Cdc Foundation

Business Analyst

Job Description

Job Highlights
·       Location: Remote, must be based in the United States
·       Salary Range: $76,500-$108,650 per year, plus benefits. Individual salary offers will be based on experience and qualifications unique to each candidate.
·       Position Type: Grant funded, limited-term opportunity
·       Position End Date: June 30, 2025


Overview
  • The Business Analyst will support the development and delivery of technical projects that improve the use of public health data to inform decision making. This role is aligned to the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI). WAI is a federally funded CDC Foundation program with the goal of helping the nation’s public health agencies by providing them with the technology and data experts they need to accelerate their information system improvements. 

  • Working within California Department of Public Health, Center for Infectious Diseases Informatics Branch (CID), the Business Analyst will collaborate across internal programs and San Diego County, to gather requirements, assure that requirements are correctly understood by informatics specialists, and facilitate alignment towards the planning and implementation to streamline data exchange efforts between state and county data systems and reduce points of failure to ensure timely reporting. This role is aligned to the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI). WAI is a federally funded CDC Foundation program with the goal of helping the nation’s public health agencies by providing them with the technology and data experts they need to accelerate their information system improvements.

  • Working within California Department of Public Health, Center for Infectious Diseases Informatics Branch the Business Analyst will collaborate across technical and non-technical teams to gather requirements, assure that requirements are correctly understood by developers, assure user training and change management, and facilitate alignment towards the planning and implementation of a public health data systems project.

  • The Business Analyst will be hired by the CDC Foundation and assigned to California Department of Public Health, Center for Infectious Diseases Informatics Branch. This position is eligible for a fully remote work arrangement for U.S. based candidates.

    • Responsibilities
  • Lead or participate in requirements gathering sessions, working closely with Product Manager, Program Manager, informaticists, developers, subject matter experts, vendors, and users.
  • Inventory current mechanisms San Diego is currently sharing data with CID programs, including types of files, frequency, delivery methods.
  • Define and document requirements for each set of data to be integrated into an automated and standardized data delivery process.
  • Outline proposal for implementation plan and work with technical teams and vendors to meet implementation timeline.
  • Conduct and direct end-user testing responsibilities.
  • May perform data quality assurance; troubleshooting application and/or interfaces as problems arise and report issues.
  • Defining tailored architecture plans required to facilitate centralized data transmission from San Diego for multiple file formats and use cases.
  • Facilitate business/functional requirement review, approval, and sign-off sessions.
  • Document business practices and workflows, identify opportunities for improvement, support process improvement, discover issues and deliver improved value.
  • Effectively communicating insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management.
  • Ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements. Monitor service level agreements.   

    • Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required.
  • Minimum of 5 years of related experience as a business analyst, project, or implementation manager.
  • Experience writing Use Cases to document requirements.
  • Experience collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to translate user and technical requirements and lead the team through smooth and continuous delivery.
  • Knowledge and experience with project management methodologies, principles and processes.
  • Experienced in change management and risk management principles and processes to provide leadership in the development of strategic plans and change management initiatives and their roll-out.
  • Experience using data to make decisions, gathering data insights by design to improve outcomes.
  • Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining working relationships with internal and external partners and can effectively promote collaboration among differing viewpoints.
  • Strong understanding of technical concepts and legacy systems.
  • Experience using SAS, R, Python, or SQL.
  • Knowledge of user experience design and user research principles and concepts.
  • Ability to communicate and articulate problems and resolutions to technical and non-technical teams.
  • Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; and the ability to develop productive working relationships with colleagues and partners.
  • Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

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