Biomedical Data Engineer – Research & EHR Analytics

The University of Iowa; Iowa City (IA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fringe benefits

Job summary

The University of Iowa is seeking a Database Administrator for ICTS - Biomedical Informatics to support data extraction, integration, and analysis for clinical and translational research. This role works with EDW4R and other data platforms to enable research data workflows.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in healthcare or biomedical data, strong SQL skills, and experience with EHR data and healthcare terminologies.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience working with healthcare, clinical, biomedical, or research data.
• Experience querying and analyzing data using SQL or related database technologies.
• Experience working with electronic health record (EHR) data and healthcare terminology systems.
• Understanding of healthcare data structures, clinical workflows, and healthcare coding systems (ICD, CPT, LOINC, SNOMED, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in collaborative environments.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Utilize SQL and related database technologies to extract, transform, validate, and analyze clinical and research data from the EDW4R and related systems.
• Collaborate with researchers and project teams to define data requirements, cohort criteria, and reporting specifications.
• Develop and maintain reports, queries, dashboards, and supporting documentation for research and operational needs.
• Create and maintain database objects, forms, extracts, and reporting workflows supporting research initiatives.
• Review and interpret database specifications, data models, and research data requirements.
• Participate in data modeling and metadata management activities related to clinical and research datasets.
• Provide analysis, design, implementation, and operational support for research data and reporting solutions.
• Develop and maintain programmatic solutions and automation workflows supporting research data operations.
• Provide technical and operational support for research data and associated workflows.
• Support routine database administration activities, including review, validation, and security processes.
• Follow established core practices and processes.
• Coordinate and provide support on activities across multiple concurrent projects and priorities.

Skills

SQL

Data analysis

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Communication

Independent work

Tools

Epic Clarity

Tableau/Power BI

Python/R

Job description

The University of Iowa is seeking a Database Administrator for ICTS - Biomedical Informatics to support data extraction, integration, and analysis for clinical and translational research. This role works with EDW4R and other data platforms to enable research data workflows.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in healthcare or biomedical data, strong SQL skills, and experience with EHR data and healthcare terminologies.