Life Sciences Metadata Architect – Flexible Work

VIB BV; Oost-Vlaanderen; À distance; EUR 60 000 - 85 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible working: up to two days per w

Travel for collaboration

Résumé du poste

VIB Data Core is seeking a Research Metadata Specialist to shape how life-science data is described, connected and exchanged across VIB platforms and external repositories. You will link datasets to samples, experiments, projects and publications, making information structured, machine-readable and reusable.

You will work with researchers, data stewards and developers to create practical metadata models, mappings and validation rules, and train teams to use the templates effectively.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• Several years of metadata experience in life-science research.
• Experience designing or maintaining metadata schemas or mappings.
• Understanding of metadata standards, vocabularies and provenance.
• Ability to read API documentation and work with JSON/XML.
• Familiarity with Git and documenting changes.
• Structured, collaborative way of working with clear communication.

Responsabilités

• Design and maintain metadata models linking diverse life-science data with context.
• Apply standards, vocabularies, ontologies and persistent identifiers.
• Build mappings between local systems, central platforms and repositories.
• Develop lightweight, API-based workflows to transform metadata.
• Define quality rules and help automate validation.
• Coordinate review, testing, and documentation of models and templates.
• Support researchers, data stewards and developers, gathering feedback.

Connaissances

Metadata design

FAIR data concepts

API usage principles

JSON / XML proficiency

Git version control

Collaborative working

Clear communication

Open science awareness

Formation

Master's degree in bioinformatics, data science, information science, life sciences or related field

Equivalent experience in metadata

Outils

Git

JSON

XML

APIs / API workflows

Description du poste

VIB Data Core is seeking a Research Metadata Specialist to shape how life-science data is described, connected and exchanged across VIB platforms and external repositories. You will link datasets to samples, experiments, projects and publications, making information structured, machine-readable and reusable.

You will work with researchers, data stewards and developers to create practical metadata models, mappings and validation rules, and train teams to use the templates effectively.