Clinical Informatics Specialist
University of California, San Francisco · United States
Job Summary:
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Office of Data Strategy is recruiting for a Clinical Informatics Specialist III’s to join an innovative team advancing CDPH’s enterprise data modernization efforts. The incumbent will apply advanced data engineering and informatics expertise within a cloud-native data environment (primarily Databricks, leveraging Apache Spark and Delta Lake for big-data processing and storage) to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and enterprise data marts that support public health program operations, analytics, and strategic decision-making.
The incumbent will serve as a core member of a cross-functional team, collaborating closely with data scientists, analysts, informaticians, and public health program partners to deliver high-quality, well-governed, and interoperable data products.
Responsibilities will include:
Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and enterprise data marts in Databricks using SQL, Python, and PySpark.
Supporting the development, implementation, and maintenance of enhanced public health surveillance and operational data systems.
Creating standardized, reusable data models and curated datasets that serve multiple programmatic and analytical use cases.
Improving interoperability and alignment across CDPH data systems and integrating solutions with local health jurisdictions (LHJs) and other partners.
Ensuring efficient, secure, and automated ingestion, transformation, storage, and distribution of data from diverse surveillance and non-surveillance sources.
Participating in complex data architecture, data modeling, and data quality assurance and improvement activities.
Contributing to development and maintenance of tools, frameworks, and monitoring capabilities that support reliable, high-quality data pipelines.
Innovating and prototyping new engineering approaches to meet evolving stakeholder needs and improve scalability, performance, and maintainability of CDPH data infrastructure.
This position requires strong programming and data engineering skills (SQL, Python, and/or PySpark), experience with Databricks or similar cloud platforms, and applied informatics knowledge to support data modeling, dataset curation, data governance, and data quality processes.
Department Summary:
UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences (IGHS) is dedicated to improving health and reducing the burden of disease in the world’s most vulnerable populations. It integrates UCSF expertise in all of the health, social, and biological sciences, and focuses that expertise on pressing issues in global health. IGHS works with partners in countries throughout the world to achieve these aims. IGHS seeks to improve health worldwide, especially in developing countries, through research that informs policy.
IGHS is committed to ensuring a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment as we work towards becoming an anti-racist organization. We strongly encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. Please see our statement on anti-racism here: https://globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/about-us/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/statement-structural-racism.
The California Department of Public Health’s Office of Data Strategy (ODS) leads enterprise-wide data modernization efforts to advance public health outcomes statewide. ODS is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and interoperable data systems that support public health program operations, analytics, and strategic decision-making. ODS collaborates with internal CDPH programs, Local Health Jurisdictions (LHJs), and external partners to ensure efficient data integration, governance, and quality. The office fosters innovation in data engineering, analytics, and informatics, supporting initiatives such as enhanced surveillance, operational data systems, and public health response. ODS is committed to equity, transparency, and continuous improvement, empowering teams to deliver high-quality data products and actionable insights for California’s public health ecosystem.