Senior Programmer

Key Skills

Health and Safety, Large data sets, Leadership Skill, Management, Programming, R Programming, SQL

Job Description

Battelle delivers when others can’t. We conduct research and development, manage national laboratories, design and manufacture products and deliver critical services for our clients—whether they are a multi-national corporation, a small start-up or a government agency.

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply. 

Battelle's Health Research and Analytics (HRA) business line is currently seeking a Senior Programmer to support our government customer in Portsmouth, VA (partial remote available). This Public Health (PH) and Health Analysis (HA) program enables our government customer to maximize readiness through force health protection (FHP) strategies and solutions for current and potential Public Health (PH) threats. Health Analysis provides epidemiologic expertise and leadership to improve the value of Navy Healthcare through evidence-based methods and clinical health analysis. The core scientific and technical capabilities and product lines in this program are to conduct Health Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Analysis; Disease and Injury Prevention; and PH Consultation and Support for the benefit of active-duty service members, retirees, and their families. Battelle shall enable these capabilities and product lines by providing Scientific and Technical Information (STI) deliverables, by performing Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E), and other Research and Development (R&D) related analytical services. 

Job Summary

Provides programming, data management, and analytic support using SAS and other statistical software.

Responsibilities

• Establishes data requirements from a non‐technical customer, writes applicable programs, and delivers results in a comprehensible format.
• Extracts data from large tables and manipulates complex datasets, in particular, military healthcare claims data.
• Applies and interprets analytical and mathematical tools through the programming environment to address complex issues involving multiple table structures with complex query designs.
• Provides SAS programming and technical expertise on statistical analysis, methods, and techniques for epidemiological or research studies. Constructs SAS programs.
• Reviews SAS programs others have written for correctness and efficiency.
• Formulates analysis and data collection plans.
• Routinely explores existing databases and resources to identify opportunities to improve existing or create new products. 
• Occasionally performs sample, size, and power calculations and stratification and randomization of studies. 
• Ensures the statistical validity and epidemiological applicability of study activities.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific field such as biostatistics or epidemiology; Master's degree preferred. 
• 5 – 12 years of experience in the field or in a related area. 
• Minimum 3 years’ SAS experience writing and debugging programs.
• Expertise and mastery of the SAS language and other statistical packages such as R.
• Experience with SAS DATA Step Processing, SQL Processing, SAS Macro Language, SAS/STAT, SAS/GRAPH, Data Management with Large Datasets.
• Familiarity with ICD-9/10-CM diagnosis and procedures codes and CPT codes.
• Experience with Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standards.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.

Benefits: Live an Extraordinary Life

We care about your well-being, not just on the job. Battelle offers comprehensive and competitive benefits to help you live your best life.

• Balance life through a compressed work schedule: Most of our team follows a flexible, compressed work schedule that allows for every other Friday off—giving you a dedicated day to accomplish things in your personal life without using vacation time.
• Take time to recharge: You get paid time off to support work-life balance and keep motivated.
• Prioritize wellness: Stay healthy with medical, dental, and vision coverage with wellness incentives and benefits plus a variety of optional supplemental benefits.
• Better together: Coverage for partners, gender-affirming care and health support, and family formation support.
• Build your financial future: Build financial stability with an industry-leading 401(k) retirement savings plan. For most employees, we put in 5 percent whether you contribute or not, and match your contributions on top of that. 
• Advance your education: Tuition assistance is available to pursue higher education.
• Flexible work arrangements: You have options for where you work and when you work.