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  • [Photo] Ivette Arias • March 1, 2011

    BACKGROUND

    We are a federally-funded, Boston-based, biomedical research organization. Our Biomedical Informatics Team performs research and development to improve the way clinical science and care are conducted. Current initiatives include the development of natural language processing and machine learning technologies, methods of automated clinical quality measurement and improvement, and the development of the VA's national scientific environment for genomic analysis. The multi-disciplinary team consists of a highly skilled group of PhD researchers, clinicians, systems analysts, project managers, and programmers. Resources include access to the complete medical records of over 18 million records through the world's largest installed electronic medical record system, a new 160 node high performance computing cluster, and access to incredibly challenging projects with the potential to change the way care is delivered.

    RESPONSIBILITIES::
    • Works collaboratively with business analysts and translates business requirements into enterprise information architecture and associated policies and processes to meet research requirements
    • Develops conceptual, logical and physical data models to support collection, integration, and analysis of clinical and genomic research data
    • Develops the architecture for staging area, data warehouse, data marts, and operational data stores
    • Maps data to appropriate biomedical data standards as necessary
    • Leads development of metadata management strategy
    • Works with database administrators in migrating applications into development, test and production environments
    • Performs Data warehouse capacity planning
    • Ensures data quality and data governance
    • Works with database administrators and application developers to ensure ease-of-use, performance, integrity and security (Ability to debug/troubleshoot/tune SQL queries and work with application developer to resolve database related performance issues)
    • Performs Reporting tasks using Pentaho, Microsoft SSIS, Business Objects, or similar business intelligence / reporting packages

    REQUIREMENTS

    • BS in Computer Science, MS preferred
    • Proven ability to design scalable solutions using traditional and agile methods
    • Extensive knowledge of data warehouse design (Star, Snowflake, normalized verses denormalized, referential integrity, etc.)
    • 5 years experience in the design, build, deployment, and maintenance of an Enterprise Data Warehouse
    • 5 years managing databases from planning and testing stages through implementation and support
    • Experience with scripting languages such as JavaScript, VBScript, PERL, etc that are commonly used for transferring / translating data to and from disparate data sources
    • Experience with Oracle, SQL Server and mySQL
    • Experience with data modeling tools like ERwin
    • Experience with ETL tools like Pentaho, Informatica etc.
    • Knowledge of Systems Architecture principles and processes
    • Knowledge of Business Requirements definition and documentation
    • Demonstrable experience in database performance tuning
    • Detailed understanding of database schema objects including tables, views, packages, procedures, sequences, indexes, and constraints
    • Experience in XML schema definition
    • Excellent presentation and communication skills

    PREFERENCES

    • Knowledge and experience with HL7 and biomedical data standards is a plus.
    • Experience working with clinical and genomic data preferred.

    TERMS

    There will be a background check run as part of the employment process. Applications from recruiters will not be accepted for this position. WE CANNOT SPONSER VISAS.

    COMPENSATION

    Benefits Include:
    • Health and Dental Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Long term Disability Insurance
    • 401(k) / 403(b) plan

    HOW TO APPLY

    Interested candidates should send a cover letter and résumé to: Jessica Wilson at: MIGCandidates[at]gmail.com. Please specify the job title in your email.

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