Data Modernization & Analytics Lead

Public Trust: NACI (T1)

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to work alongside federal civilian agencies. Make an impact by providing services that help the government ensure the well being and support of U.S. citizens.

Job Description

At GDIT, people are our differentiators. We deliver clarity and capability in the moments that matter most.

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.

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.

• 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.

Work Requirements

Years of Experience

8 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

Less than 10%