R&D Dev/Ops Engineer

Minimum Education
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, bioinformatics, data science or applicable engineering or science discipline. (Required)

Minimum Work Experience
0-3 years of programming experience. (Required)

Required Skills/Knowledge
Working knowledge of at least one programming language such as Python and Matlab
Comfort with frequent, incremental code, testing and deployment.
Ability to adjust to constant business change, including new requirements, evolving goals and strategies and emerging technologies.
Ability to interact, develop, engineer and communicate collaboratively at the highest technical levels with research teams, vendors, collaborators and all levels of Children's staff.

Familiarity with Linux/Unix environment. Ability to learn independently and improve the workflow.

Functional Accountabilities
Responsible Conduct of Research

• Consistently demonstrates adherence to the standards for the responsible conduct of research.

• Plans, conducts and manages research projects within federal and institutional regulations and policies under the direction of the principal investigator.

• Uses research funds and resources appropriately.

• Maintains confidentiality of data as required.

• Meets all annual job-related training and compliance requirements.

Project Planning

• Participates in project planning processes, including creating and sharing development estimates.

• Assesses client needs, using a structured requirements process (gathering, analyzing, documenting and managing changes) in order to develop business requirements.

• Writes and communicates business requirements and functional specifications for the implementation of client solutions.

Application Development

• Develops/builds IT solutions to meet business requirements and build test cases, test scenarios and scripts.

• Codes and documents custom test automation frameworks. Assists with setup and maintenance of test environments for both manual and automated testing.

• Deploys new modules, upgrades and fixes to the production environment.

Production Support

• Assists in production support and performs ongoing routine application maintenance tasks.

• Performs script maintenance and updates due to changes in requirements or implementations.

• Documents functions and changes to new or modified modules and test activities/results.

• Optimize and streamline pipelines to improve performance

Performance and Research Management

• Provides training to interns and assists in the direction of intern work as needed.

• Assists in the development of user guides and training documentation for systems.

• Ensures code review as part of QI/QA.

• Assists in defining DevOps and quality guidelines and standards.

• Ensures all applications are documented according to standards.

• Promotes effective use of information technology by educating users on system functionality and training.
• Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met

Teamwork/Communication

• Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior

• Partner with all team members to achieve goals

• Receptive to others' ideas and opinions

Performance Improvement/Problem-solving

• Contribute to a positive work environment

• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change

• Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes

• Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment

Cost Management/Financial Responsibility

• Use resources efficiently

• Search for less costly ways of doing things

Safety

• Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance

• Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation

• Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation

• Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication

• Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers

• Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance