Research Data Engineer II

Location: City of Rochester

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** Job Location (Full Address):
** 265 Crittenden Blvd, Rochester, New York, United States of America, 14642
** Opening:
** Worker Subtype:

Regular Time Type:

Full time Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40

Department:400981 Neuro-Ctr Health & Tech/CTCC

Work Shift:

UR - Day (United States of America)
Range:

UR URG 113

Compensation Range:$77,216.00 - $
* The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job's compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, market data, education, experience, qualifications, expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.
*** Responsibilities:
** Supports the implementation and maintenance of analytical and data science-based software and data pipelines enabling scientific workflows. Provides focuses support in enhancing the data collection frameworks that integrate structured and unstructured data from multiple sources and systems to enable the use of data in specific research study teams. Maintains and supports the development of infrastructure systems (e.g., data warehouses, data lakes, etc.),

including data access Application Programming Interface(s) (APIs). Receives guidance from and acts in support of a team aimed at providing robust, scalable software solutions to the research enterprise.
** ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
*** Builds, maintains and evolves general Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) data pipelines and overall data architecture to accommodate a growing amount of data from a variety of large research data sources.  Maintains and modifies data transfer solutions for study protocol requirements outlined in the Data User Agreements.
* Works with research team members to support the conversion of protocol and technical requirements into professional clinical trial data collection software solutions. Ensures timely completion of tasks while managing multiple assignments, project timelines and business user expectations.
* Supports the implementation of custom research project-specific data workflow solutions for data collection, management, reporting and analytics.
* Contributes to the scientific research.
* Adheres to and improves defined application development life-cycle practices, including but not limited to, requirements gathering, writing test plans, source code management, peer code review and quality assurance through unit/system/user acceptance testing.
* Participates in specification, implementation and execution of testing procedures to ensure quality of deliverables, system and data workflow reliability.
* Produces and maintains comprehensive technical and archival data files and documentation for all systems under the Engineer's responsibilities.
* Keeps abreast of current application developments through continuing education, professional reading, online forums, conferences, workshops and professional groups.
* Other duties as assigned.
** MINIMUM EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (Required)
*** Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Biomedical Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics or similar discipline
* 2 years of experience in technology and data intensive roles and environments
* or equivalent combination of education and experience
** KNOWLEDGE,

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

*** Programming experience in Structured Query Language (SQL) and one other applicable language (Java, Python, and/or R)
* Experience with Change Management solutions
* Experience with Version Control solutions (e.g. Git)
* Understanding of data analytics and statistical methods
* Expertise of software engineering best practices such as version control and software release management
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
* Strong organizational skills
* Ability to work with others in a…