PAY GRADE: 30S

DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 26, 2018

CONTEXT OF THE JOB:

Under general direction of the Associate Scientist, the Data Systems Analyst supports all clinical research activities where DRI (Delaware Rehabilitation Institute) has been solicited to provide data management services. These services include operational support of servers and software, project management support through collaboration with researchers to collect requirements and build solutions, and strategic support through the identification of industry best practices, building a plan to apply the best practices and executing against that plan.

The Data Systems Analyst role provides direct responsibility for all clinical data management activities including data capture, quality control, coding, data mapping for statistical analysis and other usage activities. Ultimately, this individual will supervise a data management team that will provide support for clinical study protocols, clinical study reports, interim analyses, regulatory submissions, and other study related activities as needed. This role will also be continually challenged to seek efficiency prospects such as automation opportunities and by refining the set of development tools used by the team.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with Faculty (PI - Principal Investigator) and Grad Students to documents data requirements and execute against those requirements to deliver a high quality data collection and reporting solution.
• Provide Data Management support for the entire DRI infrastructure, including server software upgrades, database storage monitoring, database backups, and application break-fix solutions.
• Liaison between the DRI and internal Information Technology and other research departments.
• Drive project development through the incorporation of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology and share understanding of process with Faculty, Students and Staff.
• Respond to ad hoc reports requests from DRI's ResCore Team and other Clinical team requests.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Science (CIS), Management Information Systems (MIS), or related discipline and four years of experience in a data warehouse environment, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working with data warehouses, database, Business Intelligence storage, and ETL (Extract, Transform and Load).
• Ability to understand how the various components of a data management system interact.
• Data modeling skills (conceptual, logical, and physical) with transactional and dimensional modeling experience.
• Good understanding of data modeling across relational databases such as star schema / dimensional data models.
• Experience in data mapping and transformation.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server and MySql database systems.
• Experience with ETL, Report development, and data management disciplines.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional verbal, presentation and written communication skills.
• Ability to document user requirements, system configurations and changes to both.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously with minimal supervision.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving infrastructure issues.
• Highly self-motivated and directed with keen attention to detail.
• Ability to clearly communicate data principles to a diverse audience of students, engineers, clinicians, and a lay audience.
• Solid project management skills, demonstrated leadership and project management experience.
• A sound understanding, and demonstrated usage, of the stages in SDLC process.
• Experience with Health Information Technology or Clinical research software such as REDCap is a plus.
• Familiarity with biomechanical data is a plus.
• Working knowledge of object-oriented programming is a plus.
• Working knowledge of asp.net, jquery, javascript, bootstrap, css, c#, tsql, pl-sql is a plus
• Experience with design, construction, and maintenance of a secure web-based front end for database for interaction with data by novice users is a plus.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to work flexible schedules to meet job requirements; requires occasional after-hours support.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity Employer which encourages applications from Minority Group Members, Women, Individuals with Disabilities and Veterans. The University's Notice of Non-Discrimination can be found at http://www.udel.edu/aboutus/legalnotices.html

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