Clinical Data Engineer

About the role

Clinical Data Engineer, Remote

At ICON Strategic Solutions, you will work in a sponsor-dedicated model, supported by ICON’s global expertise.

As the world’s largest FSP organisation, with over 90 sponsor partnerships, we offer stability, career development and a collaborative environment where your work contributes to the development of treatments that benefit patients worldwide.

The Clinical Data Enablement Manager(FSP) is responsible for supporting the operation and

continuous improvement of clinical data pipelines across cloud-based data lake and data warehouse

environments. This role executes defined ingestion and transformation processes, assists with

monitoring and troubleshooting, collaborates with internal teams and external vendors, and helps

ensure timely, high-quality, and compliant delivery of clinical data outputs to downstream users.

What You Will Do:

. Support end-to-end clinical data pipelines across lake/warehouse environments (build, run, monitor, maintain, troubleshoot) to ensure stable, traceable operations.

• Assist with operational support activities including monitoring/alerting, incident triage, root cause analysis support, and implementing corrective/preventive actions under guidance.

• Develop and enhance cloud ETL/ELT pipelines (AWS/Azure) for ingestion, transformation, and delivery, following established patterns and standards.

• Implement automation for scheduling, repeatable ingestion, and automated quality checks to improve reliability and timeliness.

• Design, develop, and maintain operational dashboards and data visualizations using approved platforms to support pipeline health monitoring, data quality oversight, and operational reporting for stakeholders.

• Support vendor and cross-functional integrations by implementing data transfers per specifications, performing validation/reconciliation, and escalating issues as needed.

• Collaborate with downstream teams (Stat Programming, SDTM, Analytics, Clinical Data Programming) to understand data needs and deliver required datasets/exports (format, structure, cadence).

• Contribute to on-time, high-quality delivery against agreed specifications and participate in tracking and reporting operational KPIs (e.g., timeliness, success rate, defects) through dashboards and metrics.

• Follow controlled documentation and change practices for regulated clinical processes; support GxP/CSV activities by maintaining required documentation, test evidence, and traceability as assigned.

• Apply data integrity practices (e.g., ALCOA+ expectations per internal standards) and adhere to access controls and audit trail/logging requirements in collaboration with Quality/Compliance/IT.

Required qualifications and experience

• Education/Experience: BS/BA (or equivalent) plus 5+ years in data engineering, pipeline development/operations, and multi-source data integration (clinical/biopharma preferred).

• Core skills: Foundational SQL skills; understanding of basic data modeling and data quality checks; familiarity with integration patterns (NoSQL exposure a plus).

• Programming/SDLC: 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).

• Visualization & Reporting (for Reporting role): Hands-on experience designing and supporting operational dashboards and data visualizations using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, and/or QlikView, with an understanding of data refresh, access controls, and performance considerations.

• Data standards (preferred): Awareness of CDISC/CDASH/SDTM concepts and willingness to learn how standards impact downstream clinical deliverables.

• Data formats & Interfaces: Hands-on with CSV, JSON, XML and file/API-based integrations; able to follow transfer specifications and validate outputs.

• Cloud/platforms (preferred): Exposure to AWS and/or Azure and modern data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Spark); ability to implement within established frameworks and standards. • DevOps: Working knowledge of GitHub/GitLab version control; CI/CD exposure is a plus.

• GxP & Data integrity (preferred): Experience or exposure to GxP-regulated practices (documentation, change control, audit readiness) and understanding of data integrity expectations; able to follow controlled procedures and maintain required evidence.

• Ways of working / working style: Strong collaboration and communication; organized, detailoriented, proactive; able to prioritize tasks, follow guidance, and deliver to deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Preferred: Prior regulatory inspection/audit support experience; AWS/Azure and/or Python certification.

Preferred qualifications and experience

Advanced Python or R, SQL and understanding of clinical data standards are mandatory requirements.

• Relevant experience includes building data pipelines using AWS services (EMR, S3, Glue, RDS) and hands-on experience with pipeline development and deployment using CI/CD and GitHub Actions.
• Current integrations are primarily file-based (SFTP) with Databricks/ Delta Lake
• Primary clinical data platforms for integration are Veeva CDB and Elluminate/JReview.
• Tableau is the preferred strategic data visualization tool.
• Candidates should be able to troubleshoot data-transfer issues and communicate effectively with business and downstream stakeholders.

What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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