CHDI
Job Title
System Administrator
Job Location
The position will be based in Princeton, N.J. (currently hybrid) with occasional travel to CHDI’s other offices in LA and NY and team meetings (in US and EU as needed).
Job Reports To
Director of IT
Other
Vaccination against COVID-19 is a prerequisite for employment at CHDI Management.
Job Description
CHDI oversees a large portfolio of projects aimed at understanding the natural progression of Huntington’s disease, developing biomarkers and endpoints for use in clinical trials, and working with external partners to develop and execute clinical development plans for novel therapeutics.
We are seeking a highly motivated and organized individual with an interest and background in clinical data management and system administration to assist CHDI in supporting clinical development activities. This highly detail-oriented individual will work closely with various groups within CHDI (and extended partners), external software developers, hosting providers, CROs, and others to support the development of electronic data capture (EDC) systems, create and review specifications and end user documentation, and manage access to numerous key applications. As needed this individual will help design databases, prepare datasets, conduct user acceptance testing, perform data extraction, write reports, and manage hosting and software development vendors. They will be a great team player with excellent listening, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Additionally, the System Administrator will work with various stakeholders to develop and follow standard operating procedures for access administration that follow external regulations (e.g. GDPR and ICFs) and is comfortable managing projects as well as working in a hands-on environment.
The position offers involvement in a novel model of non-profit orphan disease drug discovery development and an entrepreneurial work environment with high impact.
Job Responsibilities
- Work with CHDI legal, operations, information technology, and data management teams, to develop and closely follow processes to provide and manage access administration for key applications and systems.
- Write scripts to extract and configure data from datasets quickly and efficiently, as needed.
- Create and revise documentation, specifications, and user manuals for applications including EDC systems, clinical operations applications, and custom applications.
- Perform user acceptance testing and document key findings.
- Manage software development and hosting vendors.
- Drive the successful implementation of software enhancements efficiently and on time.
- FTP server/account administration (as needed)
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Bioinformatics, Health Informatics, Health Data Science or Computer Science.
- Strong organizational, time management, and multitasking skills.
- Highly detail oriented with demonstrated ability to simultaneously track, manage, and drive multiple projects.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills and an ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to work independently and proactively in a cross-functional environment with all levels of the organization.
- Proactive problem solver with ability to quickly adapt in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience as a system administrator with experience working in a top tier cloud environment (e.g., Rackspace, AWS, Azure, DNANexus, etc.).
- Experience in designing and developing electronic case report forms (eCRFs) and performing user acceptance testing within clinical research electronic data capture systems.
- Experience in technical writing of specifications, user manuals, etc.
- Proficiency with data manipulation using open source applications and databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, R, or similar).
- Proficiency with handling of big data
- Experience working with low/no code database applications (e.g., QuickBase, Knack, etc.).
- Project and contracts management experience is a plus.
- Biopharmaceutical drug development experience is a plus.
- Experience with PRO software development is a plus.
About CHDI Foundation, Inc.
CHDI is a private, not-for-profit research organization. We work with an international network of scientists to discover drugs that slow the progression of Huntington’s disease (HD).
We seek to accelerate scientific progress by serving as a collaborative enabler. We encourage and support cooperation and collaboration among HD researchers. Our strategy is to encourage researchers to develop practical ideas, useful research materials, and powerful technologies, often by providing financial support.
Our activities extend from exploratory biology to the identification and validation of therapeutic targets, and from drug discovery and development to clinical studies and trials.
About CHDI Management, Inc:
CHDI Management, Inc. was established in 2002 to provide administrative, management and grant making services to CHDI Foundation, Inc.
About our Donors
CHDI’s activities focus solely on the development of drugs that delay or slow Huntington’s disease. We are indebted to our donors, whose generosity and guidance have made possible this exclusive focus on science.