Staff Data Scientist - JR31172-3800

The University of Chicago • Chicago, IL • 2h ago

This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/12901905 Department

BSD CTD - Bioinformatics - Plan X

About the Department

The Center for Translational Data Science (CTDS) at the University of Chicago is a research center whose mission is to develop the discipline of translational data science to impactful problems in biology, medicine, healthcare, and the environment. We envision a world in which researchers have ready access to the data needed and the tools required to make data driven discoveries that increase our scientific knowledge and improve the quality of life. We architect ecosystems of large-scale commons of research data, computing resources, applications, tools, and services for the broader research community to use data at scale to pursue scientific inquiry and accelerate discovery. Learn more at https://gdc.cancer.gov/ , https://gen3.org/ , https://stats.gen3.org/ , and https://ctds.uchicago.edu/.

Job Summary

The Center for Translational Data Science at the University of Chicago is seeking a Staff Data Scientist to support a diverse range of research projects. Data Scientists work in a collaborative interdisciplinary team and play a critical role in AI/ML tooling, features, and improvements for our open-source software systems and applications, analyzing data, and in understanding and representing user requirements to internal and external stakeholders in our translational data science projects and products. Under the leadership of team or project leads, a person in this position will be a key contributor to the design and implementation of algorithms, AI/ML models, and workflows to enable the discovery of valuable information in large volumes of data from various sources; organizes, harmonizes, and analyzes data sets and develops tools to assist such processes; uses various technologies to visualize data or enable data visualization; and creates applications of general value to the project and product owners.

The job uses best practices and advanced knowledge of data manipulation, statistical applications, programming, analysis and modeling in order to implement projects related to the University\'s various internal data systems as well as from external sources.

This at-will position is wholly or partially funded by contractual grant funding which is renewed under provisions set by the grantor of the contract. Employment will be contingent upon the continued receipt of these grant funds and satisfactory job performance.

Responsibilities

Leading the Interpretation of data from multiple sources.

Developing and implementing software programs and services, software

notebooks and software scripts for data transformation, data integration, data analysis and data visualization.

Contributing to and taking a leadership role in the enhancement and

maintenance of previously developed in-house open-source data platforms, systems, applications and notebooks.

Performing various @types of analysis involving multiple data sets.

Leading data science projects and initiatives within purview, by

relaying data analysis and model deployment best practices, enhancing the technical knowledge of peers, and helping develop data science skills in junior employees and interns.

Assisting in providing leadership for design of user-facing

computational resources.

Serving as a reference for staff, faculty members, and Gen3 users as

technical subject matter expert by applying principles of data science to define and scope data science projects that involve developing computational tools and services for data engineering, data manipulation, statistical analysis, and modeling.

Has a deep understanding of methods to analyze complex data sets for

the purpose of extracting and purposefully using applicable information. May develop and maintain infrastructure that connects data sets.

Guides staff or faculty members in defining the project and applies

principals of data science in manipulation, statistical applications, programming, analysis and modeling.

Calibrates data between large and complex research and

administrative datasets. Guides and may set the operational protocols for collecting and analyzing information from the University\'s various internal data systems as well as from external sources.

Designs and evaluates statistical models and reproducible data

processing pipelines using expertise of best practices in machine learning and statistical inference. Provides expertise for high level or complex data-related requests and engages other IT resources as needed.

Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Certifications:

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

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