Remote Data Scientist — Public Health Data Initiative

Graphable; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

9 paid company days off

401k plan

Job summary

Graphable is seeking a Data Scientist to support the South Dakota Rural Health Data Atlas initiative. This remote, full-time/contract role targets candidates familiar with public health data, data ingestion, governance, and analytics across state agencies, tribal nations, and rural clinics.

You will build dashboards in Power BI, ESRI, and Tableau, develop metadata and data dictionaries, and help ensure privacy with de-identification methods. Occasional travel to Pierre is possible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Working knowledge of statistical methods, data modeling, and analysis tools such as SAS or R.
• Hands-on experience with Power BI, ESRI, Tableau, or similar data visualization tools.
• Proficiency with SQL, Python, or other scripting languages.
• At least 2 years of experience in a public health setting (state/local health departments, Tribal health programs, federally qualified health centers, public health labs, community health organizations, or academic/research institutions doing population-level health work).

Responsibilities

• Support the ingestion, curation, and integration of health datasets from SD state agencies, federal sources, and local partners into the new statewide data platform.
• Build and maintain metadata, data dictionaries, and variable/change documentation for platform datasets and public health indicators.
• Apply data governance standards to health indicators, including rate stabilization and small-cell suppression rules that protect individual privacy.
• Apply data privacy and de-identification methods, including statistical disclosure limitation, to sensitive health data.
• Help identify solutions for secure, well-governed data access, and support data quality review and decision-making processes.
• Build reports and dashboards in Power BI, ESRI, and Tableau, and support state staff in manipulating and using platform data.
• Serve as a point of contact for internal Department of Health staff and external stakeholders—hospitals, community coalitions, Tribal Nations, rural clinics, and researchers.

Skills

Statistical methods

Data modeling

Public health analytics

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science/Math/CS

Tools

Power BI

ESRI

Tableau

SQL

Python

SAS

R

Job description

Graphable is seeking a Data Scientist to support the South Dakota Rural Health Data Atlas initiative. This remote, full-time/contract role targets candidates familiar with public health data, data ingestion, governance, and analytics across state agencies, tribal nations, and rural clinics.

You will build dashboards in Power BI, ESRI, and Tableau, develop metadata and data dictionaries, and help ensure privacy with de-identification methods. Occasional travel to Pierre is possible.