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Company: This company is a recently funded, pre-IPO venture created to take advantage of the next revolution in genome-based drug discovery and healthcare. The company will obtain, preserve, and provide continuous streams of biological materials and associated data, to be used for pharmaceutical research. The data will be enhanced with state-of-the-art bioinformatic mining tools and supply-chain logistics to ensure maximum utility, integrity and next day delivery. The emerging market potential for these products exceeds billions of dollars in fields like many bio-tech fields. Key elements required for company growth are the development and deployment of software systems that integrate highly structured clinical information abstracted from computer-based patient record systems at the donor medical institutions together with molecular bioinformatic data (e.g. gene expression profiles) that will derive from both external and internal sources. These systems will store and organize the data in a manner that allows quantitative analysis, and, furthermore, provides an interface intuitive to laboratory scientists engaged in biomedical research.

Position Description

Position Responsibilities

• Participate in the development of the data requirements Work with the research scientists, clinical and bio informatics people, and pathologists, to develop and understand the data requirements
• Lead the design of the conceptual and logical data models, including meta-data
• Participate in the development of the design specification documentation
• Assist the DBA in designing the physical database model
• Assist the client and Database Loader in designing the source data and data preparation environments (source to target mapping, etc.)
• Work with team members to design components of the system that interface with the database
• Document database components in the High-Level and Functional Specifications documents
• Develop all data dictionary, meta-data and data model documentation.

Position Requirements

Specific requirements include:

• B.S or M.S. in Science or Engineering with over 4 years of data modeling experience in a custom application software development environment.
• Use of Embarcadero ER/Studio or ERWin and Oracle 8i.
• Experience designing Operational Data Store and Data Marts.
• Good written and oral communication skills.

• Knowledge of medical informatics and molecular bioinformatics.
• Experience with data models for collecting coded pathology information.
• Experience in developing IT capability in a growth company.