Data Scientist, Privacy Solutions

Datavant Ireland; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 41,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health data platform company in Galway is seeking an enthusiastic Data Scientist. The role involves processing large datasets and ensuring individual data privacy. Ideal candidates will have strong coding skills in R and/or Python, and excellent communication abilities. The company offers a competitive salary and flexible, hybrid work arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Pension contribution

Flexible, Hybrid work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in processing and analyzing large datasets.
• Strong coding skills in R and/or Python, and SQL.
• Meticulous attention to detail in report production.

Responsibilities

• Process and analyze large health-related datasets.
• Prepare comprehensive associated reports.
• Work on various data privacy projects.

Skills

Data manipulation expertise

Coding in R and/or Python

SQL competence

Excellent communication skills

Statistical understanding

Experimental design skills

Time management skills

Teamwork and independence

Intellectual curiosity

Tools

Amazon Web Services

LATEX

Job description

Datavant is a data platform company and the world’s leader in health data exchange. Our vision is that every healthcare decision is powered by the right data, at the right time, in the right format.

Our platform is powered by the largest, most diverse health data network in the U.S., enabling data to be secure, accessible and usable to inform better health decisions. Datavant is trusted by the world’s leading life sciences companies, government agencies, and those who deliver and pay for care.

By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a high-performing, values-driven team. Together, we’re rising to the challenge of tackling some of healthcare’s most complex problems with technology-forward solutions. Datavanters bring a diversity of professional, educational and life experiences to realize our bold vision for healthcare.

Privacy Solutions is a UK and North American-based healthcare analytics consultancy, part of Datavant Inc. supporting organizations working in healthcare to ensure the privacy of individuals is protected through sufficient levels of data de-identification. Privacy Solutions aims to achieve high levels of privacy for individuals while maximizing data utility to allow for innovation, efficiency, and development in healthcare.

Datavant requires an enthusiastic and meticulous data scientist to join our growing team, which interrogates and assesses client information in terms of the re-identification risk to patients. A Data Scientist’s main responsibilities are to process and analyze large health-related datasets and contribute to the subsequent preparation of associated reports. However, there will be opportunities to work on a variety of projects relating to the privacy of individuals in data.

The role is expected to convert to ‘Data Scientist & Privacy Expert’ after completion of training and demonstration of a sufficient level of proficiency.

What You Will Bring To The Table

• Expertise in the manipulation, integration, processing, and interrogation of large datasets.
• Expertise in either R and/or Python, with strong coding skills and annotation protocols. Competence in SQL
• Excellent communication skills. Meticulous attention to detail in the production of comprehensive, well-presented reports using excellent English, and strong client-liaison skills.
• A good understanding of statistical probability distributions, bias, error, and power as well as sampling and resampling methods.
• Seeks to understand real-world data in context rather than consider it in abstraction.
• Developed skills in the application of scientific methods to practical problems through experimental design, exploratory data analysis, and hypothesis testing to reach robust conclusions.
• Well-developed time management skills and demonstrable experience in prioritizing work to meet tight deadlines.
• The ability to work both as part of a team and independently, without supervision as required.
• A strong intellectual curiosity with an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on innovation in academia and industry.
• Initiative and ability to independently explore and research novel topics and concepts as they arise, to expand Privacy Solutions’s knowledge base.
  
  

Bonus Points If

• An appreciation of the need for effective methods in data privacy and security, and an awareness of the relevant legislation.
• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services cloud-based storage and computing facilities.
• An interest in synthetic data and/or machine learning.Detailed knowledge of one or more types of health information, e.g., genomics, health images.
• Experience in creating documents using LATEX
  
  

Join Our Team at Datavant Ireland – A Galway-Based R&D Technology Center

Datavant Ireland is an innovative R&D technology center based in Galway, dedicated to solving complex technology challenges with a purpose. We are looking for talented technical professionals who are product-minded and eager to make an impact. If you are passionate about developing cutting-edge solutions and want to be part of a growing team, we invite you to explore the exciting career opportunities at Datavant.

Careers at Datavant offer the opportunity to apply your technology and problem-solving skills toward a vision that every healthcare decision is powered by the right data, at the right time, in the right format. We’re looking for problem-solvers, game-changers, innovators, dreamers, doers—people who are ready to move the needle and build on our success.

We provide team members with a robust total compensation package that includes:

• Competitive, equitable salary.
• Comprehensive benefits.
• Pension contribution.
• Flexible, Hybrid work environment.
  
  

We are committed to building a diverse team of Datavanters who are all responsible for stewarding a high-performance culture in which all Datavanters belong and thrive. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

At Datavant our total rewards strategy powers a high-growth, high-performance, health technology company that rewards our employees for transforming health care through creating industry-defining data logistics products and services.

The range posted is for a given job title, which can include multiple levels. Individual rates for the same job title may differ based on their level, responsibilities, skills, and experience for a specific job.

The estimated total cash compensation range for this role is:

€41.000—€52.000 EUR

We are committed to building a diverse team of Datavanters who are all responsible for stewarding a high-performance culture in which all Datavanters belong and thrive.

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Datavant is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need an accommodation while seeking employment, please request it here, by selecting the ‘Interview Accommodation Request’ category. You will need your requisition ID when submitting your request, you can find instructions for locating it here. Requests for reasonable accommodations will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

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