Data Engineer

The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1.9 billion and launched more than 1,300 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of programs in the United States and in more than 90 countries last year. Visit www.cdcfoundation.org for more information.  
Job Highlights· Location: Remote, must be based in the United States· Work Schedule: Mountain Standard Time Zone business hours preferred.· Salary Range: $103,500-$143,500 per year, plus benefits. Individual salary offers will be based on experience and qualifications unique to each candidate. · Position Type: Grant funded, limited-term opportunity· Position End Date: June 30, 2025 

Overview

• The Data Engineer will play a crucial role in advancing the CDC Foundation's mission by designing, building, and maintaining data infrastructure for a public health organization. This role is aligned to the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI). WAI is a federally funded CDC Foundation program with the goal of helping the nation’s public health agencies by providing them with the technology and data experts they need to accelerate their information system improvements. Working within the City of El Paso Department of Public Health Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) program, the data engineer will be responsible for rebuilding projects within REDCap to incorporate standardization and validation. Once completed, the existing data will be imported into the newly created project to build a research tool to share notifiable condition data with area hospitals and clinics. In addition, you will be tasked with developing and training the staff from the epidemiology section on the proper use and building of REDCap surveys to collect data for analysis and how to create projects that incorporate standardization and validation. The data engineer will also assist the PHIG team in gathering requirements for, planning, and developing a department-wide system to support the tracking of department goals and performance. The Data Engineer will be hired by the …