Data Analyst II Radiation Oncology

• Build and maintain a living catalog/inventory of all clinical and multimodal imaging datasets, recording source, modality, size, provenance, associated IRB protocol and data use agreement, PHI/de-identification status, and version.
• Define and enforce consistent naming conventions, folder structures, and metadata standards across the lab's storage.
• Author and maintain data dictionaries, pipeline documentation, and onboarding guides so datasets are discoverable and correctly used.
• Serve as the single point of truth for "what data we have and under what terms it can be used."

• Understand, document, and help maintain data ingestion, de-identification, and preprocessing pipelines.
• Run and monitor de-identification workflows; validate data integrity and completeness.
• Manage dataset access permissions, versioning, and reliable backups.

• Prepare and track submissions to the Mass General Brigham IRB, including amendments, continuing reviews, and renewals.
• Manage data use agreements (DUAs) and material transfer agreements (MTAs) with collaborating institutions, coordinating with MGB Innovation/legal as needed and tracking expiration and renewal deadlines.
• Ensure lab-wide compliance with HIPAA and MGB/Harvard human-subjects (CITI) training requirements.

• Manage user accounts and quotas; monitor GPU utilization and storage capacity.
• Track and communicate scheduling/queue policies; flag contention and capacity issues.
• Coordinate with institutional IT and vendors on maintenance, patching, and security; maintain usage documentation.

Operations

• Onboard and offboard fellows and trainees (accounts, credentials, required training).
• Organize lab meetings and the shared calendar; maintain shared documentation/wikis; coordinate manuscript and conference submission logistics.
• Build and maintain the lab website - keeping team, publications, news, and project pages current.

Education
Bachelor's degree required. Computational, Biomedical, Information-science, or related field preferred.

Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree?
Yes

Experience
Experience working with data, preferably healthcare data 2-3 years required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Healthcare knowledge, particularly as it pertains to electronic medical record data, is preferred but not required.
- Working knowledge of relational databases, SQL, data visualization, and Business Intelligence tools such as Tableau.
- Knowledge and application of statistical analyses, including variance analysis and statistical significance, are preferred.
- Project management skills and/or experience are a plus.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Required Qualifications

• Technical fluency: Comfort with file systems and data organization, common data formats, and light scripting (e.g., Python or shell) for data handling and automation.
• Data discipline: Demonstrated ability to organize complex datasets and produce clear, durable documentation.
• Detail & reliability: Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, especially around compliance deadlines and data integrity.
• Communication: Ability to work with fellows, trainees, IT, and administrators, and to write documentation others can follow.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with clinical or medical imaging data (e.g., DICOM, NIfTI) and de-identification workflows.
• Familiarity with Mass General Brigham / Harvard research infrastructure - IRB (Insight), the MGB IRB process, HIPAA, DUAs, and clinical data resources (e.g., RPDR, Epic/EDW) - or ability to ramp quickly.
• Experience with version control (Git), databases, or data catalog tools.
• Exposure to HPC/GPU environments, job schedulers (e.g., Slurm), or research computing.
• Prior research-lab or research-coordination experience.
• Basic web maintenance skills (e.g., Squarespace, WordPress, or static-site tools) for keeping the lab website current.