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GENERAL SUMMARY/ OVERVIEW STATEMENT:

November 6, 2010 (last updated)

The programmer/analyst will support the activities of the i2b2 (Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside) program. i2b2 is an NIH-funded National Center for Biomedical Computing developing a scalable informatics framework for integrating clinical and genomic data in order to facilitate the design of individualized therapies for diseases having a genetic origin. The i2b2 framework is a java centric, open source environment.

Website i2B2: http://www.i2b2.org

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under direction of senior personnel, extend and develop RESTful web services to support the management of genomic data and associated biospecimens within the I2B2 framework.
Under direction of senior personnel, develop & test AJAX based UI
Develop and maintain system documentation
Provide administrative support for development and production systems
Document and track known issues
As necessary, liaise with clinical researchers and bioinformaticians to refine system functionality
Good oral and written communication skills

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related field

SKILLS/ ABILITIES/ COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

- Minimum 2 years of solid Java/J2EE programming experience including JBOS, Servlets, JSP, hibernate, etc.
- Development experience with XML technologies, SOAP, REST, JAXB, Web Services and Web applications
- Development experience with JMS
- Minimum 1 year’s experience working on *NIX platform required
- Minimum 2 years of experience of designing and developing with RDBMS systems. Experience with Oracle and SWL Server preferred
- Experience with Eclipse IDE
- Experience with CVS/SVN or similar source control system is highly desirable

- Knowledge of molecular biology and/or bioinformatics a distinct advantage
- Experience with maven, Junit, Apache & PHP will be considered a significant positive
- Experience in working with PL/SQL, packages, procedures and functions will be considered a significant positive

HOSPITAL WIDE RESPONSIBILITIES: .
Works within legal, regulatory, accreditation and ethical practice standards relevant to the position and as established by BWH/Partners; follows safe practices required for the position; complies with appropriate BWH and Partners policies and procedures; fulfills any training required by BWH and/or Partners, as appropriate; brings potential matters of non-compliance to the attention of the supervisor or other appropriate hospital staff.