Where: University of Dundee, Scotland UK
Salary range: Grade 7 (?30,434 - ?32,277) REF: MDN0953
Duration of Post: One year in the first instance
College: Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing
School: Medicine
Division: Population Health Sciences
Location: Medical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital &
Medical School Campus, University of Dundee, DD1 9SY.
Closing Date: 3 March 2015
We are seeking a person with good programming skills to provide a key link
between the source of our raw data and the analytics team. Our data can come
from many different sources in different formats and has often had minimal
cleaning or processing before we receive it. The data providers often provide
flat files which are processed in Python and translated to database format. Our
analytics team comprises machine learning specialists, biostatisticians and
epidemiologists. The key responsibilities of the post are to liaise with those
providing the data to help them provide it in an appropriate format and to
assist in the warehousing of the data including processing and documenting the
data to make it ready for the analytics team. Essential attributes are good
interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate clearly, experience with a
relational database management package such as MySQL and familiarity with the
Linux environment. Good working knowledge in any of C/C++, Python or Java.
Experience with an array programming language such as R or Matlab would be
useful though not essential.
To apply and for further details please visit our website and enter reference
MDN0953:
www.jobs.dundee.ac.uk
The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SC015096
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