Clinical Data Engineer
ICON plc (company site, opens in a new tab)5+ yrsChennaiOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 12–20 LPA
Posted 14h ago
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Job description
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About This Role
- Own day-to-day operation and improvement of clinical data pipelines across data lake and warehouse environments, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and stable delivery.
- Build and support cloud ETL/ELT, repeatable ingestion, automated quality checks, and operational dashboards; track delivery KPIs such as timeliness, success rate, and defects.
- Integrate clinical data from vendors and internal teams for downstream users, validating transfers and maintaining documentation, test evidence, and traceability for regulated processes.
Minimum Requirements
- Work Experience Required: 5+ years in data engineering, pipeline development/operations, and multi-source data integration.
- BS/BA degree or equivalent required.
- Advanced Python or R, SQL, and understanding of clinical data standards are stated as mandatory requirements.
- Must have the legal right to work in the country where the role is based; the country is Not explicitly mentioned in the JD.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Has hands-on experience supporting clinical or biopharma data pipelines and understands how clinical data standards affect downstream deliverables.
- Can troubleshoot file/API data transfers and work with cloud platforms; relevant examples include AWS services, Databricks/Delta Lake, and SFTP integrations.
- Has built operational dashboards—Tableau is the preferred strategic tool—and can support controlled documentation, change practices, and data-quality oversight.