Data Engineer needed at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle - Mailing list pgsql-jobs

DATA ENGINEER

About Us

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, home of three Nobel laureates, is an independent, nonprofit research institution dedicated to the development and advancement of biomedical research to eliminate cancer and other potentially fatal diseases. Recognized internationally for its pioneering work in bone-marrow transplantation, the Center’s four scientific divisions collaborate to form a unique environment for conducting basic and applied science. The Hutchinson Center, in collaboration with its clinical and research partners, the University of Washington and Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, is the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in the Pacific Northwest.

About the Department

The Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research & Prevention (SCHARP) is part of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VIDI) at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. SCHARP provides statistical collaboration to HIV/AIDS researchers around the world and conducts a complementary program of statistical methodology and mathematical modeling research. SCHARP also collects, manages, and analyzes data from clinical trials and epidemiological studies dedicated to the elimination of HIV/AIDS as a threat to human health.

Job Summary

The data engineer is a key member of the team that supports the relational databases at SCHARP. Recently, SCHARP has identified the need for a data warehouse/repository to allow analysts and faculty platform- and tool-agnostic access to a wide variety of study data. In addition to the study data, associated study metadata needs to be collected, extracted and inserted into easily searchable relations.

The data engineer is responsible for developing, implementing and tuning data models based on SCHARP's study data, study metadata and associated business data. In addition to modeling the data, the data engineer is responsible for ETL (extract-transform-load) procedures, working with SCHARP personnel to locate source data, defining the level of quality assurance and security for the data, and setting up programs and processes to ensure the timely and accurate update of this data. S/he is also responsible for developing strategies for data synchronization, integrity and standardization.

The data engineer is also available to work with analysts and faculty to generate pre-determined queries. S/he will serve as a resource to explain the relationship between the tables and schemas in the data warehouse.

As a member of the Data Systems team, the person in this position would serve as a backup database administrator.

To Apply

For more information about the position and to apply, please visit the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center website at www.fhcrc.org and search for Job# AD-22842.

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