Clinical Data Engineer

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🇮🇳 India – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

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🚰 Data Engineer

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ICON plc

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1990

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

ICON plc is a global provider of clinical, consulting, and commercial services across various sectors in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. They offer a wide range of clinical solutions, including decentralised clinical trials, cardiac safety solutions, early clinical laboratories, and medical imaging. ICON also provides technology solutions that support drug development from early phases to post-marketing. Their therapeutic expertise spans cardiovascular, oncology, internal medicine, and more, with a strong focus on transformative therapies like cell and gene therapies and biosimilars. ICON is recognized as a leading Contract Research Organisation (CRO), regularly providing thought leadership and contributing to industry publications and events. Their services are tailored to optimize clinical trials, offer regulatory intelligence, and deliver real-world evidence through robust data analysis and patient-centric solutions.

📋 Description

• Support end-to-end clinical data pipelines across cloud data lake and warehouse environments • Monitor and troubleshoot pipelines, including alerting, incident triage, root cause analysis support, and corrective/preventive actions • Develop and enhance AWS/Azure cloud ETL/ELT pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and delivery • Implement scheduling automation, repeatable ingestion, and automated quality checks • Design, develop, and maintain operational dashboards and data visualizations for pipeline health, data quality, and reporting • Support vendor and cross-functional integrations through data transfers, validation, reconciliation, and issue escalation • Collaborate with Stat Programming, SDTM, Analytics, and Clinical Data Programming teams to deliver datasets and exports • Track and report operational KPIs through dashboards and metrics • Follow controlled documentation and change practices for regulated clinical processes • Support GxP/CSV activities by maintaining documentation, test evidence, and traceability • Apply ALCOA+ data integrity practices and adhere to access controls and audit trail/logging requirements • Work with file-based SFTP integrations, Databricks/Delta Lake, Veeva CDB, and Elluminate/JReview

🎯 Requirements

• BS/BA (or equivalent) plus 5+ years in data engineering, pipeline development/operations, and multi-source data integration (clinical/biopharma preferred) • Foundational SQL skills • Understanding of basic data modeling and data quality checks • Familiarity with integration patterns; NoSQL exposure is a plus • Proficiency in Python (preferred) or R • Exposure to building/supporting pipelines with basic testing, logging, and monitoring • Familiarity with Agile/SDLC concepts • Jira/Confluence experience preferred or ability to learn quickly • Hands-on experience designing and supporting operational dashboards and data visualizations using Power BI, Tableau, and/or QlikView • Understanding of data refresh, access controls, and performance considerations • Awareness of CDISC/CDASH/SDTM concepts and willingness to learn how standards impact downstream clinical deliverables • Hands-on experience with CSV, JSON, XML, and file/API-based integrations • Ability to follow transfer specifications and validate outputs • Exposure to AWS and/or Azure and modern data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, and Spark • Working knowledge of GitHub/GitLab version control; CI/CD exposure is a plus • Experience or exposure to GxP-regulated practices, documentation, change control, and audit readiness • Understanding of data integrity expectations; ability to follow controlled procedures and maintain required evidence • Strong collaboration and communication; organized, detail-oriented, proactive • Ability to prioritize tasks, follow guidance, and deliver to deadlines in a fast-paced environment • Prior regulatory inspection/audit support experience preferred • AWS/Azure and/or Python certification preferred • Advanced Python or R, SQL, and understanding of clinical data standards are mandatory requirements • Relevant experience with AWS EMR, S3, Glue, and RDS • Hands-on experience with pipeline development and deployment using CI/CD and GitHub Actions • Ability to troubleshoot data-transfer issues and communicate effectively with business and downstream stakeholders • Legal right to work in the country where the role is based

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary and performance related incentives • Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable • Retirement and pension plans • Life assurance and disability coverage • Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources • Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways

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