Bioinformatician

About This Role

Support federal government customers by developing and evaluating synthetic epidemiologic and molecular sequence datasets, and contributing to software development efforts for bioinformatics tools like MicrobeTrace.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate synthetic epidemiologic and molecular sequence datasets that will mimic real world data for validation of analytical tools, pipelines, and data systems
• Contribute to software development efforts using JavaScript, Typescript, and Angular
• Maintain regular communication with the customer, providing weekly updates, demonstrations at team meetings, 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 with new bioinformatics tools and platforms
• Optimize existing visualizations and add new functionalities in MicrobeTrace for network and phylogenetic analyses
• Develop and deploy web-based version of 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

Requirements

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in bioinformatics
• Familiarity with bioinformatics tools and platforms
• Experience developing and evaluating synthetic epidemiologic and molecular sequence datasets that mimic real-world data
• 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
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship

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
• Experience integrating and visualizing data
• Prior experience supporting CDC or similar US government client

Skills

* Required skills