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At BioCryst, we share a deep commitment to improving the lives of people living with complement-mediated and other rare diseases. For over three decades we’ve been guided by our passion for not settling for “ordinary” in our quest to develop novel medicines. We leverage our expertise in structure-guided drug design to develop first-in-class or best-in-class oral small-molecule and protein therapeutics, led by the efforts of our team of expert scientists in our Discovery Center of Excellence in Birmingham, Alabama. Our global headquarters is in Durham, North Carolina, our European headquarters is in Dublin, Ireland and our employees span the globe across sites in multiple countries. We are proud of our culture of engagement and accountability that rewards people for innovative thinking and achievement of key objectives. For more information, please visit our website at www.biocryst.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.
Job Summary
BioCryst is a fast-growing pharmaceutical company with an immediate opening for an experienced Sr. Data Engineer, Lab Systems who can effectively design, construct, maintain, and troubleshoot the company’s Discovery data architecture supporting daily operation of the laboratory systems in Birmingham, AL.
Our Discovery operation generates, stores, processes, and analyzes large amounts of data daily. The Sr. Data Engineer, Lab Systems is primarily responsible for the overall health and daily performance of the data ecosystem around laboratory information systems (LIS), such as electronic laboratory notebook, stability, and laboratory information management systems (LIMS). Key responsibilities for this role will be to develop and maintain the data architecture strategy and roadmap by closely collaborating with leadership across functional teams, and to ensure that scalable, secure data pipelines exist that make data accessible to our scientists for the analytics and insights important to meeting our business objectives.
You will be responsible for a complex enterprise application and data environment that changes rapidly to meet the evolving requirements of a growing enterprise of applications and client demands. This position is challenged with providing reliable, flexible, and cost effective solutions. You will gather requirements to understand the needs of each request to accurately assess configuration, value, and total cost of ownership.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
• Maintain a deep working knowledge of current and future capabilities across laboratory applications
• Collaborate with lab leadership, cross-functional leads, and staff to ensure lab activities, infrastructure, and support are integrated into planning for laboratory information activities and ensure minimal disruption of operations during system maintenance and updates
• Ensure regulated processes are sufficiently documented to meet compliance needs
• Work closely with lab leads to establish data and integration standards and guidance on data curation
• Ensure lab teams are trained and equipped appropriately to manage LIS workflows and perform troubleshooting activities
• Manage and monitor security of the laboratory information systems and data flows to ensure proper function and compliance
• Collaborate with vendor system engineers and company IT staff to develop and execute LIS data strategy, ensure proper installation and validation of needed packages and domain upgrades
• Closely collaborate with operational stakeholders to ensure business needs are met and future projects are properly scoped, resourced, and executed
• Maintain vendor relationship and participate in the evaluation, scoping and implementation of new systems or software
• Assist with providing training, technical, and application assistance to users to better utilize the functions available with the LIS
• All other job-related duties as it relates to the job function or as delegated by the management team
Experience & Qualifications
• A bachelor’s degree in life sciences or closely related field with an emphasis on information technology preferred AND minimum of 5 years’ experience working with information systems in a drug discovery and/or CMC laboratory setting, OR equivalent consulting experience in the implementation and management of laboratory information systems. Experience working with an electronic notebook platform or LIMS is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of operational workflows for the laboratory and how those workflows apply to lab systems
• Knowledge of relevant compliance and regulatory requirements related to laboratory information systems
• Understanding of lab data types and dataflows, and experience developing analytics to facilitate new insights and results reporting. Experience in informatics and/or artificial intelligence is a plus
• Strong analytical, written, listening, and oral communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization and external vendors, and to utilize social influence and servant leadership to achieve organizational objectives
• Ability to succeed in demanding situations through achieving balance between technical and business interests, accomplishing results through third parties, and remaining focused on business objectives while maintaining speed, quality, and costs
• Experience in project management is a plus
The statements in this position description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. The manager may assign additional responsibilities and assignments from time to time.
BioCryst is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to age, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, Veterans status, disability and/or other protected class characteristics. Additionally, BioCryst is committed to achieving its business objectives in compliance with all federal, state and local law.
