Technical Lead API Integration and Lab Network

Job Title: Technical Lead API Integration and Lab Network

Job Location: Rahway, NJ / West Point, PA

Job Type: Contract

Pay Range: $50.00hr - $55.00hr

Job Overview:

Our client is seeking a Technical Lead experienced in lab network architecture, system and API integrations, AWS cloud infrastructure, sample management systems, and application troubleshooting within a collaborative IT structure.

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of lab network architecture, experience with API integration and web services, and knowledge of communication protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, REST/SOAP, and MQTT or other device communication protocols.
• Experience connecting web applications with lab instruments and troubleshooting network, middleware, and interface issues.
• Familiarity with servers, firewalls, VPNs, routing, data transfer, message exchange, and system interoperability.
• Experience validating API connectivity between distinct scientific and cloud-hosted applications.
• Hands-on experience working within Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments, including managing cloud compute instances (EC2), monitoring cloud logs/metrics (e.g., CloudWatch), and understanding fundamental cloud networking and security principles.
• Hands-on experience supporting Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) or automated sample management software, with specific experience in Azenta BioStore, Benchling, or BioInventory systems highly preferred.
• Strong technical problem-solving skills with experience investigating application alerts, such as database connectivity drops, hardware controller offline states, and data read/write failures.
• Experience operating within a matrixed IT structure, routinely collaborating with Integration Support, Product Owners, Infrastructure teams, and external vendors to coordinate system fixes.
• Ability to translate technical anomalies into structured weekly performance reports and issue logs for project stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Development of technical requirements, functional specifications, and solution design documentation for the sample management platform and associated LIMS integrations based on business requirements and collaboration with scientific and business SMEs.
• Creation and maintenance of installation plans, deployment plans, test strategies, validation documentation, and SDLC deliverables to support compliant system implementation and operation.
• Development and management of Jira epics, stories, tasks, and Xray test artifacts to support project delivery, system validation, testing, defect management, and ongoing platform enhancement activities.
• Production of architecture diagrams, integration specifications, and advanced support documentation for the automated sample storage solution and connected systems.
• Coordination of test execution, issue resolution, release readiness activities, and vendor deliverables to support successful deployment and ongoing support of the platform.

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• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities