Intern: Clinical Data Engineer – Data Insights & Compliance

Parexel; Bloemfontein; On-site; ZAR 134,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Parexel International invites ambitious recent graduates for a paid 12-month internship as a Clinical Data Engineer in Bloemfontein. The role offers structured learning, mentorship, and exposure to real projects within a regulated environment.

Under close supervision, you will support electronic data activities, data ingestion, trend analysis, and reconciliation of third-party data in compliance with SOPs, ICH-GCP, and regulatory guidelines. January 2027 start date; office-based in Bloemfontein.

Qualifications

• Final year undergrad or honours students in IT, CS, or Data Science.
• Internship starts January 2027; office-based in Bloemfontein.

Responsibilities

• Programming offline listings and custom reports for external data.
• Handling missing values and reading raw data files; creating data structures.
• Managing programming errors; data access, appending, and concatenating SAS datasets.
• Accountable for first-time quality on all deliverables.
• Maintain supporting study documentation for traceability and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Programming offline listings

Trend analysis

Data review

Data ingestion

Data reconciliation

Education

Information Technology (Bachelor/Honours)

Computer Science (Bachelor/Honours)

Data Science (Honours)

Tools

SAS

Job description

Parexel International invites ambitious recent graduates for a paid 12-month internship as a Clinical Data Engineer in Bloemfontein. The role offers structured learning, mentorship, and exposure to real projects within a regulated environment.

Under close supervision, you will support electronic data activities, data ingestion, trend analysis, and reconciliation of third-party data in compliance with SOPs, ICH-GCP, and regulatory guidelines. January 2027 start date; office-based in Bloemfontein.