Research Data Manager

<div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma'">(ID: 2026-3882)<p></p><br> <p><strong>Axle</strong> is a bioscience and information technology company that offers advancements in translational research, biomedical informatics, and data science applications to research centers and healthcare organizations nationally and abroad. With experts in biomedical science, software engineering, and program management, we focus on developing and applying research tools and techniques to empower decision-making and accelerate research discoveries. We work with some of the top research organizations and facilities in the country including multiple institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).</p> </div><br> <div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma'"> <p><strong>Benefits We Offer:</strong></p> <ul> <li>100% Medical, Dental &amp; Vision Coverage for Employees</li> <li>Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays</li> <li>401K match up to 5%</li> <li>Educational Benefits for Career Growth</li> <li>Employee Referral Bonus</li> <li> Flexible Spending Accounts: <ul> <li>Healthcare (FSA)</li> <li>Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK)</li> <li>Dependent Care Assistant Program (DCAP)</li> <li>Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="ck-content" data-wrapper="true" style=" font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: start;" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;"><strong>Position Overview</strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0; text-align: start;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW256173794 BCX8" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify;white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;">The Research Data Manager will build and maintain the data infrastructure for the SOM Center. This includes the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), document and repository platforms such as Invenio, and the metadata databases and pipelines that connect them. The role brings together instrument, assay, and analysis data and makes it findable, traceable, and reusable, in line with NIH data management and sharing requirements. The position combines hands-on software development with data stewardship, using cloud-native tooling and AI/ML to make data easier to find and use.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0; text-align: start;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;"><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></span></p><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW59748837 BCX8" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p><ul><li class="ck-list-marker-font-size ck-list-marker-font-family" data-list-item-id="eb8e07320a735797b2a9d43909c1cb674"><p class="Paragraph SCXW59748837 BCX8" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;"><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Data integration. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Connect laboratory instruments, analysis pipelines, and external data sources to the LIMS. Build and maintain automated ingestion pipelines with validation, logging, and error handling.</span></span></p></li><li class="ck-list-marker-font-size ck-list-marker-font-family" data-list-item-id="e12ce0549d14ec93b7ae9aa3bfe3116f7"><p class="Paragraph SCXW59748837 BCX8" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;"><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Data wrangling and format conversion. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Write and maintain custom scripts and services that convert, normalize, and harmonize heterogeneous data formats (instrument exports, imaging metadata, omics outputs, spreadsheets) into standardized schemas.</span></span></p></li><li class="ck-list-marker-font-size ck-list-marker-font-family" data-list-item-id="ee325ac5179e34db8cac60329ecdc7f1d"><p class="Paragraph SCXW59748837 BCX8" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;"><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Repository and document management. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Deploy, configure, and support document and research data management systems such as Invenio. Manage records, metadata schemas, persistent identifiers, and access controls.</span></span></p></li><li class="ck-list-marker-font-size ck-list-marker-font-family" data-list-item-id="ee0ecc9d0d3b46b721afaeb6c485abe49"><p class="Paragraph SCXW59748837 BCX8" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;"><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Database development. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Design, create, and maintain databases for experimental metadata and small-to-moderate datasets, including schema design, migrations, indexing, and backup and recovery.</span></span></p></li><li class="ck-list-marker-font-size ck-list-marker-font-family" data-list-item-id="e05fb864237f24017dad7338d498de8ef"><p class="Paragraph SCXW59748837 BCX8" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;"><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">AI/ML-assisted discovery. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Incorporate ML/AI into data workflows and user interfaces, such as semantic search, metadata extraction and auto-annotation, and natural-language query tools, to help researchers find and use data.</span></span></p></li><li class="ck-list-marker-font-size ck-list-marker-font-family" data-list-item-id="e4889e72d8272ae1f40806278041fb814"><p class="Paragraph SCXW59748837 BCX8" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;"><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Platform and cloud engineering. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Develop, containerize, and deploy software solutions on cloud or local Kubernetes resources. Maintain CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code.</span></span></p></li><li class="ck-list-marker-font-size ck-list-marker-font-family" data-list-item-id="e0d392d0061e4c2f455e4badf0a7bd13b"><p class="Paragraph SCXW59748837 BCX8" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;"><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Tool evaluation. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Evaluate and recommend packages, platforms, and standards for data management, and prepare short technical assessments for IDSS leadership.</span></span></p></li><li class="ck-list-marker-font-size ck-list-marker-font-family" data-list-item-id="e2c2e15c0b16a0c1e6b1eb2536e042867"><p class="Paragraph SCXW59748837 BCX8" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;"><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Training and documentation. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Train laboratory and analytical staff, and write standard operating procedures and technical documentation.</span></span></p></li></ul></div><p style="margin: 0; text-align: start;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;"><strong>Required Qualifications</strong></span></p><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW59748837 BCX8" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p><ul><li class="ck-list-marker-font-size ck-list-marker-font-family" data-list-item-id="ef9911864bd22d3c5495467815ef7e78f"><p class="Paragraph SCXW59748837 BCX8" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;"><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Data integration. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW59748837 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="line-height:20.7px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Connect laboratory instruments, analysis pipelines, and external data sources to the LIMS. Build and maintain automated ingestion pipelines with validation, logging, and error handling.</span></span></p></li><li class="ck-list-marker-font-size ck-list-marker-font-family" data-list-item-id="e26f9b641a268ec13db714298972d0b77"><p class="Paragraph SCXW59748837 BCX8" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family:Ta