Business Intelligence & Data Quality Specialist

State of Maryland•Baltimore City, MD

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The MDH Data Office is seeking a detail-oriented, technically skilled Business Intelligence and Data Quality Specialist. This full-time position develops, maintains, and refreshes public and internal dashboards; validates data integrity through quality assurance; troubleshoots data discrepancies; and collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver timely, accurate, actionable insights. The role calls for a strong foundation in BI development and a disciplined approach to data quality assurance. It is hybrid telework eligible and recruitment is limited to current merit and contractual employees of the MDH Data Office.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
Five years of administrative staff or professional work, subject to the listed education and military-service substitution provisions.
Experience developing business intelligence solutions using tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
Understanding of ETL processes and data quality assurance practices.
Attention to detail and analytical thinking.
Understanding of data governance and compliance, including data privacy and regulatory standards such as HIPAA and GDPR as they relate to dashboards and QA.
Excellent communication and documentation skills, including the ability to communicate issues with cross-functional teams.
Ability to manage dashboard development and QA efforts with minimal supervision while maintaining high quality standards.
Basic scripting ability in Python or R to support data preparation and data QA automation.
Familiarity with healthcare, public health, or government data systems.
Current merit or contractual employee of the MDH Data Office.
A valid Maryland motor vehicle operator's license is required only for employees assigned duties that require operating a motor vehicle.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing BI dashboards using Tableau, Power BI, or Qlik, including hands-on experience with Tableau Desktop, Server, and Prep and Power BI Desktop, Cloud, Power Query, and DAX.
Experience designing interactive, user-friendly dashboards using calculated fields, parameters, LOD expressions, and data visualization best practices.
Experience or knowledge of data integration and data engineering, including multiple data sources such as databases, APIs, and spreadsheets; data warehouses; and ETL/ELT workflows.
Experience in data quality assurance and validation, including complex queries, pipeline testing, anomaly detection, root cause analysis, and Python or R for data preparation and QA automation.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and refresh public and internal dashboards.
Validate data integrity through rigorous quality assurance processes.
Troubleshoot data discrepancies.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver timely, accurate, and actionable insights.
Document dashboard requirements, QA processes, findings, and issues.