Public Health Informatics & GIS Data Scientist

Washoe County; Sloan (NV); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Washoe County in Nevada seeks a Public Health Informatics Specialist to provide advanced informatics, data support and analysis for population health outcomes. You will lead ingestion, analysis, and spatial modeling of large health datasets using Python, ArcGIS Pro/Enterprise, SQL and R, and deploy interactive dashboards like Power BI to support governance and decision-making.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years in health informatics, a Bachelor’s in a related field, a valid driver’s license, and

Qualifications

• Two years of full-time experience in health informatics and analysis in a public health, human services, or closely related agency.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, data sciences, informatics, or a closely related field; OR an equivalent combination of training and experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ingestion, analysis, and spatial modeling of large health datasets.
• Build automated data pipelines and engineer predictive models.
• Design advanced spatial visualizations to support public health decision-making.
• Deploy interactive dashboards like Power BI to optimize data governance.

Skills

Health informatics

Data analysis

GIS frameworks

Public health

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Data sciences/Informatics

Tools

Python

ArcGIS Pro/Enterprise

SQL

R

Power BI

Job description

Washoe County in Nevada seeks a Public Health Informatics Specialist to provide advanced informatics, data support and analysis for population health outcomes. You will lead ingestion, analysis, and spatial modeling of large health datasets using Python, ArcGIS Pro/Enterprise, SQL and R, and deploy interactive dashboards like Power BI to support governance and decision-making.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years in health informatics, a Bachelor’s in a related field, a valid driver’s license, and