Scientific Applications & Data Systems Architect

Job Family

Systems Engineering (Digital)

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Ability to Obtain Public Trust

• Serves as the lead developer, systems architect, and technical advisor for clinical research data collection, medical imaging, and scientific information management systems.
• Designs, develops, implements, and maintains secure, scalable web-based applications, databases, and automated data processing solutions that support epidemiologic and clinical research studies.
• Provides technical leadership, project management support, user training, and mentoring, to programming and technical staff while ensuring data integrity, system reliability, and regulatory compliance.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain web-based applications for clinical research data collection, participant management, scheduling, reporting, and data review.
• Independently develop innovative software solutions, automated workflows, and real-time data collection systems using modern programming languages, libraries, and best practices.
• Manage the full software development lifecycle
• Develop custom applications and integrations that interface with commercial and custom research instruments and hardware.
• Design and maintain medical imaging systems and automated data workflows using DICOM standards.
• Automate image transfer, conversion, storage, backup, retrieval, and accessibility across multiple imaging platforms and servers.
• Create and support medical image analysis and evaluation portals for investigators and clinicians.
• Ensure quality, integrity, and accessibility of medical imaging and laboratory data.
• Design, implement, administer, and optimize relational databases and data storage architectures.
• Develop data transfer, backup, replication, archival, and disaster recovery processes to safeguard research data.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on web application design, electronic data capture, and scientific data management technologies.
• Provide technical recommendations to investigators, physicians, technologists, and study staff regarding data collection, record management, and system utilization.
• Identify emerging technologies and recommend enhancements that improve system performance, reliability, and user experience.
• Establish programming standards, policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Perform quality assurance, quality control, validation, troubleshooting, and issue resolution for applications, databases, and imaging systems.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, training materials, user guides, and system reports.
• Ensure source code, version control, and system documentation support long-term maintainability.
• Mentor and oversee programmers, computer support technicians, and other technical staff;
  Educate users on applications, reporting tools, and data management processes.
• Provide end-user support, troubleshooting assistance, and technical training.

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least SIX (6) years of application development/system administration experience.
• Previously worked with medical imaging technologies, DICOM standards, and image management systems, such as Hologic, Toshiba, GE systems, etc.
• Experience working with statistical data integration and reporting tools, such as SAS.
• Database administration and system administration experience that includes activities such as programming, replication, networking, data security, backup and disaster recovery.
• Previously worked with clinical research data systems, electronic data capture, and scientific computing.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD “public trust”; candidates must receive approved adjudication prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an active public trust or suitability are preferred.

• Fourteen (14) + years of experience is preferred.
• Knowledgeable in core project management functional concepts.
• Experience in subject areas related to Automation, Scripting, Machine Learning, and High-Performance Computing strongly desired.
• Exhibit technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience with providing end user support training and support.
• Able to lead web…