Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Graphable is a boutique data and AI consultancy specializing in graph databases, Microsoft Fabric, Domo, and modern data engineering. The Data Scientist will support South Dakota’s Rural Health Data Atlas initiative by ingesting and governing health data, applying privacy and de-identification methods, building dashboards, and supporting public health stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Support the ingestion, curation, and integration of health datasets from South Dakota state agencies, federal sources, and local/county 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 health clinics, and academic/research partners
Skills
- 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
- Strong Microsoft Office skills
- 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)
- 3–5 years of overall data science/analytics experience
- Experience with Azure data services (Cosmos DB, Databricks, Synapse, Data Factory)
- Prior experience working with health or human-services agencies, or Tribal Nations
- Fully remote, full-time role (~40 hours/week)
- Occasional travel to Pierre, SD (roughly twice a year) for in-person planning sessions — travel expenses reimbursed at state per diem rates
- This is a U.S.-based role; it cannot be performed offshore
- South Dakota residency, or deep familiarity with the state — its counties, communities, and rural health landscape
- Availability during Central Time business hours
Benefits
- Fully remote work arrangement
- Travel expenses reimbursed at state per diem rates for occasional travel to Pierre, SD
- Flexible engagement structure: W-2 employee or 1099/contract
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