Database Analyst Programmer-Associate (On-Site)
The Database Analyst Programmer-Associate will support data-driven clinical research at the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases. Working with cross-site research and operational teams, this role will help translate study needs into reliable data systems, standardized data collection processes, quality-control tools, and meaningful reports. The incumbent will contribute to integrating and analyzing research data that help study teams monitor recruitment, retention, participant populations, and overall progress toward study goals.
- Assists in the design, implementation, and maintenance of new and existing databases in a server environment.
- Designs, writes, tests, and debugs database stored procedures and simple queries to extract, calculate or manipulate information.
- Assists in creating database mappings to transform data from multiple systems developing and maintaining integrations between database systems.
- Works with departments to understand data collection, storage, and reporting needs for new systems.
- Assists cross-site research and operational stakeholders with defining business and data requirements, translating operational needs into standardized data models, validation logic, and quality-control processes.
- Builds and maintains reports and dashboards using data from multiple research sources; assists with querying, integrating, and validating datasets and tracking key study metrics, including recruitment, retention, attrition, and participant population characteristics.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
- Fundamental knowledge in common database operations.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel along with a solid understanding of charts and pivot tables, macros and data functions.
- Proficiency in relevant database software and tools.
- Strong analytical skills to resolve complex issues.
- Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
Education:
- Bachelors degree in a computer science, information systems, data analytics, or a related field is required.
Experience:
- None required.
- Internship and volunteer roles with specific coding experience is preferred.
- 2 or more years of experience working with databases, spreadsheets, data management, data analysis, or related information systems is preferred.
- Experience with regulatory grade data is preferred.
Preferred - Technical Skills:
- Analytics & Business Intelligence: Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, Excel.
- Data & Modeling: PostgreSQL, data modeling, ETL/ELT, Databricks.
- Systems & Development: REDCap, Airflow, Git/GitHub, API integration, Docker, Flask.
- Experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), electronic case report form (eCRF), electronic medical record (EMR), or similar clinical/research data systems.