Programmer Analyst II - HIV Research

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation For The Advancement Of Military Medicine - Bethesda, MD

Full-time

Bethesda, MD

Hospitals

About the position

Join the HJF Team! HJF is seeking a Programmer Analyst II to support the Data Coordinating and Analysis Center (DCAC) for the Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) and the Emerging Infectious Diseases Branch (EIDB) of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), located at 6720A Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland. HJF provides scientific, technical, and programmatic support services to MHRP, EIDB, and affiliated programs. The DCAC serves as an in-house centralized resource for clinical data management, biostatistical analysis, reporting, and training in support of clinical trials and scientific research. The Programmer Analyst II will provide statistical support for new and ongoing HIV and other emerging infectious disease studies conducted by MHRP, EIDB, and affiliated programs. This role involves database and statistical programming, programming for standard report generation, ad-hoc queries, analyses, data manipulation, extraction, and export. The incumbent should be familiar with commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within the clinical data management/analysis field. The role requires intermediate experience and judgment to plan and accomplish programming goals for multiple clinical trials and studies with a wide degree of creativity and latitude, working with minimum supervision and mentorship. The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing military medicine. We serve military, medical, academic, and government clients by administering, managing, and supporting preeminent scientific programs that benefit members of the armed forces and civilians alike. Since its founding in 1983, HJF has served as a vital link between the military medical community and its federal and private partners. HJF's support and administrative capabilities allow military medical researchers and clinicians to maintain their scientific focus and accomplish their research goals.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to a policy of strict confidentiality concerning all documents, data, and information maintained within the department.
• Adhere to department Standard Operating Procedures for all data management/programming responsibilities.
• Provide programming for data extraction, edit logic checks, data listings, summary statistics, analyses, reports, tabulations, creation of analytic data sets, and ad-hoc queries.
• Generate and maintain administrative and statistical reports to be run on a periodic or ad-hoc basis.
• Coordinate, program, analyze, and evaluate clinical data using the SAS programming language.
• Participate in development and implementation of Quality Assurance practices.
• Assist Principal Investigators and Scientists in retrieving and incorporating data from multiple sources using SAS, R, SQL, or other query tools.
• Read research protocols and integrate protocol design requirements into programming objectives.
• Review and test study setup in data management system to accomplish programming tasks.
• Develop and/or review: Standard operating procedures (SOPs), data set documentation, other department, and protocol related documentation.
• Review data management plans, data use agreements, data entry instructions, case report forms and case report form annotation.
• Review business logic checks specification.
• Extract, transform, and load (ETL) clinical data to/from Data Warehouse.
• Contribute to final study reports.
• Provide written documentation to include description of pertinent data sets, formats, and structures. Ensure that data sets are complete and correct.
• Mentor junior programmer analysts.
• Perform other duties as required and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum of 3-5 years experience required.
• Knowledge of the SAS programming language, especially basic SAS procedures (CIMPORT, GRAPH, COMPARE, CONTENTS, CPORT, EXPORT, FORMAT, FREQ, IMPORT, MEANS or UNIVARIATE, PRINT, REPORT, SORT, SQL) and the DATA step and the ability to perform programming tasks in a SAS/Linux environment.
• Experience handling large data sets, familiarity with data quality issues and with programming in a clinical research environment.
• Ability to learn new data management software programs necessary for job completion.
• Must be detail-oriented and possess problem solving skills.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Must have strong oral and written communication skills.
• Must be able to handle multiple projects simultaneously and deliver high quality deliverables on time.
• Must be able to work independently and as part of a team setting with minimum supervision.