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This is a 12-month term appointment with the possibility of renewal contingent on funding.

This Staff role may start as a remote position due to the COVID-19 pandemic and while restrictions are still in place. The current remote nature of this role is considered temporary and may change as the University continues to evaluate options. While we continue to monitor the evolving COVID-19 guidelines, local on-campus work may be expected for some roles. Harvard Medical School does support flexible schedules, subject to individual departments' business needs.

Harvard requires COVID vaccination for all Harvard community members. Individuals may claim exemption from the vaccine requirement for medical or religious reasons. More information regarding the University's COVID vaccination requirement, exemptions, and verification of vaccination status may be found at the University's

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related degree preferred. At least 5 years experience as a software systems architect, including experience developing solutions with both relational database systems and at least one of the following languages: Java, Python, R.
• Master's Degree in a related field (Computer Science / Electrical Engineering, Bioinformatics, Statistics, Data Science, etc.) preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server or cloud-based data warehousing technologies
• Experience designing and maintaining multi-terabyte analytic relational databases, including index and query optimization
• Experience orchestrating and optimizing Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) processes for multi- terabyte data warehouses
• Comfort doing basic system administration in a Linux environment Comfort doing basic system administration in a Windows environment Experience with relational database index optimization
• Experience with containerized (Docker or Singularity) workflows/paradigms
• Experience with non-relational database systems (graph, key/value, document, array data stores) Experience with the R statistical computing platform
• Experience with Java Experience with Python
• Experience with high-performance computing
• Comfort independently exploring distributed computing and database technologies and generating executive reports
• Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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