Applications Developer III

Overview

The Health Informatics Institute (HII) is comprised of approximately 150 members including biostatisticians, bioinformaticians, epidemiologists, software, data, and systems engineers; solution and data architects; laboratory and clinical research administrators; and administrative staff. Members are engaged in research focused on the prevention of diabetes and other autoimmune diseases, cancer prevention and control, genetic disorders, and an expanding list of rare diseases. The Health Informatics Institute is currently looking for an Applications Developer III.

This position will interact with a diverse staff of scientists, statisticians, engineers, and administrators in the development of datasets, reports, and systems supporting research efforts at the HII. As part of the Data Engineering team, the Applications Developer III efforts will span the data lifecycle with an emphasis on ETL, reporting, cleaning, and sharing of data. They will utilize their expertise to manage data from a variety of sources including relational and unstructured/No

SQL databases and satisfy stakeholders from statisticians and scientists to clinical operations staff, sponsors, and regulatory agencies.

Develop analysis programs and reports to monitor data accrual and quality. Develop and implement complex data manipulations for checking data completeness and accuracy. Develop programs to extract subsets and summaries from a variety of sources, including large and complex databases (structured and unstructured; Big Data).

Develop complex systems for ensuring data integrity, in-house data monitoring and study status reports, and clinical trial database systems. Develop and maintain domain knowledge of complex and expansive enterprise applications. Develop and maintain requisite expertise for ongoing and future institutional data management demands.

Interact directly with faculty and operations staff to learn study objectives and develop project requirements. Interface effectively with laboratories, analytical partners, regulatory agencies, etc. in execution of projects.

Contribute to the documentation, interpretation, and preparation of data for analysis. Assist in new data acquisition and exploration. Assist in the development and implementation of analysis software pipelines for conducting genomics, transcriptomics, microbiomics, metabolomics, proteomics, etc. Efficiently coordinate activities with other team members. Take initiative to provide expertise and assistance when needed.

Comply with and provide input in the creation of standard operating procedures. Proactively inform management of the status of deliverables, timelines, accomplishments, and issues experienced and remediated on projects. Ensure analysis data and programming code integrity and reliability. Apply best practices to the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of programs. Adhere to policies and procedures related to data governance and promote adherence throughout the Data Engineering team and institute at large.

Participate in the strategic planning of future technology needs to accommodate the lifetime span of grants. Act as a mentor and promote the dissemination of knowledge throughout the Data Engineering team. Participates in the strategic planning of future technology needs to accommodate the lifetime span of the grants. Communicate with outside organizations (vendors, retailers and user groups) in evaluation and execution of projects.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS or other field involving software and analytical training, and four years of IT related work experience, OR a Bachelor's degree with no specific required field and five years of IT related work experience, OR a Master’s degree and three years of IT related work experience, OR a combination of eight years of IT related work experience and validated training.

Preparation for a relevant IT certification is considered to be related training.

Degree Equivalency Clause:
Four years of direct experience for a bachelor’s degree.

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