Main focal point Look for someone who has a SQL DBA background that has graduated to a Data EngineerArch. Responsibilities Developing robust, fault tolerant, data persistence, management, analysis and delivery solutions while adhering to Quality System Procedures governing software version control, configuration management and the Systems Development Life cycle (SDLC), with a focus on ease of maintenance and extensibility Contributing to the development and implementation of data transfer specifications and validating edits checks Designing and developing databases and database objects (tables, stored procedures, functions, views, et. al.) Reviewing and updating queries and stored procedures for optimal performance. Identifying and correcting performance bottlenecks related to SQL code Following organizational practices in version control, software development and configuration management, including key performance indicators for the management of software development Developing and implementing data standards, documents specifications and procedures Performing statistical analysis Collaborating with study personnel to provide input to statistical analysis plans, selecting statistical methods and performing statistical analysis Partnering with Data Management and Software Delivery teams to understand and navigate database content, efficiently deliver clinical data to customers and assure data quality and integrity Integrating distributed application data to provide operational metrics for the management of clinical trials and performing data migrations Ensuring compliance with client guidelines, and corporate SOPs and work instructions, system development life cycle, system validation and systems change control related to data management and analysis Partnering with Scrum Master to drive continuous improvement within the Agile team Investigating and resolving issues escalated by Tier 1 support in a timely manner to the satisfaction of the business stakeholders Authoring and reviewing technical documentation regarding the design, configuration, creation, installation and maintenance of clinical data components Qualifications Education Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, a technical or science discipline preferred Experience Minimum five years of development and administration experience with SQL Server managing large, multi-instance, distributed databases Experience with NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL a plus Minimum three years of experience with analytics and business intelligence Experience in managing data and analysis for clinical research a plus Experience with Infrastructure as a Service technologies such as AWS or OpenStack a plus Both physical and logical aspects of Relational databases Data modeling principles Desire to identify and leverage appropriate new technologies Technically proficient with two or more the following technologies and languages SAS Powershell Python R SQL or LINQ Cloud services for infrastructure such as Amazon Web Services or Open Stack Technically proficient with the following tools and databases MS Visual Studio Team Foundation Server or other centralized source code repository MS SQL Server 2012 or higher SQL Server Integration Services SQL Server Reporting Services