68040795 - SENIOR DATA BASE ANALYST

Requisition No: 851000 

Agency: Agency for Health Care Administration

Working Title: 68040795 - SENIOR DATA BASE ANALYST

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 68040795 

Salary:  $1,907.10 - $3,876.82 Biweekly 

Posting Closing Date: 04/22/2025 

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Agency Overview:

The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) is Florida's chief health policy and planning entity.

The Agency is responsible for administering the Florida Medicaid program, the licensure and regulation of nearly 50,000 health care facilities, and empowering consumers through health care transparency initiatives.

 

Under the direction of the Agency Secretary, AHCA is focused on advancing Governor DeSantis’ vision for Florida’s health care system to be the most cost-effective, transparent, and high-quality health care system in the nation.

 

The Medicaid program provides low-income families and individuals with access to health care. 

If you have a desire to use your talent and skills at an organization that provides critical services to millions of individuals and families across the state, AHCA invites you to apply to become an essential member of our team.

As one of Florida’s leading state agencies, AHCA’s diverse workforce community of more than 1,400 employees is proud of its efforts to serve the people of Florida.

 

Agency Objectives:

HIGH QUALITY

Emphasizing quality in all that we do to improve health outcomes, always putting the individual first.

 

TRANSPARENT

Supporting initiatives that promote transparency and empower consumers in making well informed healthcare decisions.

 

COST-EFFECTIVE

Leveraging Florida’s buying power in delivering high quality care at the lowest cost to taxpayers.

 

Position Overview:

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the quality of health care in Florida.

We are seeking to hire a Senior Data Base Analyst who desires to work to enhance the delivery of health care services through the Florida Medicaid Program. 

This position requires a candidate who is creative, flexible, innovative, and who will thrive in a fast-paced, team-based work environment.

 

This position is located in the Bureau of Medicaid Data Analytics. 

Join Data Analytics as we gather, explore, and examine data to provide meaningful and impactful analysis that shapes the future of Florida Medicaid. 

As the Agency hub for analytics, reporting, and visualization, the Bureau of Medicaid Data Analytics examines critical aspects of Floridians’ health, health care services and costs, and is vital to managed care rate setting, health care economics, and health plan evaluation.

 

This position is responsible for preparing all types of data reporting and analysis for the Medicaid program. 

This employee will:

    

Develop and maintain queries and processes for analyzing large Medicaid data sets to support reporting and analysis throughout the Division. This includes tasks related to program operations, legislative requests, media inquiries, public records requests, etc.

    

Operationalize Medicaid policy and program concepts to generate quantitative measures of Florida Medicaid recipients, services, costs, and providers. Develop, test, and execute computer programs using SQL, Florida Health Care Connections (FX) Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) to obtain data and prepare statistical analyses for responding to requests from Federal CMS, agency management, and other bureaus.

 

Interpret statistical results using a variety of techniques, ranging from simple data aggregation to independent complex data mining, and report data in formats suited to different audiences.

    

Contribute to peer review and cross training as directed.

    

Work with other bureaus and sections to ensure the availability of data elements to support the Division’s data analytic needs.

    

Perform other work related duties as assigned

 

This position is not a remote or telework position.

 

Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

 

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

 

• State Group Insurance Coverage Options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;

• Flexible Spending Accounts;

• State of Florida retirement options, including employer contributions;

• Generous annual and sick leave benefits;

• 9 paid holidays a year and 1 Personal Holiday each year;

• Career advancement opportunities;

• Tuition waiver for courses offered by Florida’s nationally ranked State University System;

• Training and professional development opportunities;

• And more!

 

For more information about the Bureau of Medicaid Data Analytics, please visit our website at http://ahca.myflorida.com/Medicaid/index.shtml.

 

Join us at the Agency for Health Care Administration in fulfilling our mission to provide “Better Health Care for all Floridians.”

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Strong knowledge of SQL, SAS, VBA or other programming skills related to data extraction, transformation and loading

• Knowledge of Microsoft (MS) Access and Excel

•Possess strong quantitative research and analytical skills

•Possess strong communication (written and verbal) skills

•Possess strong interpersonal skills

•Ability to utilize information technology to solve complex problems

•Ability to handle detail with a high degree of accuracy

•Ability to develop data reports that communicate effectively to internal and external clients

•Ability to produce high quality work under strict deadlines

•Ability to effectively formulate and execute work plans

•Ability to work in a team, as well as independently.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS

• 3 years of programming experience in SQL, SAS, or other statistical analysis software to manipulate and analyze multi-million record administrative databases.

• 2 years of experience preparing data reports or presentations.

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in a computer or social science is preferred, but not required and can substitute for one year of the required work experience.

• One year of experience in health care analysis may substitute for one year of programming.

 

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

N/A

 

CONTACT:  YASHICA SQUIRE 850-412-4144

 

BACKGROUND SCREENING

It is the policy of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and, if applicable, also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and Chapter 408, F.S.  No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency.  Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement. 

Salary : $1,907 - $3,877