Application Specialist

Position summary

Solution design and stakeholder support

• Design, present, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure technical strategies; assess costs and operational tradeoffs.
• Develop solutions for business growth and digital transformation while meeting GxP and other applicable regulatory standards.
• Analyze business requirements with stakeholders, identify IT solutions, and present available options.
• Administer Quickbase, IEBS, DocuSign, and NetSuite; design and maintain system and data integrations.
• Maintain data connections involving Salesforce, Quickbase, NetSuite, Microsoft Power BI, and Watson.
• Configure SharePoint for proposal, contract, and document management.

Application development and support

• Develop user-facing features, evaluate UI/UX feasibility, and optimize applications for scalability, reuse, and user experience.
• Manage administration-system change requests and privileged access, including requests, terminations, and role changes.
• Document application configurations and troubleshoot user issues across platforms.

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or information technology.
• At least 3–4 years of equivalent work experience.
• Programming expertise, such as Python, and experience with AI-assisted coding.
• Life sciences or CRO experience is highly desirable.

Additional qualifications

• Strong teamwork and oral and written communication skills, including English.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a scientific laboratory environment.

Benefits

• Benefits include health and dental insurance, a 401(k) plan, disability insurance, and life insurance.