Sr. LIMS Developer

Posted on May 7, 2018 By Corrine Castillo Job Post

Job Overview:

Lead or mentor technical team. Investigate, develop, test and recommend new software solutions for existing or proposed processes. Evaluate and implement new applications and support on-going effective utilization of applications. Support LIMS (Lab Information Management System) and other laboratory quality systems. This is a global position, and it will require working with end users or colleagues in different timezones and occasionally outside normal working hours.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Build and mentor team members.

  • Organize, analyze, prioritize departmental work demands for assignment to others. Be responsible for quality, value, and timeliness of deliveries of team members.

  • Articulate ideas and solution to peers and stakeholders for acceptance.

  • Maintain industry knowledge of technical advances in LIMS and other laboratory solutions.

  • Meet with users to plan the implementation of LIMS, enhancements and assess impact to operations and necessary work flow changes.

  • Identify opportunities for improving LIMS functionality and performance.

  • Focuses on meeting customer expectations and working with a customer service mindset.

  • Meet with lab management teams to plan the implementation of LIMS, enhancements and assess impact to operations and necessary work flow changes.

  • Design and architect technical solutions that meets functional requirements.

  • Develop coding standards and perform code reviews.

  • Develop and enhance LIMS systems which include requirement analysis, designing, programming, configuration, upgrades/patches, system documentation, custom reports, bug fixes, and training.

  • Configure and support LIMS analysis, test lists and other LIMS static data as needed.

  • Develop Crystal and Excel reports, data reports to customers, Key Performance Indicator reports and any other reports needed to support the laboratory functions.

  • Support the business in the retrieval of data from LIMS. Provide data for analysis utilizing queries and reporting tools.

  • Provide support of LIMS systems which include troubleshooting, configuration, administration, upgrades/patches, system documentation, bug fixes, and training.

  • Be part of the weekly on call rotation.

  • Perform other duties as needed.

Experience:

  • Demonstrated ability to lead or mentor a technical team.

  • Demonstrated ability to design technical solutions.

  • Demonstrated ability to build programming standards.

  • The incumbent should have a basic knowledge of system development life cycle (SDLC).

  • The incumbent should possess a minimum of 10 years of IT systems configuration and support experience gained through college coursework or work experience.

  • Minimum of 10 years of relational database backend programming such as stored procedures, functions, packages, database triggers and PL/SQL

  • Minimum of 5 years of programming experience using programming language such VB, Windows scripting language, Java

  • Experience in building SQL queries, optimization and fine tuning is preferred.

  • Experience applying knowledge of laboratory workflow and Quality Control principles preferred.

  • The incumbent must be well organized with effective oral and written communication skills.

  • Possess a positive attitude and be able to multitask on several projects simultaneously.

  • Familiarity with industry standard scientific instruments will be a plus

  • The ability to interact with all levels of the organization is necessary to be able to complete all tasks effectively.

  • Experience in a global company

Education:

  • A bachelor’s degree in computer science and/or programming

by Corrine Castillo

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