Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Children’s Oncology Group conducts clinical research focused on childhood and adolescent cancer. The Study Database Administrator I maintains, develops, and reports data from clinical research databases, supports Data Operations staff, and provides database administration expertise for clinical trial operations.
Responsibilities
- Maintain data extraction, consolidation and reporting processes across multiple databases, and other data sources, to meet periodic and ad-hoc reporting requirements including: site management, disbursements, regulatory compliance, subject eligibility, toxicity reporting, data submission, long term follow-up, data clean-up and revision, and other administrative and clinical trial requirements
- Design, develop and maintain study-specific reports using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) as needed to support COG clinical trial operations
- Design, develop and maintain computer programs that generate consolidated data to support COG clinical data reporting and analysis
- Develop and maintain data-timeliness reporting computer programs in collaboration with the study-specific Research Coordinators
- Support Data Operations staff by guiding them to required data within the clinical data management systems, providing sample SQL queries to ensure proper data usage, and assisting with usage of data access software
- Adopt and apply COG and industry best practices for data management and application development to ensure the accuracy, integrity and timely delivery of work products to internal and external stakeholders
- Work with COG’s request tracking system to track task assignments and with project management staff to coordinate tasks with other team members and schedule completion of work deliverables
- Perform database administration, maintenance and optimization activities for reporting-related database structures
- Perform other duties as assigned
Skills
- * Two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in database management, relational database administration and experience working with and manipulating datasets
- * Bachelor's degree; Computer Science or STEM discipline highly preferred, or substitute with four (4) additional years of relevant work experience
- * Must have SQL query and/or SAS programming experience
- * Experience with commercial data reporting tools
- * Excellent customer service, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills with the ability to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences
- * Goal/results oriented with strong analytical skills
- * Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- The COG Research Foundation, LLC is a 100% remote employer, though some travel may be required. Employee must reside within the United States
- * Computer Science or STEM discipline highly preferred
- * Experience working with research datasets
- * Experience with SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services)
- * JSON/XML import/export experience
- * Experience in a comprehensive cancer center, cooperative group or the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry
- * Master's degree is a plus
Benefits
- 100% remote employer
- Medical benefits for employees who work 20 hours or more per week
- Dental benefits for employees who work 20 hours or more per week
- Vision benefits for employees who work 20 hours or more per week
- 401(k) for employees who work 20 hours or more per week
- Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO) for employees who work 20 hours or more per week
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees who work 20 hours or more per week
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for employees who work 20 hours or more per week
- Cell phone stipend for employees who work 20 hours or more per week
- Internet stipend for employees who work 20 hours or more per week
- Wellness stipend for employees who work 20 hours or more per week
- Paid holidays for employees who work 20 hours or more per week
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