Data Curation Engineer/ Data Engineer

Job Description:

• As a Data Curation Engineer in the Genomics Research Center, you will be responsible for building and running workflows to load and manage high-value datasets in a centralized environment.
• You will work closely with Bioinformatics Engineering, as well as bioinformatics research scientists to identify data sources and requirements for loading and querying.
• Your expertise in PostgreSQL for database management and Python and R for scripting and automation will be crucial in developing and maintaining ETL processes to ensure data quality and integrity.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement workflows to load and manage genomic data.
• Work with researchers and data scientists to identify data sources and requirements for loading new datasets.
• Maintain existing data models for storing and querying genomic data.
• Develop and maintain ETL processes to ensure data quality and integrity.
• Build and maintain scripts for automation of data loading and processing.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, bioinformatics, or a related field +3 years of experience.
• Experience with building and running workflows for RDMS data loading and ETL processes.
• Proficient in SQL and ability to write complex queries for data extraction and analysis.
• Strong programming skills in Python for scripting and automation. Additional experience with R is preferred.
• Familiarity with genomic data formats and databases commonly used in bioinformatics research.
• Knowledge of data modeling concepts and implementing common data models in a relational database.
• Familiarity with data cleaning, normalization, and quality control processes.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with researchers and stakeholders.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Salary: Up to $44.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Only open foe US Citizens and Green Card Holders.

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Human genomics: 3 years (Required)
• genomics: 3 years (Required)
• SQL: 3 years (Required)
• R: 3 years (Required)
• PostgreSQL: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote