Senior Project Scientist
- Employer
- Old Dominion University
- Location
- Virginia, United States
- Salary
- Salary Commensurate with experience
- Date posted
- Mar 10, 2021
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Health & Medicine, Medicine, Administrative, Academic Affairs, Research Administration
- Employment Level
- Non-Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
The Hampton Roads Biomedical Research Consortium (HRBRC) at Old Dominion University is seeking candidates for three Senior Project Scientist (full-time, 12 month) positions. This position conducts and supervises basic and applied biomedical, digital population health, public health, cybersecurity, and information technology engineering research initiatives. This position may serve as principal investigator or co-principal investigator for sponsored research projects and is responsible for the proper completion of statements of work under delivery orders or contracts. Other key areas of responsibility include:
- The establishment, operation, maintenance, and governance of physical and cloud-based data lakes for healthcare, digital population health, and other related disciplines.
- Lead data modeling, simulation, analysis, and visualization research teams by creating the research team group, setting milestones and deliverable dates, and ensuring that the team works efficiently and effectively as a cohesive unit.
- Prepare monthly status reports on research projects for submission to government, academic and industry sponsors by providing status updates on milestones, deliverables, actions items and potential areas of concern.
- Conduct In-progress review (IPR) meetings with government, academic and industry sponsors by scheduling the meetings, sending meeting announcements, setting meeting agenda, developing the presentations, and facilitating the meeting.
- Maintain consistent familiarity with software and hardware tools as they relate to both data lake infrastructures and modeling, simulation, analysis, and visualization applications by attending conferences and other training seminars.
- Conduct, collaborate and participate in the development of future projects with regional, state, and national partners in academia, medicine, industry, and government.
- Develop and maintain computer software and hardware skills aligned with best practices for physical and cloud-based data lake security, maintenance, operation, support, and government.
- Develop and participate in activities that support the broader
research community by providing instruction and conducting training
(such as outreach events, community and entrepreneurial ecosystem
activities, and STEM-related events).
Required Education: Master’s degree in computer
science, computer programming, information technology, engineering
or other related stem discipline OR a bachelor’s degree, in the
same fields of study, with equivalent related experience to equate
to a master’s degree may be substituted.
Required Qualifications: Professional experience
in data technologies as data engineer, software developer, or
related role. Experience with Cloud Data Platforms (Amazon, Google,
and/or Azure) and/or experience building and maintaining
on-premises Data Platforms. Experience in creating dashboards and
data visualizations. Experience in creating Data Lake, Data
Warehouse, Analytical data models and/or STAR schemas. Experience
in applying data governance standards and creating technical data
dictionary. Working knowledge of managing data sensitivity, data
privacy, and security. Demonstrated ability to exercise independent
judgement, set priorities, evaluate results, and coordinate work
with others. Excellent verbal and written communication
skills.
Preferred Qualifications: Knowledge in leveraging
any of AI/ML/DL techniques, Graph Technologies, NLP, and Text
Analytics. Understanding of ETL/ELT pipelines and Data Warehousing
design, tooling, and support. Understanding of different data
formatting (JSON, CSV, XML) and data storage techniques (3NF, EAV
Model, Star Schema, Data Lake). Familiarity within an integrated
development environment (IDE). Demonstrated ability to prepare
written correspondence, technical reports, proposals and other
pertinent documents as they relate to research. Demonstrated
ability to develop and conduct independent research including
opportunity identification, proposal preparation and award
management as project manager or principal investigator. Experience
with scripting using Python, SQL, Stored procedures, power-shell,
JavaScript or other scripting languages. Experience building data
pipelines to ingest structured, semi-structured datasets using
files, API, streams, and RDBMS. Experience in SDLC Processes,
CI/CD, Agile Methodologies, and/or modern DevOps practices.
Experience with near real-time stream data processing.
Review Date: The initial application review date
for this position is April 9, 2021 and will remain open until
filled.
It is the policy of Old Dominion University to provide equal
employment, educational and social opportunities for all persons,
without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race
including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such
as braids, locks, and twists), color, religion, sex or gender
(including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions),
national origin, gender identity or expression, age, veteran
status, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation or
genetic information. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals
with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
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