Business Intelligence Analyst I - Overdose Data Insights Analyst

Job Description Summary

Department - Health

Job Description

Open Until Filled

Job Type: Classified

Job Classification: 5399 - Business Intelligence Analyst I

Salary Grade: 13

Pay Range

Hiring Range: $59,675 - $71,614 Annually 

Pay Range: $59,675 - $83,553 Annually 

Range Explanation:

• Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.
• Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.

THIS IS A GRANT FUNDED POSITION ENDING AUGUST 2028.

The first review of applications will be on 10/3/2025.

The Pima County Health Department is seeking a Business Intelligence Analyst I – Overdose Data Insights Analyst to join our dedicated Public Health Informatics and Data Services team. This role is central to our efforts in combating the opioid crisis by ensuring overdose-related data is accurate, timely, and ready to drive action. By integrating diverse data sources and maintaining strong data quality processes, this position helps transform raw information into meaningful insights that support surveillance, reporting, and overdose prevention strategies.

In this role, you will work closely with backend developers, data engineers, and public health analysts to develop and maintain ETL workflows, troubleshoot data issues, and document systems and processes to promote transparency and reproducibility. You’ll take the lead on mapping and validating incoming data, ensuring that it meets both technical and analytic needs, and play a key part in making sure that dashboards and reports are built on a foundation of reliable, well-structured data.

This position is ideal for someone with strong technical skills, a keen eye for detail, and a passion for using data to solve public health challenges. If you are ready to take a proactive role in strengthening data systems and supporting life-saving overdose prevention work, we invite you to join our team and help make a lasting impact on the health and well-being of Pima County residents.

This Is An In-Office Position Located In Tucson, Az, And Cannot Be Remote.

Essential Functions:

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Acts as the subject matter expert on reporting tools and data analysis; makes recommendations on process changes;
• Provides data analysis and reporting solutions support for various departments;
• Works on data analysis tasks within one or more functional areas independently or as part of a team;
• Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to gather and validate requirements;
• Develops and writes business requirements for identified data analysis and reporting solutions;
• Creates and maintains a variety of reports, data queries, scripts, workflows, and automated tasks using structured query language and various database management tools;
• Identifies and analyzes commonly used queries and reports to determine if currently available solutions are applicable;
• Researches reporting problems and assists in the creation of models to help analyze reporting needs;
• Develops, executes, and documents user test plans;
• Coordinates and performs quality control testing of new or updated software and processes; helps resolve issues based on test results;
• Verifies that collected data meets required quality standards;
• May maintain the quality of metadata repository/data dictionary by adding, modifying, and deleting data;
• Creates data quality tickets and ensures they are resolved in a timely manner;
• Assists in the development and presentation of end-user training materials;
• May train and assist clients in the use of business intelligence solutions.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college, university, or technical trade school with a major in computer science, computer engineering, management information systems (MIS), or a closely related field as determined by the department head at the time of recruitment.

(Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college, university, or technical trade school may be substituted.)

Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see resume" on your application. 

Preferred Qualifications: (Be specific in describing your experience in your application. Ensure the descriptions provided illustrate your competencies, specifically addressing the required and preferred qualifications.):  

• Experience using Snowflake, SQL, R, Qlik, or ArcGIS for data integration, transformation, or quality monitoring.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Public Health Informatics, Data Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Experience developing and maintaining ETL workflows and supporting backend logic for dashboards or automated reporting systems.
• Experience creating and maintaining data dictionaries, metadata repositories, and data lineage documentation.
• Experience troubleshooting data quality issues and collaborating with IT or engineering teams to resolve integration challenges.

Selection Procedure:
Pima County Human Resources Department reserves the right to admit to the selection process only those candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. All applications will be assessed based on an evaluation of the listed education and experience. Candidates meeting the minimum qualifications may be further evaluated/scored against any advertised Preferred Qualifications. The hiring authority will interview and select the successful candidate from a referral list provided by Human Resources. Additional assessments/testing may be required as part of the selection process. 

Supplemental Information:

Licenses and Certificates: Valid driver license is required at time of application. Valid AZ driver license is required at time of appointment. The successful applicant will be subject to a 39-month DOT Motor Vehicle Record review to determine applicant’s suitability to operate county vehicles in accordance with Pima County administrative procedures. Failure to obtain and maintain the required licenses and certifications shall be grounds for termination. Any offer of employment resulting from this recruitment is contingent upon Fleet Services’ review and approval of the candidate’s driving record.

Special Notice Items: The County requires pre-employment background checks. Successful candidates will receive a post-offer, pre-employment background screening to include verification of work history, education, and criminal conviction history. A prior criminal conviction will not automatically disqualify a candidate from employment with the County.

Physical/Sensory Requirements: Physical and sensory abilities will be determined by position.

Working Conditions: Working conditions will be determined by the position.

EEO Information: Pima County Government is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to an inclusive and diverse workforce and will not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, kinship, political interest, or any other characteristic protected by law