Director of Applied Data Science and Solutions, Bureau of Data Technology & Strategy at City of New York
Long Island City, NY
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Jun 30, 2026
Long Island City, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits within a public health agency's data science unit and centers on leading a Master Patient Index project — building service endpoints, system integrations, and entity resolution models — while also providing technical oversight across interoperability, whole genome sequencing, and client engagement platform projects. Day-to-day work spans SQL and Python development, machine learning and statistical modeling, code reviews, and coordinating across developers, IT staff, and vendors. It suits an experienced data engineer or applied data scientist with deep SQL and Python backgrounds.
Senior level · 6+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 300 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database administrators). range 85–440
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,921 (middle half $81,361–$138,439).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
SOC classification is genuinely ambiguous. The civil-service title is 'IT Administrator (Database)' and the formal qualifications gate on database administration experience and a professional/vendor DB certification — pointing to 15-1242. However, the actual day-to-day duties (leading a Master Patient Index project, building entity resolution models, Python/ML development, data science support) read much more like 15-2051 Data Scientists or 15-1252 Software Developers. 15-1242 was chosen to match the civil-service title and hard qualification requirements, with 15-2051 as the runner-up.
All skills listed under 'Preferred Skills' (Python, SQL, BI, statistical modeling, machine learning) are explicitly labeled preferred, not required — they carry year targets but are not hard gates.
The formal qualifications section hard-gates on: a professional/vendor database certification, at least 1–2 years of database administration experience (design, configuration, installation, troubleshooting, integration, performance monitoring, maintenance, enhancement, security management), and either a bachelor's degree plus 2 years of DB experience OR a high school diploma plus 6 years of IT experience (2 of which must be DB admin). Because a degree can be substituted with experience, the degree requirement is set to None.
The overall years minimum of 6 reflects the minimum IT experience pathway (high school diploma + 6 years IT, 2 of which are DB admin); the bachelor's pathway requires only 2 years of DB experience.
The posting is open only to permanent NYC civil-service employees or candidates who filed for Cert IT Administrator (Database) Exam No. 6033 within the specified filing period — a significant eligibility restriction not captured in structured fields.
No compensation figures are stated in the posting.
Remote status is set per caller declaration; the role is physically based at NYC DOHMH and the posting references a hybrid work-from-home policy of up to two days per week.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): database administration, database design.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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