Ohio Digital Academy Analyst (SQL/Tableau Entry-Level) - Department of Health

About Us:

The Ohio Digital Academy (ODA) is seeking a Data Analyst to join our January cohort! The selected analyst will join the Ohio Department of Health (ODH), Office of Informatics, Data, Epidemiology, and Analytics (IDEA) team and will be learning relevant skills and technologies in data analysis disciplines including: SQL, R, SAS, Tableau, data modeling, machine learning, analysis, data visualization, and reporting. As an emerging high-tech hub, Ohio is cultivating an innovation environment and skilled workforce primed to meet the advanced technology and cybersecurity needs of the state's public and private sector employers.

The Ohio Digital Academy seeks to create a technology workforce pipeline by training and employing early entrants to the industry and setting them on a path to careers for in-demand fields such as cybersecurity, coding, software engineering, user experience design, cloud engineering/architecture, and data analytics.

Selected analysts earn $25 an hour beginning the first day of employment and attend an intensive four-week training program that focuses on civil service training, leadership, technical training & exercises, and professional development within 30 days of hire.

In exchange for a three-year service commitment to the State of Ohio, analysts receive:

• Tuition or loan reimbursement of $20,000 or $40,000 (expenses must be from within one year of joining ODA or while in the program)
• Access to quality, competitive benefits as an employee of the State of Ohio
• Access to the Employee Development Fund, providing $4,500 annually for industry certifications & professional development
• On-the-job training and mentorship opportunities from industry professionals
• Private sector job placement upon completion of three-year service commitment with the State of Ohio

The Ohio Digital Academy is a division housed in the Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS) created and led by CyberOhio in collaboration with the Governor's Office of Workforce Transformation (OWT) .

What You'll Do:

Under direct guidance and supervision, work toward acquiring the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform entry-level duties with the ODH IDEA team, including:

• Work with business units to identify and document data project requirements.

• Build queries/reports and perform analysis on ODH data.

• Develop data visualizations using Tableau and other business intelligence tools.

• Provide data and analytics support to ODH staff and our customers.

• Create technical and business documentation of data products.

As an ODH Data Analyst, you will be learning and working under the guidance of more experienced professionals. Your job duties will involve supporting them in various tasks while gaining hands-on experience and knowledge in the field of data analytics and data engineering.

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees*. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website ! Our benefits package includes:

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public Retirement Systems ( such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS ) & Optional Deferred Compensation ( Ohio Deferred Compensation )

*Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors. The Agency Contact listed above will be able to provide specific benefits information for this position.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

Completion of undergraduate or associate core program in computer science or related major as specified by the position description & job posting.

-Or completion of an accredited technical training program (i.e. "tech bootcamp") or accredited certification based training program in Information Technology or related career field as specified by the position description & job posting.

-Or current enrollment in an undergraduate or associate core program in computer science or related major as specified by the position description & job posting.

-Or current enrollment in an accredited technical training program (i.e., "tech bootcamp") or accredited certification-based training program in Information Technology or related career field as specified by the position description & job posting.

Job Skills : Information Technology, Data Analytics, Data Modeling, Growth Mindset, Customer Focus, and Organization and Planning

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge:

1. Data analytics

2. Verbal/written communication

3. Organizing and planning

4. Problem solving

5. Technical documentation

Skills:

1. Microsoft Office Suite

2. SQL

3. Data cleaning and preparation

4. Business intelligence (BI) & data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI)

5. Data analysis tools (e.g., SAS, R, Python)

Abilities:

1. Acquire data from multiple sources.

2. Work with structured and unstructured data.

3. Deal with many variables & determine specific action.

4. Use statistical analysis.

5. Organize and document processes.

6. Develop complex reports, gather, collate & classify information about data, people, or things.

7. Engage with customers to gather business requirements.