Bioinformatician

About This Role

This Bioinformatician role provides support to a federal government customer, contributing to the development, deployment, and maintenance of the MicrobeTrace bioinformatics tool. The position involves evaluating synthetic data, software development, and presenting findings.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate synthetic epidemiologic and molecular sequence datasets that mimic real world data to validate 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, 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 and optimize visualizations

Requirements

• 2-3 years of experience in bioinformatics
• Familiarity with bioinformatics tools and platforms
• Experience developing and evaluating synthetic epidemiologic and molecular sequence datasets
• Experience presenting findings and/or technical demonstrations
• Demonstrated proactive approaches to troubleshooting issues and strong analytical decision-making capabilities
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Ability to pass required Federal background screening and obtain 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 required
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in bioinformatics, with desired experience in software development

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