Develop and modernize automated influenza-like illness syndromic surveillance infrastructure for the Indian Health Service. Responsibilities include evaluating existing systems, building data repositories and ingestion pipelines, monitoring facility submissions, creating reporting outputs and Power BI or Qlik dashboards, documenting technical processes, and transferring knowledge to IHS staff. Experience in public health informatics, CDC-aligned surveillance, IHS data environments, legacy system modernization, and automated data-quality monitoring is preferred.
Akicita Federal is hiring a Data Engineer / Programmer to modernize and strengthen influenza-like illness (ILI) syndromic surveillance capabilities for the Indian Health Service (IHS) — fully remote. This role directly supports public health decision-making for I/T/U (Indian Health Service, Tribal, and Urban) communities by rebuilding aging surveillance infrastructure into a transparent, automated, and scalable system that can grow to monitor additional public health threats over time.
- Assess the current ILI surveillance system against CDC evaluation attributes — including data quality, timeliness, sensitivity, and representativeness — and produce a findings and recommendations report.
- Design and develop an enhanced surveillance data repository with automated ingestion, processing, and monitoring of daily facility export files.
- Build automated alert and notification logic for missing, delayed, or incomplete data submissions from participating facilities.
- Develop standardized reporting pipelines that produce surveillance outputs at national, Area, and facility levels.
- Create interactive dashboards and visualization tools using Power BI or Qlik to support operational public health reporting.
- Produce comprehensive technical documentation — including data flow diagrams, business rules, transformation logic, standard operating procedures, and a user guide — so IHS can own and maintain the system independently.
- Lead knowledge transfer sessions and develop onboarding materials to equip IHS staff to operate and expand the system after project completion.
What sets candidates apart:
- Prior experience supporting syndromic surveillance, epidemiologic analytics, or public health informatics — particularly systems aligned with CDC surveillance guidelines or cooperative agreement programs.
- Familiarity with IHS, Tribal, or Urban Indian health program data environments or I/T/U reporting workflows.
- Experience modernizing legacy public health data systems, including assessing system performance against CDC surveillance evaluation attributes.
- Background developing automated monitoring frameworks that detect data completeness issues, reporting gaps, or participation anomalies.
- Experience producing system roadmaps or expansion plans that enable non-technical program staff to carry work forward independently.
About Akicita FederalAkicita Federal is a Native American-owned federal contractor delivering healthcare, clinical, IT, and program-support services across the Indian Health Service, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other federal agencies. We hire the people who do the work — clinicians, analysts, engineers, support staff — and we treat them like the professionals they are.
Equal Opportunity EmployerAkicita Federal is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Akicita Federal complies with the Indian Preference provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (P.L. 93-638) where applicable.
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