Health Data Scientist
Booz Allen Hamilton
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Mid
- H-1B history
- 9 approvals (FY2023)
- Posted
- Aug 14, 2026
Skills
About this role
Health Data Scientist The Opportunity: Ever-expanding technology such as IoT, machine learning, and artifi cia l intelligence means there’s more structured and unstructured data available today than ever before. As a data health scientist, you know that organizing data can yield pivotal insights when it’s gathered from disparate sources. We need an experience d data health scientist like you to help our clients find answers in their data to impact important missions, from supporting clinical decision-making to accelerating public health modernization. As a Health Data Scientist at Booz Allen, you’ll help build advanced technology solutions and implement data engineering activities on some of the most mission-driven projects in the industry. You’ll deploy and develop pipelines and platforms that organize and make disparate data meaningful. Here, you’ll work with and guide a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, data engineers, clinical SMEs, developers, and data consumers in a fast-paced, agile environment. You’ll use your experience in analytical exploration and data examination while you manage the assessment, design, building, and maintenance of scalable platforms for your clients. Work with us to use data for good. Join us. The world can’t wait. You Have: 3+ years of experience with PySpark, SQL, and Azure Databricks Experience supporting collaborative, cross-functional technical teams Experience with data science and data analytics, including structured, unstructured, or relational Experience with data quality testing Knowledge of public health, healthcare, or health data Ability to verbally communicate complex analytic concepts to clinical and public health stakeholders and execute written communication through the development of standard operation procedures ( SOPs ) , analytic reports, or manuscripts submitted for publication Ability to implement data science solutions and collaborate with developers to create new analytics Ability to develop scripts and programs for converting various types of data into usable formats, and support the team in scaling, monitoring, and operating data platforms and conducting data quality testing Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements Bachelor’s degree Nice If You Have: Experience with FHIR-based data and large-scale data processing Experience with R, Scala, or Java Experience retrieving, parsing, and processing structured and unstructured data Experience building scalable ETL or ELT workflows for reporting and analytics Experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP Experience with distributed data or computing tools such as Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, Hive, EMR, and Kafka Experience working with real-time or streaming data systems Experience with data warehousing, including Redshift, MySQL, and Snowflake Experience with Agile met hodologies Knowledge of EHR or Health IT systems Vetting: Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client .
Compensation
At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our