with structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
  • Experience in supporting release of data for human subject research in accordance with the HIPAA Privacy and Security rules and the Common Rule.
  • Epic certification for Cogito, Clarity, and/or Caboodle.

 

 

Classified Title: Sr. Data Analyst 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Senior Data Analyst   
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PD  
Starting Salary Range: $62,900 - $110,100 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:00pm 
FLSA Status: Exempt 
Location: Remote 
Department name: IT@JH Rsrch Data Analytics & Engineering  
Personnel area: University Administration 

 

 

Total Rewards
The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.

Education and Experience Equivalency
Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

Applicants Completing Studies
Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

Background Checks
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.

Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

EEO is the Law
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Accommodation Information
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations or accessibility at Johns Hopkins University, please visit https://accessibility.jhu.edu/.

Vaccine Requirements
Johns Hopkins University strongly encourages, but no longer requires, at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccine does not apply to positions located in the State of Florida. We still require all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the COVID and flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry. This change does not apply to the School of Medicine (SOM). SOM hires must be fully vaccinated with an FDA COVID-19 vaccination and provide proof of vaccination status. For additional information, applicants for SOM positions should visit https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/ and all other JHU applicants should visit https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/health-safety/covid-vaccination-information/.

The following additional provisions may apply, depending upon campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
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