The NEDSS Base System (NBS) is an integrated information system that helps local, state, and territorial public health departments manage reportable disease data and sends notifiable disease data to the CDC.

The NEDSS Base System (NBS) is an integrated information system that helps local, state, and territorial public health departments manage reportable disease data and sends notifiable disease data to the CDC. The NBS Business Analyst is an integral part of the communicable disease investigation team. This position is responsible for all communication with electronic lab report (ELR) and electronic case report (eCR) data providers, hospitals, laboratories, clinics, the Health Information Exchange (HIE), internal IT staff, and others. The position is also responsible for researching electronic data issues and testing all electronic data received from submitters.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
Work through complex issues that include creating test scenarios, test cases, and test scripts mapped to workflow, and system design requirements.
Replicate, isolate, and identify a root cause while providing workarounds and testing, fixes, and patches in a staging or test environment.
Monitor system issues and provide feedback.
Research and resolve front-end/user and back-end/system problems by diagnosing the root cause, hypothesizing, and mapping out a possible solution, and testing the solution in the QA environment.
Resolve issues by engaging appropriate business/policy staff, software developers and/or vendor specialists.
Assist users in monitoring and analyzing their data via SQL querying and reporting.
Work closely with end users, project management, application developers, and others to understand features and create a robust, comprehensive test strategy to verify functionality.
Required/Desired Skills

Skill	Required /Desired	Amount	Candidate Experience
Experience writing, refining, and analyzing SQL queries to answer questions and resolve issues	Required	7
Extensive SQL skills	Required	7
Experience creating test scenarios, test cases, and test scripts mapped to workflow, and system design requirements	Required	7
Strong experience debugging applications	Required	7
Curiosity with the ability to problem-solve in a creative but vigilant manner	Required	0
Critical thinking skills with a strong emphasis on accuracy, precision, and logical reasoning	Required	0
Verbal and written communication skills	Required	0
User-level experience with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel.	Required	0
Experience in public health or medical related industry	Highly desired	0

Questions

No.	Question	Answer
Question1	Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement?
Question2	Please provide candidate's email address.
Question4	This position is hybrid (3 days in the office, 2 days remote). Does candidate accept this requirement?
Question5	Preference will be given to candidates currently located in Indiana. Please provide the city and state the resource currently resides.