[Remote] R Python Programmer / Data Scientist, Epidemiologic Research (Durational with Full Benefits)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kaiser Permanente is seeking a R Python Programmer / Data Scientist for their Epidemiologic Research team. The role involves programming in analytical languages, managing data, ensuring quality control, and supporting data-informed decisions under the guidance of senior employees.

Responsibilities

• Pursues self-development and effective relationships with others by sharing resources, information, and knowledge with coworkers and customers; listening, responding to, and seeking performance feedback; acknowledging strengths and weaknesses; assessing and responding to the needs of others; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback
• Completes work assignments by applying up-to-date knowledge in subject area to meet deadlines; following procedures and policies and applying data, and resources to support projects or initiatives; collaborating with others, often cross-functionally, to solve business problems; supporting the completion of priorities, deadlines, and expectations; communicating progress and information; identifying and recommending ways to address improvement opportunities when possible; and escalating issues or risks as appropriate
• Assists with data analysis interpretation by organizing and editing reports and presentations telling a compelling story to stakeholders to enable and influence decision making
• Supports data-informed decisions under the guidance of more senior employees by working with clients to identify and clarify key business needs; assisting in the development of outcomes and process measures; translating business requirements; informing data/information needs and data collection methods; measuring the impact of business decisions on clients, customers, and/or members; working with clients and staff to identify opportunities and methods to improve efficiencies with analysis; supporting end-users; and documenting processes and deliverables
• Assists with data and information gathering for targeted variables in an established systematic fashion by cleaning and organizing data; querying, merging, and extracting data across sources; completing routine data refresh and update; and providing user support and documentation
• Supports data preparation for analytic efforts under the guidance of more senior employees by cleaning data to ensure quality and accuracy based on provided guidelines; and consolidating data
• Assists with the execution of creative data analytic approaches leading to actionable outcomes by organizing metrics to be analyzed and calculating algorithms and conducting basic analyses under the guidance of more senior employees, including descriptive statistics
• Assists with the development, implementation, and automation of business and reporting solutions by creating summary statistics; organizing data reports, visualizations, and/or interactive Business Intelligence (BI) reports; identifying opportunities to improve exiting reporting solutions; and preparing documentation as appropriate

Skills

• Programming in analytical programming languages (may include SAS, SQL, SPSS, R, Python, etc.)
• Data management, quality control, and reporting for projects
• Extracting, manipulating, and merging large databases to create analytical datasets
• Performing simple analytical tasks using SAS or other analytical tools
• Maintaining and troubleshooting software and programs
• Implementing automated reporting and data loading schemes
• Pursuing self-development and effective relationships with others
• Completing work assignments by applying up-to-date knowledge in subject area
• Collaborating with others, often cross-functionally, to solve business problems
• Assisting with data analysis interpretation by organizing and editing reports and presentations
• Supporting data-informed decisions under the guidance of more senior employees
• Assisting with data and information gathering for targeted variables
• Supporting data preparation for analytic efforts under the guidance of more senior employees
• Assisting with the execution of creative data analytic approaches
• Assisting with the development, implementation, and automation of business and reporting solutions

Company Overview

Kaiser Permanente is a health organization that offers disease prevention, mental healthcare, and chronic disease management services. It was founded in 1945, and is headquartered in Oakland, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org.