R Programming Consultant

Mandatory Skill : Experience in migrating SAS programs to R environment

Key Responsibilities :

• Work closely with a cross functional team within biostatistics, data management, and analytics to transition applications written in SAS or VBASIC to R.
• Conduct code review and technical assessment of legacy programs and suitability for migration to R.
• Recode applications in SAS to R; Select appropriate R packages, functions, and algorithms to migrate legacy SAS programs to the R environment.
• Develop and maintain documentation associated with migration activities including programming specifications, validations plans, test cases, and reports.
• Support training and mentoring of experienced SAS users as they migrate to the R environment.
• Candidates must have experience programming in SAS and R directed towards analysis of clinical trial data and in supporting ETL pipelines from clinical data management to biostatistics.
• Ideal candidates will have experience supporting transition of statistical analysis programs from SAS to R.
• Strong programming experience within SAS, R, and SQL is required. Experience with Python, VBASIC, and a dashboard language such as PowerBI, Qlik, or Tableau is a plus.
• Experience with modern database platforms, such as SnowFlake and Delta DataLake, is desired.
• A minimum of 8 years in a statistical programming capacity, preferably within the medical device or biopharmaceutical industry."