Public Health Technical Lead

Travel Required: Up to 25%. Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.

What You Will Do

The Technical Lead supports the design and implementation of interoperable public health data exchange and AI solutions. This role contributes to technical guidance, design collaboration, and standards-based approaches to help ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with public health workflows, data governance needs, and applicable interoperability standards.

• Responsible for the technical design and execution of data exchange, interoperability, and AI/ML solutions supporting surveillance, reporting, analytics, and related public health use cases.
• Responsible for overall QA/QC and troubleshooting solutions encountered across the tech stack.
• Lead architects, engineers, analysts, and informaticists to translate client needs into technical approaches.
• Support the application of interoperability standards such as HL7 v2, FHIR, CDA, APIs, and terminology systems within public health contexts.
• Lead technical discussions, design sessions, and reviews; help document decisions, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Review technical deliverables and documentation for alignment with scope, requirements, and quality expectations.
• Identify technical considerations related to integration, security, privacy, onboarding, and data-sharing constraints, and discuss potential mitigation options with the team.
• Support integration testing, validation, and exchange troubleshooting activities when applicable.
• Share technical knowledge and lessons learned across projects and support mentoring of junior staff.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree is required.
• A minimum of five (5) years of previous experience serving in a Technical Lead role.
• Knowledge and experience assisting clients in modernizing and implementing technology solutions (Cloud, AI, analytics, and data management).
• Knowledge across the tech stack, from underlying infrastructure needs, UI/UX design, analytics, and system maintenance.
• Ability to document system integration and support flow analysis and review detailed technical documentation.
• Public health informatics experience specifically in public health surveillance, epidemiology workflows, and STLT public health operations.
• Proven ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to a nontechnical public.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving.
• Demonstrated experience with public health data exchange and interoperability across PHAs, laboratories, registries, healthcare partners, and federal systems.
• Working knowledge of public health standards and artifacts (e.g., HL7 v2, CDA, FHIR).

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Demonstrated experience in generative AI and agentic research versus other methods of automation.
• Deep knowledge of public health standards and artifacts (e.g., HL7 v2, CDA, FHIR).

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $118,000.00–$196,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

Benefits

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Basic Life & Supplemental Life
• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Student Loan PayDown
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
• Skills Development & Certifications
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
• Mobility Stipend