Careers

Job Duties

Engage in all phases of the software development lifecycle which include gathering and analyzing user/business system requirements, responding to outages, maintain and improve the performance of existing software and creating application system models. Participate in design meetings and consult with clients to develop, test and debug and implement new software programs to meet business needs and interact and sometimes direct third party partners in the achievement of business and technology initiatives. Work with experienced team members to conduct root cause analysis of issues, review new and existing code and/or perform unit testing. Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases. Provide comprehensive support for customers and achieve resolution to outstanding problems or issues . Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved. Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers) to identify system requirements. Design and update software database. Test and maintain software programs to ensure strong functionality and optimization . Resolve complex technical design issues . Prepare and execute scripts for deployment. Staying up to date with new programing tools and test strategies. To co-ordinate with multiple tasks and ensure on-time delivery of high-quality project deliverables.

Job Duties

Perform data management, quality control and reporting for research projects including clinical trials. Design, code, debug and configure applications and systems architecture. Work with data management personnel in the preparation of datasets that are of highly quality and in usable format. Write and execute complex mathematical and probability algorithms. Be responsible for quality assurance of data produced, the validity of the reported results and their statistical interpretation. Analyze data using mathematical and statistical methods. Extract manipulate and merge large databases to create analytical datasets. Requirement analysis and effort estimation. Create computer algorithms, data models, and protocols. Assist in defining analytical variables and help consulting with project staff on project needs. Perform simple analytical task using other analytical tools. Provide data analysis support for researchers and biostatisticians using statistical software. Implement comprehensive quality checking and validation process. Maintain and troubleshoot software and programs. Design and generate tracking and data entry tools as needed. Implement automatic reporting and data loading schemes. Converts and merge data from a wide variety of source across platforms. Create and maintain documentation to document processes and data quality issues.

Job Requirement

Required Masters or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Statistics, Biostatistics, Mathematics, CIS, MIS, or any related field. Must be able to travel/relocate to various client sites throughout the U.S.

Job Duties

Research and evaluate new or alternate processing solutions and business requirements. Develop strategies on maintaining data integration and consistency from a wide variety of sources across platforms. Develop and evaluate complicated data linkage algorithm (mortality and birth) for various research purposes. Design, conduct and evaluate complicated data linkage processing (mortality and birth) by using data linkage software. Design, conduct and evaluate geocoding, thematic mapping, and origin-destination matrix analysis. Analyze, design and implement complex data management, comprehensive quality control and validation process. Design and evaluate complicated macros and scripts for research purposes. Involve and provide consolations on complex business logic translation, process developments, implementations and evaluation. Identify potential data quality issues and modify current data process and business logic as needed. Create and maintain technical and user-friendly documentation as needed. Present ideas and solutions in professional/scientific meetings as needed.

Experience

• 5+ years of related experience with SAS Administration
• In-depth experience in SAS Metadata Management Console including Server management, User Management, Library management
• Implementation, management and enhancement of a state of the art SAS Grid supporting a globally distributed, large user community
• Driving enterprise wide predictive and descriptive analytics and products.
• Perform SAS patch installations as well as major system upgrades for underlying SAS infrastructure
• Maintain configuration data, user access and control within all SAS components.
• Strong analytic and critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills, and ability to work within a team.
• Must be an independent self-starter. Both efficient and detail-oriented.
• Knowledge of the statistical/data mining techniques

Experience

• 3+ years of related experience with programming and data management using SAS.
• Ability to organize and manipulate large datasets.
• Ability to express complex technical information to researchers or to audiences with clinical training.
• Strong analytic and critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills, and ability to work within a team.
• Must be an independent self-starter who is both efficient and detail-oriented.

Experience

• 2+ years of related experience with Database Development
• Responsible for database maintenance, monitoring, and tuning activities primarily for Oracle and SQL Server.
• Work with architects and developers to design SQL queries for new development
• Well versed with database design and SQL code development
• Review existing database schema and come up with recommendations
• Maintain and audit database level security
• Evaluate, test, and deploy new database patches and upgrades
• Configure and maintain database administration tools for monitoring performance and change management
• Engineering point contact person for all database related activities

Experience

• 2+ years of related experience with Database Development
• Responsible for database maintenance, monitoring, and tuning activities primarily for Oracle and SQL Server.
• Work with architects and developers to design SQL queries for new development
• Well versed with database design and SQL code development
• Review existing database schema and come up with recommendations
• Maintain and audit database level security
• Evaluate, test, and deploy new database patches and upgrades
• Configure and maintain database administration tools for monitoring performance and change management
• Engineering point contact person for all database related activities