Senior Data and Systems Analyst

Title: Senior Data and Systems Analyst

State Role Title: Prog Admin Specialist III

Hiring Range: $90,000-$122,851

Pay Band: 6

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Central Office

Agency Website: www.dbhds.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services’ (DBHDS) Facility Services Division is seeking an accomplished professional to serve as the Senior Data and Systems Analyst. This position will report to the Director of Facility Data Analytics and Evaluation within the Facility Services Division. This division oversees the operation of the 12 state hospitals and centers. This position will be responsible for supporting systems analysis to bolster the division’s access to reliable, valid, and timely data. Additionally, this position will be responsible for collaborating with division leadership to develop meaningful administrative and clinical metrics to analyze and report. Further, this position is responsible for creating automated Power BI reports, responding to ad hoc analytical requests, and serving as a data steward within the agency’s data governance framework for relevant data domains.

Key responsibilities include:
• Systems Analysis: Supporting systems analysis, of both source systems and Enterprise Data Warehouse, to bolster the division’s access to reliable, valid, and timely data.
• Develop and Analyze Metrics: Working with the division leaders to develop and define new operational and clinical metrics, and find effective ways to utilize existing clinical and administrative data to operationalize and analyze those metrics.
• Data Analytics and Visualization: Leading the development of new Power BI analytical reports that can be kept current through automation programming.
• Ad Hoc Reporting: Responding to ad hoc analysis and reporting requests from the division and agency leadership as assigned by Director of Facility Data Analytics and Evaluation.
• Data Steward: Serving as data steward within the agency data governance framework for data domains under the Facility Services Division.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to find creative solutions to complex data problems.
• Experience in Power BI and/or Tableau.
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office Suite to include - Teams, SharePoint, CoPilot, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Knowledge of and skill in data analytics, statistics, and informatics.
• Experience developing, defining, and operationalizing program/business outcome measures.
• Experience in extracting data from large and diverse databases and data lakes/warehouses to meet the needs of stakeholders, including experience writing SQL and/or Python code.
• Ability to utilize Enterprise Data Lake/Warehouse to develop dashboards and data visualization.
• Knowledge of business data collection, analysis, and reporting applications and technology.
• Ability to synthesize and translate complex data analysis into easily understood language for diverse audiences.
• Strong and effective inter-personal communication skills and the ability to interact professionally and establish great rapport with a diverse group of stakeholders, partners, and staff.
• Ability to understand the language and requirements of business/program staff as well as IT/data staff and be able to translate information between those groups.
• Knowledge of state, federal, agency, and/or other regulatory agencies, laws, and standards.

Additional Considerations

• Experience as a data analyst, systems analyst, research/evaluation analyst, data steward, or other relevant field – researching and collecting, cleaning, storing, analyzing, and reporting on data (preferable in public or private healthcare).
• Knowledge of healthcare operations and the behavioral health field.
• Ability to write queries and extract data within Snowflake environment.
• Experience conducting scholarly research and/or designing and implementing evaluation models.
• Knowledge of how to utilize applied descriptive and inferential statistics.
• Knowledge of at least one of the following statistics packages: SPSS, STATA, SAS, and/or R.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

This position is eligible, however not guaranteed, for telework opportunities; availability, hours, and duration of telework shall be approved as outlined in the Commonwealth telework policy.

For consideration, interested applicants must apply by completing the online application and/or submit a resume. However, emailed, faxed, and hand-delivered applications and/or resumes will not be accepted. Applications must be submitted by 11:55 p.m., on the listed closing date. Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act.

DBHDS welcomes all applicants authorized to work in the U.S. For more information on how to seek this authorization, please refer to Working in the United States or contact the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office directly.

For any technical assistance with the jobs.virginia.gov website, please contact applicantinquiry@dhrm.virginia.gov.

Contact Information

Name: ShaKiera Miles

Phone: N/A

Email: shakiera.miles@dbhds.virginia.gov - Inquiries Only/No Submissions, to include resumes.

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

Advertised: 13 Nov 2026 Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 24 Nov 2026 Eastern Standard Time

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