Data Engineer I - Pathology (Pat. Molecular Diagnostics Lab)

The Pathology Department is seeking a Data Engineer I - Pathology who will assist with the creation and maintenance of complex data pipelines from raw acquisition of data to visualization. The Data Engineer I will support the design, production, and maintenance of software infrastructure to automatically extract, transform, and load data from diverse sources. The Data Engineer I will help input / output data from databases and realize complex queries. The Data Engineer I will support the creation of scripts for data manipulation, cleaning, filtering, and preparation of data outputs to be used for data visualization or web display. This will also include creating parts of systems to monitor and guarantee data quality, perform daily data quality assurance tasks, maintain, and troubleshoot the infrastructure, and audit data sources. The Data Engineer I will help explore and analyze data to answer policy-related questions as needed.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist with the design, production, and maintenance of data pipelines for data acquisition, management, and transformation, and back-end code development to power data web applications and convert raw data into usable information.
• Contribute to writing and maintenance of ETL / ELTs that operate on a variety of structured and unstructured sources.
• Assist with the development and maintenance of web data scraping systems for automatic data acquisition.
• Assist design data architecture and provide ongoing support.
• Assist with input / output data from databases and perform queries.
• Assist in the creation scripts to clean, transform, and analyze data.
• Contribute to production data pipelines using data warehousing systems.
• Create and implement production software to monitor data quality and detect data anomalies.
• Perform daily manual data quality assurance tasks.
• Support, maintain, and troubleshoot the software infrastructure.
• Source data, conduct analyses, visualize data, and generate insights to support ongoing research projects and other requests across the organization.
• Assist developers, analysts, data scientists, researchers, policy experts, and other partners.
• Communicate with Division leadership, and others on the team.
• Collaborate with external partners, contractors, and vendors.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Technical Skills and Expected Level of Proficiency

The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.

Classified Title : Data Engineer I

Job Posting Title (Working Title) : Data Engineer I - Pathology (Pat. Molecular Diagnostics Lab)

Role / Level / Range : ATP / 04 / PG

Starting Salary Range : $85,500 - $149,800 Annually ($87,000 targeted; Commensurate w / exp.)

Employee group : Full Time

Schedule : Monday-Friday 8 : 30am-5pm

FLSA Status : Exempt

Location : School of Medicine Campus

Department name : SOM Pat Molecular Diagnostics Lab

Personnel area : School of Medicine

Total Rewards

The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University's salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education / training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here : https : / / hr.jhu.edu / benefits-worklife / .

Education and Experience Equivalency

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines : JHU Equivalency Formula : 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education / experience required for the respective job.

Applicants Completing Studies

Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester / quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

Background Checks

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.

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