The System Analyst (Data Management) will be integral to HKGI’s Data Warehouse project, focusing on the design, development and maintenance of a new data lakehouse platform for managing bioinformatic and genomic data. This initiative aims to consolidate data from various existing platforms. The incumbent will collaborate closely with system architects and engineers to refine platform architecture, optimise performance, and ensure scalability, and assume the following responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement a robust, scalable, resilient, and high-performance data storage and management system tailored for genomic data
- Define and document system architecture, data models, data flow diagrams, and system interfaces
- Evaluate and recommend optimal storage technologies (e.g., object storage, parallel file systems, databases) based on performance, cost, scalability, and reliability
- Identify and address performance bottlenecks within the data storage and retrieval pipeline
- Develop a scalability plan to accommodate the rapid growth of genomic data
- Collaborate with bioinformaticians, software engineers, and DevOps teams to align the data infrastructure with their needs
- Perform any other duties assigned by senior officers