Job Description
About Norstella
At Norstella, our mission is simple: to help our clients bring life-saving therapies to market quicker—and help patients in need.
Founded in 2022, but with history going back to 1939, Norstella unites best-in-class brands to help clients navigate the complexities at each step of the drug development life cycle —and get the right treatments to the right patients at the right time.
Each organization (Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, The Dedham Group) delivers must-have answers for critical strategic and commercial decision-making. Together, via our market-leading brands, we help our clients:
Citeline – accelerate the drug development cycle
Evaluate – bring the right drugs to market
MMIT – identify barrier to patient access
Panalgo – turn data into insight faster
The Dedham Group – think strategically for specialty therapeutics
By combining the efforts of each organization under Norstella, we can offer an even wider breadth of expertise, cutting-edge data solutions and expert advisory services alongside advanced technologies such as real-world data, machine learning and predictive analytics.
As one of the largest global pharma intelligence solution providers, Norstella has a footprint across the globe with teams of experts delivering world class solutions in the USA, UK, The Netherlands, Japan, China and India.
THE TEAM
In this role as a Data Engineer, you will report to the VP for Data Science Platform within the Data Science Department. You will be instrumental in designing and implementing standardized data sources and orchestrating ETL pipelines to support our predictive machine learning models. You will collaborate closely with a Machine Learning Engineer, two Full Stack Developers, and dedicated Data Scientists to build robust and scalable data infrastructure that empowers our Clinical and Commercial teams across five business units.
Position Description
This full-time position will play a critical role supporting MMIT’s applications. Primary responsibilities will
be to analyze, design, develop, implement and maintain technical solutions SSIS and T-SQL.
As a Data Engineer, you will:
▪ Design, code and test programs using the Microsoft SQL Server platform.
▪ Create business logic, reports, exports and other data related output.
▪ Learn continuously, manage your work independently and seek guidance from senior
developers when needed.
▪ Use best practice coding standards in a fast-paced and agile environment.
▪ Works in a team environment that includes collaborating with Product Owners, Stakeholders,
and Software Developers.
Qualifications
▪ Bachelor’s degree or higher in technology field or related field preferred.
▪ 3-5 years of practical experience with SSIS, SQL, T-SWL
▪ Practical experience with Microsoft SQL Server platform, and Transact SQL stored procedures
and triggers
▪ Experience with SSIS development and SSRS reports (preferred)
▪ Interest in working with complex data sets and analytic technologies such as Power BI
▪ Ability to create Functions/Views/Stored Procs.
▪ Experience with complex queries including use of CTEs, table variables, merge and dynamic SQL.
Experience with complex business logic including applying logic to transforms that falls outside
of basic schema formatting conversion.
▪ Experience executing SSIS packages via SQL Server Job Agent
▪ Experience using all components available in SSIS including sorts, derived values, data
conversion, multicast, merge, union, variables, parameters, package DB connections, project DB
connections, flat file connections, excel connections and SMTP connections, expressions and file
system tasks.
▪ Data processing on Azure services (Azure Data Lake, Azure Storage, Azure SQL, Azure DW)
▪ Working knowledge of Azure Synapse and/or Snowflake
Our guiding principles for success at Norstella
01: Bold, Passionate, Mission-First
We have a lofty mission to Smooth Access to Life Saving Therapies and we will get there by being bold and passionate about the mission and our clients. Our clients and the mission in what we are trying to accomplish must be in the forefront of our minds in everything we do.
02: Integrity, Truth, Reality
We make promises that we can keep, and goals that push us to new heights. Our integrity offers us the opportunity to learn and improve by being honest about what works and what doesn’t. By being true to the data and producing realistic metrics, we are able to create plans and resources to achieve our goals.
03: Kindness, Empathy, Grace
We will empathize with everyone's situation, provide positive and constructive feedback with kindness, and accept opportunities for improvement with grace and gratitude. We use this principle across the organization to collaborate and build lines of open communication.
04: Resilience, Mettle, Perseverance
We will persevere – even in difficult and challenging situations. Our ability to recover from missteps and failures in a positive way will help us to be successful in our mission.
05: Humility, Gratitude, Learning
We will be true learners by showing humility and gratitude in our work. We recognize that the smartest person in the room is the one who is always listening, learning, and willing to shift their thinking.
Benefits
Health Insurance
Provident Fund
Reimbursement of Certification Expenses
Gratuity
24x7 Health Desk
Norstella is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. Our ethos is to respect and value people’s differences, to help everyone achieve more at work as well as in their personal lives so that they feel proud of the part they play in our success. We believe that all decisions about people at work should be based on the individual’s abilities, skills, performance and behavior and our business requirements. Norstella operates a zero tolerance policy to any form of discrimination, abuse or harassment.
Sometimes the best opportunities are hidden by self-doubt. We disqualify ourselves before we have the opportunity to be considered. Regardless of where you came from, how you identify, or the path that led you here- you are welcome. If you read this job description and feel passion and excitement, we’re just as excited about you.
