Data Modernization & Analytics Lead

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We are seeking a full-time Data Modernization & Analytics Lead to support the CDC's Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology (OPHDST) at the Roybal or Chamblee campus in Atlanta, GA.

OPHDST leads the agency-wide Data Modernization Initiative (DMI) — CDC's effort to turn fragmented, siloed data into a connected, near-real-time public health data enterprise. The office has the data sources, the platforms, and the tools. What it needs is someone who can pull those threads into something coherent: data that reconciles to the strategy, dashboards that work and repeat, and insight the customer can actually act on. This is a high-visibility CDC priority, and this role is the connective tissue between strategy and the data that proves it out.

How a Data Modernization & Analytics Lead Will Make an Impact

You will take the program's strategic direction and make the data serve it — unifying disparate sources, processes, and tools into clear, repeatable products that give CDC decision-makers something to steer by. This is a data-and-transformation role with a strong customer-intimacy core. It is not a heads-down engineering job; success is measured by whether the office can finally use its data coherently, not by lines of code.

• Take the strategic vision and operationalize it in data — integrating multi-source data and analytics so the program's milestones, platforms, and reporting line up and tell one story.
• Unify fragmented data sources, processes, and tools into coherent, repeatable products — cutting tool sprawl, standardizing what works, and retiring what doesn't.
• Build dashboards and visualizations that decision-makers actually use — reliable, repeatable, and tied to the questions leadership is asking.
• Work the customer-intimacy angle: find out what the office genuinely needs, help it understand its own data, and turn that into tangible benefits rather than dictated solutions.
• Do the long, deliberate work of turning a disparate setup into something CDC can direct with intent — a multi-month, multi-year coherence effort, not a one-off build.
• Partner closely with the strategy lead and program owners so data delivery and strategy move forward together.

What You'll Need to Succeed

Required — Proven Practical Experience

• Bachelor's degree plus 8+ years of relevant experience in data management, analytics, or data engineering, ideally in a federal health or data environment (additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree).
• Demonstrated experience turning messy, multi-source data into coherent, decision-ready products — dashboards, visualizations, and reporting that people rely on.
• Strong analytics and data visualization skills (Power BI, Tableau, ArcGIS, or comparable), with the judgment to standardize and make work repeatable rather than one-off.
• A customer-first orientation: the ability to understand what an organization needs, translate it, and earn trust — not just deliver to spec.
• Experience integrating or reconciling data across multiple systems, sources, and processes.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a CDC Public Trust clearance and CDC badge.
• Local to the Atlanta metro and within commuting distance of the Roybal or Chamblee campus — on-site presence is required (this is not a fully remote role).

Preferred Qualifications & Attributes for Success

• Current or recent CDC/HHS experience, badge, or familiarity with OPHDST/DDPHSS, ATSDR, or an adjacent office.
• Hands-on work with CDC/HHS data environments or integrated data platforms (e.g., 1CDP, Civitas, ArcGIS Enterprise, or comparable).
• Experience presenting data to leadership and non-technical audiences — making complex data legible and engaging.
• Comfort working alongside financial or investment data is a plus, though this is a data-and-transformation role, not a finance specialist.
• Advanced degree in data science, public health, analytics, or a related field. We weigh proven, practical results over credentials.
• A product mindset — you think about the user and the outcome, not just the dataset.
• Patient and persistent: comfortable with a coherence effort that pays off over months and years, not days.
• Strong communicator who can bridge technical delivery and the people who own the mission.
• Energized by working at the forefront of a national CDC data priority.

GDIT Is Your Place

• Opportunity to support a national public health data priority every day.
• 401K with company match.
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.
• Paid vacation and holidays (for eligible employees).
• Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home.
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages.
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.