This position will remain open until a successful candidate has been identified.
UCSD Layoff from Career Appointment: Apply by 10/14/2022 for consideration with preference for rehire. All layoff applicants should contact their Employment Advisor.
Special Selection Applicants: Apply by 10/25/2022. Eligible Special Selection clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance.
Placement within the range is determined by internal equity, relevant qualifications, and collective bargaining agreements (when applicable).
DESCRIPTION
The Moores Cancer Center is one of just 52 NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the United States and the only one in San Diego County. As a consortium cancer center, it is a collaborative partnership between the UCSD: encompassing 14 departments (12 clinical, 2 basic sciences), 3 professional schools (School of Medicine, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Public Health), UCSD Health oncology hospitals and clinics; the basic and public health research and outreach of San Diego State University, and the basic and translational research of the La Jolla Institute of Immunology. These various programs and units are all dedicated to fulfilling the Moores Cancer Center's mission of reducing cancer's burden. As such, it ranks among the top centers in the nation conducting the continuum of cancer research, providing advanced patient care, and serving the community through outreach and education programs.
As a top-ranking, future-oriented organization, we offer challenging career opportunities in a fast-paced and innovative environment. Moores Cancer Center follows a progressive philosophy of career-path development for its employees including opportunities for cross-training, professional development, and progressive responsibility.
Act as technical lead with a high degree of knowledge in the overall field and recognized expertise in specialized data repositories. Responsible for the overall direction of all informatics projects for the international CLL Research Consortium (CRC) and the Breast Cancer program. Works with UC San Diego Health Information Systems in providing support for the CRC and Breast Cancer database web applications and data management systems. Independently designs, implements, and maintains multiple, complex rational databases, software applications, and web applications using FileMaker, .Net Core, JavaScript, VBA, SQL, CSS, HTML, and other languages as necessary. Participates in the identification, analysis, and execution of informatics requirements for research in conjunction with the consortium director and chief administrator. Serves as the primary technical expert for investigators, staff, and the Breast Cancer team. Responsible for long-range planning for technical resources including database systems, hardware, and software. Provides training and direction to consortium investigators, data managers, and staff concerning the proper use of data management systems.
Independently administers and develops moderately complex software systems, web-based applications, and data resources in a medium to large-scale computing environment, which requires advanced knowledge of software and development tools related to database development. Provides programming leadership and oversight of both architectural design and application development to other staff, for evolving web applications and relational database infrastructure. Develop and maintain User/System documentation, specifications, debugging guidelines, and operational procedures. Independently perform database administration functions with SQL Server and FileMaker Server. Design and create SQL stored procedures, functions, and views to automate advanced reporting requirements. Participate in the development of procedures and documentation.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Seven years of related experience, education/training, OR a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related area plus three years of related experience/training.
Demonstrated experience with database administration. Working knowledge of database management systems and standards. Knowledge relating to database system design. Advanced database querying and modeling skills working with moderately complex databases. Knowledge and experience in designing and implementing complex client/server relational database models preferably in FileMaker Pro Server, MSSQL and MySQL, in a multi-platform environment (UNIX, Mac OS and Windows). Knowledge of JDBC and ODBC connectivity.
Advanced skills associated with programming design, modification and implementation. Basic knowledge of secure software development. Demonstrated ability to create
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