Research Informatics Developer

University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore Washington•Linthicum Heights, MD

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About The Position

Performs a critical role in supporting clinical and translational research by leading customer engagement, translating research needs into technical solutions, and delivering high-quality data resources. This position works closely with faculty, study teams, and technical staff to ensure timely, accurate, and mission-aligned data delivery. As a core member of a high-performance team, they will ensure data pipelines are consistently and reliably maintained and analytics capabilities are delivered at an optimum level, helping the organization identify research insights from a large number of diverse datasets.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in health science related field (e.g. biostatistics, epidemiology, etc.) or technology (e.g. computer science, engineering, etc.), or a related field from an accredited institution
At least two (2) years of experience writing reports against enterprise data warehouses.
At least two (2) years of experience writing reports using healthcare data against Epic data warehouses (Clarity or Caboodle) preferred.
At least two (2) years of experience using standardized clinical code systems (e.g. ICD10, SNOMED CT, LOINC, RxNorm, UMLS) and common data models (OMOP)
At least two (2) years of experience in a healthcare reporting or biomedical research environment working with enterprise data warehouses, including data profiling, data quality assessments, data analysis/reporting, data set curation
At least two (2) years of SQL programming expertise
Experience working within HIPAA-compliant or other highly confidential data environments
Experience working in an academic core service or research support service
Excellent customer service skills
Excellent written and oral communication skills
BI developer skills (e.g. Tableau reports, Power BI)
Strong analytical skills, critical thinking, attention to detail and accuracy, and strong inter-personal skills
Ability to communicate with cross functional teams, ability to support development of BI dashboards and reports, and data analytic initiatives
Advanced communication skills and proficiency with MS Office

Responsibilities

Lead scoping and documentation of clinical research data requests, ensuring clarity and alignment with organizational objectives.
Translate clinical and research requirements into actionable technical specifications, including SQL queries and data model designs.
Design, build, and maintain data resources such as relational databases, data marts, data lakes, and flat files (.csv) for research use.
Write, test, and optimize SQL queries to extract and transform data, contributing to code reviews and ensuring data quality.
Execute data requests within defined scope and timelines, maintaining responsiveness to a one-business-day service level agreement (SLA).
Identify and resolve data anomalies, validate new data sources, and troubleshoot data quality issues to ensure reliability.
Provide flexible, on-demand data analysis to support business decisions and research inquiries.
Contribute to the standardization of documentation and adoption of best practices, including writing specifications and job aids.
Investigate new tools, technologies, and data sources to improve research capabilities and inform future development.
Perform all other duties as assigned.