[Hiring] Global Senior Data Processing Specialist @ICF

Role Description

ICF is seeking an experienced Senior Data Processing Specialist to provide technical leadership for data processing, digital data collection, and data-related innovation under The DHS Program and other large-scale surveys in low- and middle-income countries. The Senior Data Processing Specialist will lead the design, testing, deployment, and support of complex computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) systems and associated data-processing activities across multiple country surveys. This is a senior, hands-on role:

• Resolve complex technical and data-quality problems.
• Strengthen the skills of Data Processing Specialists, consultants, and country counterparts.
• Promote consistent technical practices across the survey portfolio.
• Help shape how AI and automation are used in DHS data processing.
• Contribute to a team that includes AI engineers and other specialists.
• Help pilot, evaluate, and improve tools such as AI-assisted anomaly detection.
• Identify processing tasks that can be safely automated.

This position will require travel internationally approximately 20 to 30 percent of the time, including trips that may extend for several weeks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, mathematics, statistics, demography, public health, data science, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in survey data processing, digital data collection, software development, data management, or related technical work with substantial experience supporting large-scale population, health, facility, or similarly complex surveys.
• 5+ years of experience designing, developing, testing, deploying, and supporting CAPI applications, including advanced proficiency with CSPro.
• 5+ years of experience programming and problem-solving experience using Python, Java, C#, JavaScript, or another general-purpose programming language.
• 1+ year of experience with survey data validation, quality assurance, processing, and preparation of analysis-ready datasets, and with diagnosing and resolving complex software, systems, and data-quality problems.

Requirements

• Provide technical oversight for survey data processing, including automated quality checks, standardized tabulations, dataset preparation, metadata, anonymization, and disclosure protection.
• Ensure consistency among questionnaires, CAPI applications, datasets, tabulation specifications, and final survey outputs.
• Develop reusable code, testing procedures, documentation, templates, and technical guidance that improve quality and efficiency across surveys.
• Provide senior technical guidance and mentoring to Data Processing Specialists, consultants, and country counterparts.
• Lead training and capacity strengthening for in-country data-processing staff, IT personnel, trainers, supervisors, and other technical counterparts.
• Collaborate with survey managers, statisticians, survey methodologists, biomarker specialists, GIS specialists, analysts, and other technical experts.

Benefits

• Work with AI engineers and other teammates to pilot, evaluate, and improve AI-assisted data processing tools.
• Identify data processing tasks that could be safely automated.
• Contribute to standards for testing, documentation, expert review, and confidentiality when automated and AI-assisted tools are used with survey data.
• Capture lessons learned and help translate successful innovations into sustainable tools, standards, and operating procedures.

Company Description

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we’re not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future.