Systems Engineer

AVC Clinical Research Programs

Full Time

68644BR

Job Summary

The Systems Engineer will apply skills as a seasoned, experienced software professional with a full understanding of industry practices, community standards and relevant policies and procedures to medium-sized projects or portions of large projects with moderate scope and complexity. Resolves a wide range of issues. Demonstrates competency in selecting tools, methods and techniques to obtain results. The incumbent will follow the established guidelines of the Biospecimen Informatics team regarding source control, task tracking, testing, and deployment best practices.

The Systems Engineer will work with other team members to plan, estimate, develop, and validate features, enhancements, and bug fixes for the UCSF BioCatalyst system. This will include work on the system itself and development and validation associated with integrations with other UCSF clinical and informatics systems. The incumbent will actively participate in team huddles, retrospectives, process improvement sessions, product demonstrations, and other meetings as needed.

This is a 1 year contract position from start date. 

Department Description

The Office of the Associate Vice-Chancellor of Clinical Research (AVC-CR), a division within the Office of Research, provides executive leadership for the UCSF clinical research community to support enterprise-wide administration, infrastructure, and services. This includes representation of the UCSF clinical research community to the Vice Chancellor of Research (VCR), other UCSF leadership, and extramural stakeholders. The office of the AVC-CR works with campus clinical research leadership to improve clinical research support across sites, schools, and disciplines. The office directs and facilitates the development and implementation of innovative programs and activities that address the priorities of the clinical research community. These include programs in clinical trials operations, enterprise-wide biobanking, clinical trial data sharing, and additional areas of need. The AVC-CR also directs and serves as principal investigator for the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI). CTSI spans the four UCSF health science schools (Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, and Dentistry), the UCSF Graduate Division, and collaborating affiliates of UCSF. The mission of CTSI is to facilitate clinical and translational research to improve patient and community health. CTSI does this by providing infrastructure, services and training to make research more efficient. CTSI develops broad coalitions and partnerships at the local, regional and national levels to enable a transformation of the research environment. CTSI has $26M in annual budget from multiple funding sources (NIH, institutional, philanthropy, industry and other) and includes over 20 interdisciplinary programs.

The UCSF Biospecimen Services Program has been in operation since 2015 and was founded to facilitate translational research efforts by coordinating biospecimen activities in support of the research enterprise. The Biospecimen Services Informatics Program (BSIP) plays an instrumental role in the strategic development of an infrastructure that supports technologies and expertise for biospecimen collection, processing, storage, and distribution as well as implementation of informatics systems that ties all components of the pipeline together.  BSIP is currently responsible for the implementation, maintenance, and sustainability of the MBioLIMS and BioCatalyst systems at UCSF.  MBioLIMS is a vendor supported biospecimen sample management system which is used to track and catalog activities associated with biospecimens acquired for research purposes.  BioCatalyst is a a first-of-its-kind biospecimen search engine developed at UCSF which ties de-identified sample data to clinical and other data via system integrations and an honest broker operational model.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related area and three years of experience or equivalent combination of experience / training
• Intermediate knowledge of secure software development in a UNIX / LINUX environment
• Advanced skills associated with software design, modification, implementation, and deployment, including object-oriented programming concepts
• Experience with one or more of the following database applications: MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostGRES, Oracle, ElasticSearch, MongoDB
• Demonstrated ability to interface with management on a regular basis.
• Demonstrated software repository skills. Demonstrated testing and test planning skills.
• Thorough experience with the following common programming tools: JAVA, REST, SQL
• Demonstrated ability to follow software specifications
• Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with planning for deployment and creation of feedback mechanisms
• Experience with one or more of the following libraries / frameworks: Angular, React, Springboot
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization
• Self-motivated and works independently and as part of a team. Able to learn effectively and meet deadlines
• Demonstrated broad problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to understand functional needs and how systems can support those needs
• Demonstrated ability to develop conversion and system implementation plans
• Experience with DevOps such as Docker and Ansible

About UCSF

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the world’s leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging and stem cells.

Pride Values

UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence – also known as our PRIDE values.

In addition to our PRIDE values, UCSF is committed to equity – both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available at diversity.ucsf.edu

Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of California San Francisco is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

Job Code and Payroll Title

007300 APPLICATIONS PROGR 3

Job Category

Professional (Non-Clinical)

Bargaining Unit

99 - Policy-Covered (No Bargaining Unit)

Location

Flexible (combination of onsite and remote work)

Additional Shift Details

Monday - Friday, 8:30AM to 5:30PM