SAS Programmer

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.