About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, IT.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

The Confidential Client is hiring an early-career Data Analyst to support health data research and large-scale administrative datasets. You will work closely with researchers, statisticians, and data scientists to prepare, validate, and deliver harmonized data products used for analyses and reporting.

• Develop, maintain, and run SAS programs (including macros) to import, clean, standardize, transform, and validate hospital discharge and other administrative data.
• Build and run data quality checks and validation routines; investigate, document, and resolve data issues.
• Harmonize datasets across sources and prepare packaged files for delivery to internal teams or external partners.
• Create and maintain data documentation, metadata, and data dictionaries to support reproducible research.
• Produce basic analytic summaries, tables, charts, and written descriptions for reports and presentations.
• Support enhancements to existing applications and databases used for research workflows.
• Use R or Python for supplemental tasks when needed and apply AI tools to improve efficiency.
• Perform other duties as assigned, collaborating within a multidisciplinary research team.

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What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in quantitative social sciences, public health, statistics, biostatistics, health informatics, math, data science, computer science, or a related field.
• 0–2 years of relevant experience (including internships) working with large datasets and analytic/statistical programming.
• Proficiency in SAS is required; experience developing and using SAS macros is expected.
• Prior exposure to healthcare or administrative claims data is preferred.
• Familiarity with R or Python is a plus but not required.
• Strong quantitative, problem-solving, and critical-reasoning skills.
• Excellent organization, documentation, and written/verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office tools.
• Eligible to work in the U.S.; our client is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

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Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $62,000 – $77,000 per year.
• Regular staff are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package that may include:
  • Generously subsidized health insurance effective day one
  • Dental and vision coverage
  • Defined contribution retirement plan and optional 403(b)
  • Group life, long- and short-term disability
  • Paid time off, holidays, parental leave, bereavement leave
  • Tuition assistance and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• The listed range reflects the client’s good-faith estimate at posting; actual pay will depend on experience, qualifications, and other factors.

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Work Location & Schedule

• This role is hybrid and will be based in Johnson City, TN (office-based requirement: minimum six days per month onsite). Exceptional remote candidates may be considered.
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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