City Of New York

Director of Applied Data Science and Solutions, Bureau of Data Technology & Strategy

City Of New York$135K — $160K *
Healthcare
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field with 4 years of relevant experience, or 8 years of equivalent experience.
  • Extensive proficiency in Python (8+ years).
  • Strong SQL development experience (10+ years).
  • Experience in business intelligence (5+ years) and statistical modeling (5+ years).
  • Experience with machine learning modeling (3+ years).

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage the Master Patient Index project, including service endpoint development and system integrations.
  • Provide management and support for critical interoperability projects and various novel initiatives.
  • Conduct code reviews, diagramming sessions, and stakeholder presentations.
  • Coordinate project activities across developers, IT administrators, and vendors.
  • Serve as a lead or supporting developer in SQL, Python, or data science as directed.

Benefits

  • Premium-free health insurance that could save $10K annually.
  • Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits available depending on union/benefit fund association.
  • Public sector defined benefit pension plan offering steady retirement payments.
  • Tax-deferred savings program available.
  • Robust Worksite Wellness Program with various health resources and opportunities.
Full Job Description
The Center for Population Health Data Science (CPHDS)- launched in October of 2023- aims to catalyze critical data modernization work and enable the agency to make progress toward linking public health, healthcare, and social service for timely and effective publication. We are working towards making these data more accessible, timely, equitable, meaningfully usable, and protected - and actively used to protect and promote the health and wellbeing of New Yorkers. We aim to strengthen agencywide data capabilities by empowering our workforce, enhancing intra- and inter-agency data sharing, and using modern technology to yield trusted and integrated data and insights. A real-time and comprehensive view of city needs is needed to enhance public health actions and improve health outcomes for the most vulnerable New Yorkers. The CPHDS is working to strengthen citywide population health surveillance by better linking public health, healthcare, and social service data to fully characterize and improve the health of New Yorkers. Our vision is for these data to be accessible, timely, equitable, meaningfully usable, and protected in order to protect and promote health and wellbeing of New Yorkers. The Bureau of Data Technology and Strategy (DTS) is dedicated to the development of the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) and is home to data strategy, data governance, data product management, data engineering, and data science capabilities. The Applied Data Science unit within DTS oversees a number of mission critical agency projects including the Master Patient Index project, the Client Engagement Platform project, the Whole Genome Sequencing project, and various interoperability projects to support Disease surveillance systems. The unit also provides analytical support for ad hoc analyses and admin support for the Enterprise Data Platform. Duties will include but not be limited to: -Lead and oversee all aspects of the Master Patient Index project and including the development of service endpoints, integrations with other systems, and building of entity resolution models. -Provide management, design, and developer support for interoperability projects underlying critical surveillance systems, whole genome sequencing project, client engagement platform project, and other novel projects that arise. -Carry out code reviews with project developers, diagramming sessions with IT, and presentations for stakeholders. -Coordinate project work across developers, IT admins, and vendors. -Act as lead or supporting sql developer, python developer, or data scientist for any project as directed by leadership. Preferred Skills: -8 or more years of Python experience -10 or more years of SQL development experience -5 or more years of business intelligence experience -5 or more years of statistical modeling experience -3 or more years of machine learning modeling experience -Functional presentation and communication skills - Benefits: City employees are entitled to unmatched benefits such as: o a premium-free health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually, per a 2024 assessment. o additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position's associated union/benefit fund. o a public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement. o a tax-deferred savings program and o a robust Worksite Wellness Program that offers resources and opportunities to keep you healthy while serving New Yorkers. - Work From Home Policy: Depending on your position, you may be able to work up to two days during the week from home. - Job Security - you could enjoy more job security compared to private sector employment and be able to contribute to making NYC a healthy place to live and work. IT AUTOMATION AND MONITORING E - 95712 Qualifications 1. A baccalaureate degree in computer science, engineering or a related field from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to IT automation engineering, monitoring engineering, management of infrastructure; or 2. Eight years of satisfactory full-time experience related to IT automation engineering, monitoring engineering, management of infrastructure; 3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. Additional Information

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