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Applications Developer and Data Administrator
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Position Number: 1953423
Location: Boston, MA
Position Type: Computer and Information Technology

Applications Developer and Data Administrator

About Northeastern:
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.

Our locationsin Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland, Maine; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahantare nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.

Northeastern's comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs in a variety of on-campus and online formatslead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.

About the Opportunity:
For more information visit: https://web.northeastern.edu/protect/research/data-management-and-modeling-core/

Responsibilities:
Design, implement and support a database management system that supports approximately 25 research scientists/engineers from multiple institutions participating in research projects supported by the National Institute of Health (NIH), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other. The projects include the PROTECT Center, the CRECE Center, and The ECHO Project at Northeastern University, among others; which are working across multiple geographic locations, supporting research in the areas of environmental and public health. The system is built using EarthSoft's EQUIS Enterprise software, and utilizes Microsoft SQLserver, as well as Microsoft Server and Microsoft IIS. The Applications Developer & Data Administrator is responsible for the import, export, cleaning, security and reliability of all data in the system. Data cleaning and data de-identification are frequent issues that need to be constantly assessed. The Applications Developer & Data Administrator is also responsible for system administration of the servers used by the Center. Ongoing work includes the development of EQUIS dashboards to allow users to easily access data remotely and securely, and the development of machine learning tools to enable researchers to identify trends and outliers in large data sets. Future work will include the integration of the PROTECT, CRECE and ECHO data, making these data sets ready and available to become part of a national data repository. Future work will also include redesign of the existing database, developing tools that build automated data dictionaries, and developing a seamless interface to present data sets through ArcGIS.

Qualifications:
BS degree in Computer Science/Engineering or Information Systems. 2 years' experience or equivalent working with database systems, Microsoft server products, expertise in Python, C# and Perl, and general knowledge of server maintenance is required. Experience performing data cleaning and data dictionaries is required. Experience working with environmental data and ArcGIS is a plus. Knowledge of working with database ontologies desired.

Preferred Qualifications:

Salary Grade:
11

Additional Information:
Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To learn more about Northeastern University's commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.

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