Bioinformatician

About This Role

This Bioinformatician role supports a federal government customer by developing and validating bioinformatics tools and pipelines, specifically working with a Web Software Developer on the MicrobeTrace tool. The position involves both bioinformatics expertise and software development skills to enhance cluster detection and characterization methods.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate synthetic epidemiologic and molecular sequence datasets that will mimic real-world data, used for validation of various analytical tools, pipelines, and data systems
• Contribute to software development efforts using JavaScript, TypeScript, and Angular
• Maintain regular communication with the customer, provide weekly updates on tasks, and provide demonstrations at team meetings, individual meetings, ZenHub, emails, and reports
• Present findings and/or provide MicrobeTrace demonstrations at conferences, workshops, meetings, and in publications
• Train coworkers, collaborators, and state and federal partners to use new tools/platforms
• Provide support to the Web Software Developer to integrate new bioinformatics tools and platforms; optimize existing visualizations; add new functionalities in MicrobeTrace for network and phylogenetic analyses; develop and deploy web-based MicrobeTrace for increased cluster detection efficiency; support methods to automate testing of MicrobeTrace using available open-source tools; manage development progress using project management tools; and enhance real-time response capabilities and prevention by integrating and visualizing data with increased efficiency and improved user access

Requirements

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in bioinformatics
• Master's degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Microbiology, Biology, or closely related field
• Experience developing and evaluating synthetic epidemiologic and molecular sequence datasets that mimic real world data to validate various analytical tools, pipelines, and data systems
• Experience presenting findings and/or technical demonstrations at conferences, workshops, meetings, and in publications
• Demonstrated proactive approaches to troubleshooting issues and problem solving with strong analytical decision-making capabilities
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Attention to detail and ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to pass required Federal background screening, obtain and maintain government clearance
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Microbiology, Biology, or closely related field
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in bioinformatics.

Nice to Have

• Experience in software development using JavaScript, TypeScript and Angular
• Familiarity with bioinformatics tools and platforms
• Experience integrating and visualizing data
• Prior experience supporting CDC or similar US government client

Skills

* Required skills