Public Health Data Engineer & ML Platform Builder

City of New York; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Loan forgiveness programs

Premium-free health insurance

Public sector pension plan

Work From Home up to 2 days/week

Job summary

The City of New York, NYC Health Department, is seeking a City Research Scientist to lead population health data science initiatives. You will design scalable data pipelines, work with health informatics standards, and mentor junior staff while collaborating across multiple units.

Ideal candidates have advanced degrees in relevant fields and strong experience with cloud data platforms, big data tools, and modern data governance practices. Hybrid work options may apply.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in a relevant field of physical, biological, environmental science or public health.
• Two years as City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for higher level experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop integrated data pipelines for efficient data exchange, analysis, surveillance and reporting.
• Collaborate with public health data stewards to align data requirements with standards.
• Guide selection and implementation of data technologies to enhance analytics and data science.
• Promote data governance, quality and security per regulations and standards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align data infrastructure with unit needs.

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud platforms

Python

R

HL7/FHIR

Big data

Data governance

Project management

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Master's degree in public health/biomedical sciences

Doctorate in a relevant field

Tools

Hadoop

Spark

Azure

AWS

GCP

Linux

Job description

The City of New York, NYC Health Department, is seeking a City Research Scientist to lead population health data science initiatives. You will design scalable data pipelines, work with health informatics standards, and mentor junior staff while collaborating across multiple units.

Ideal candidates have advanced degrees in relevant fields and strong experience with cloud data platforms, big data tools, and modern data governance practices. Hybrid work options may apply.