Metadata Specialist for Life-Science Data (Hybrid)

Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB); Oost-Vlaanderen; Sur place; EUR 55 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible working, up to 2 days from 0

Résumé du poste

VIB Data Core in Ghent seeks a Research Metadata Specialist to shape how life-science data is described, connected and reused across platforms. You will link datasets to samples, experiments, projects and publications, making information machine-readable.

Join a collaborative team working with researchers, data stewards and developers to implement metadata models, mappings and validation rules, enabling FAIR data and automated reporting.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in bioinformatics, data science, information science, life sciences or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Several years of metadata experience in life-science research across data types.
• Experience designing or maintaining metadata schemas, data models or mappings.
• Understanding of metadata standards, vocabularies, persistent identifiers and provenance to support FAIR data.
• Ability to read API documentation, work with JSON or XML, and use or adapt scripts.
• Familiarity with Git and with testing and documenting changes.
• Structured, collaborative work style with clear communication and documentation.

Responsabilités

• Design and maintain metadata models that connect diverse life-science data with their scientific and administrative context.
• Select and apply the right standards, controlled vocabularies, ontologies and persistent identifiers, together with domain experts.
• Build and maintain mappings between local systems, the central data platform, external repositories, literature databases and institutional reporting.
• Develop and maintain lightweight, API-based workflows to retrieve and transform metadata and apply mappings, working with developers to integrate the resulting metadata into target systems.
• Define quality requirements and validation rules, and help automate them.
• Coordinate the review, testing, versioning and documentation of metadata models and templates.
• Support and train developers, data stewards and users and use their feedback to keep improving templates and workflows.

Connaissances

Metadata in life-science research

Designing metadata schemas

API documentation comprehension

JSON/XML handling

Scripting ability

Git proficiency

Formation

Master's degree in bioinformatics or related field

Outils

Git

Description du poste

VIB Data Core in Ghent seeks a Research Metadata Specialist to shape how life-science data is described, connected and reused across platforms. You will link datasets to samples, experiments, projects and publications, making information machine-readable.

Join a collaborative team working with researchers, data stewards and developers to implement metadata models, mappings and validation rules, enabling FAIR data and automated reporting.