Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the excellence of our academic community.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Informatics Analyst to support the growing adoption of Emory’s OpenSpecimen service offering for research labs and biorepository cores. https://it.emory.edu/catalog/data-and-reporting/lims-openspecimen.html

The individual fulfilling this role will join the Laboratory Solutions Team within the Emory Digital Research Informatics Support group. The Laboratory Solutions team oversees implementing biospecimen sample management and banking configurations in the Emory Enterprise sample tracking platform, for a variety of clinical and research laboratories within Emory University and Emory Healthcare, as well as key collaborating entities.

The individual fulfilling this role should have experience in the implementation of complex, enterprise-level relational database information systems. The Informatics Analyst I should be familiar with standard Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) requirements and processes. Responsibilities related to system implementation projects will include responsibility for requirements collection and elaboration, system configuration and testing, user training and post-implementation system support. Must have a clear understanding of medical information privacy and security requirements. The incumbent should have experience working within a multi-disciplinary project team, following established implementation patterns, being a positive collaborator in the maintenance and development of implementation techniques and contributing to the ongoing support of the deployed application.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Implementation of the Emory Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS).
• Interact with the clients/stakeholders to understand and elaborate system requirements and work with them to document requirements and design process
• Perform configuration of application based on requirements including creation of new custom database forms, fields, and queries
• Perform database updates using SQL scripts and JSON files
• Participate in the development and extension of the overall Emory LIMS application within the Emory enterprise architecture.
• Work with senior members of the Laboratory Solutions Team to perform system implementation and support activities.
• Interact with users to provide training, consultation, and on-going operational support.
• Manage workload effectively and report status of tasks in a timely manner.
• Ensure software development standards, enterprise patterns and components and Quality Assurance procedures are utilized in software development projects.
• Work as a positive team member of projects that may consist of Business Analysts, Project Managers, Data Managers, Database Administrators, and customer laboratory staff to successfully implement and support the LIMS application for a wide variety of laboratories.
• Participates in the evaluation of emerging technologies, developing proof-of-concepts, and promoting the usage of these emerging technologies. Contributes to technical teams, and trains end-users.
• Creates and maintains data dictionaries and meta data, and supports efforts to ensure that data standards are developed and maintained.
• Serves as an organizational consultant on matters relating to databases by providing expertise to assist users in meeting their needs.
• Develops reports and ensures their accuracy.
• Supports business and system re-engineering and architecture development to define future data needs.
• Performs other duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor's degree and two years of related experience, OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Experience with SQL in a major RDBMA, and experience working with relational databases.
• Technical certification preferred.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with clinical or research laboratory operations
• Experience with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
• Good communication skills - verbal, written and presentation - to be able to interact with the clients/stakeholders
• Experience with Business Process analysis and documentation
• Familiarity with understanding software implementation processes
• Familiarity with standard Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and methodologies
• Understanding of relational database structures
• Experience working with RDBMS like Oracle, Microsoft SQL server or MySQL database
• Experience with development and execution of SQL scripting
• Knowledge of Software Testing and Validation
• Understanding of principles of enterprise-level software support
• Knowledge of Healthcare information security principles and regulations
• Experience with supporting label printing to networked label printers.

NOTE: Tasks related to this position can be performed remotely with only occasional visits to an Emory University location.  Eastern (EST) time zone business hours may apply.  Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.  Emory does not approve as a primary work location in the following states; NJ, AK, and HI, any U.S. Territories or outside of the United States.

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