Job Title: R Programming Consultant -
Job Location: Remote role
Contract Duration: 12Months of Contract role
End Client: Siemens
GC-EAD, -EAD, TN
Required Technical Skills
• Mandatory:
R programming (minimum 3 years, part of the required 8+ years total experience)
SAS
SQL
Statistical programming experience
• Highly Preferred:
o Python
o VBA / VBASIC
o Snowflake
o Data Lake experience
Education Requirements
• Master’s degree preferred
• Bachelor’s degree required with 8+ years relevant experience
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Position Type
Contract
Remote (This is a remote work position) / Can work anywhere within the United States, however, is required to work eastern time hours (9 a.m. – 5 p.m. EST, M-F).
Required:
- Master’s degree in mathematics, statistics, or computer science is preferred.
- Other with degrees in a quantitative field and advanced undergraduate or graduate-level statistical coursework will be considered.
- Minimum of 8 years in a statistical programming capacity, preferably within the medical device or biopharmaceutical industry.
- Must have experience programming in SAS and R directed towards analysis of clinical trial data and in supporting ETL pipelines from clinical data management to biostatistics.
- Experience supporting transition of statistical analysis programs from SAS to R.
- Strong programming experience within SAS, R, and SQL is required. Experience with Python, VBASIC, and a dashboard language such as PowerBI, Qlik, or Tableau is a plus.
- Experience with modern database platforms, such as SnowFlake and Delta DataLake, is desired.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal skills, problem solving and critical thinking skills.
- Report to the Senior Director of Clinical Data Management and Data Engineering within Medical Affairs.
Responsibilities:
- The R programming consultant will have a significant impact in shaping our business function by supporting adoption of the R programming language.
- This role will primarily be responsible for migration of SAS and VBASIC legacy programs to the R programming language, inclusive of specifications development, coding, and validation.
- This role will also support training and mentoring of experienced SAS users as they migrate to the R environment.
- Work closely with a cross-functional team within biostatistics, data management, and analytics to transition applications written in SAS or VBASIC to R.
- Conduct code review and technical assessment of legacy programs and suitability for migration to R.
- Recode applications in SAS to R; Select appropriate R packages, functions, and algorithms to migrate legacy SAS programs to the R environment.
- Develop and maintain documentation associated with migration activities including programming specifications, validations plans, test cases, and reports.
- Support training and mentoring of experienced SAS users as they migrate to the R environment.
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