Bioinformatician

JOB TITLE: Bioinformatician

POSITION NUMBER: 2505-12755-BIO-1

POSITION LOCATION: Atlanta, GA, USA

ANTICIPATED START DATE: Two weeks after candidate is identified

TRAVEL: N/A

ASRT, Inc. provides scientific, information management, management consulting, bioinformatics, and administrative program support to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other Federal and private sector clients. The successful candidate will be a full-time employee of ASRT, Inc., and will be assigned to the National Center for Emerging Zoonotic Infectious Disease (NCEZID), Office of Advanced Molecular Detection (OAMD), CDC located at CDC Roybal Campus on Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, to provide services to satisfy the overall administrative and professional operational objectives for OAMD.

SCOPE OF WORK

The Bioinformatician II will support a unified Cloud infrastructure for data storage and analytics to allow for easy sharing of bioinformatics pipelines, laboratory and bioinformatics protocols, and related genomic sequence data.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitor the technical status and progress of work, checking on work in progress and reviewing completed work. This may include monitoring vendor and collaborator performance based on data reported on key project measures using qualitative and quantitative measures. Maintain records that provide for the proper evaluation, control, and documentation of assigned activities; prepare a variety of written correspondence, reports, and other materials as appropriate. Summarize project data for program’s use (this could include creation of short briefs, presentations, dashboards, reports, charts, etc.).
• Support cloud implementation by working with the cloud implementation team to establish requirements and to assist with technical review of implementation and verification of work performed.
• Provide bioinformatics support by reviewing reports and developing standards for analysis.
• Review outputs from bioinformatics analysis pipelines to verify pipelines perform as expected.
• Work with CDC Scientific Computing Team to establish requirements, verify implementation, schedule meetings, and keep up with documentation to support the team.
• Assist in defining and developing statements of work for IT contracts related to cloud implementation.
• Perform market research related to cloud implementation.
• Provide technical documentation in relation to cloud implementation.
• Coordinate and maintain contacts and relations with as well as facilitate meetings and sessions between OAMD partners, interested external groups, and collaborating organizations Partners for knowledge-sharing, project development, and improvement.
• Draft and present summaries of findings to internal and external stakeholders.
• Confer with and represent the assigned program and division in meetings with offices within CDC, grantees, and external partners to foster collaborative working relationships to the benefit of the program.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

• Master’s degree in information technology, bioinformatics, allied health, health science, or life sciences, minimum 3 years of work experience in health informatics, two years of work experience in cloud implementation, and 2 years of technical project management experience.

Required:

• Strong quantitative skills, including proficiency in Phyton; relational database management systems; and standard Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with whole genomic sequencing, and genome-based typing systems.
• Experience performing quality control, assembly, annotation, and analysis of pathogen genome sequences.
• Proficiency with open source and commercially available software for bioinformatics analysis of next-generation sequencing data.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to efficiently organize multiple priorities.
• Documentation of daily work with good laboratory practice compliance.
• Ability to work and build coalitions with partners involved and develop strategies for effectively conveying information to partners.
• Skills and experience writing project reports, research protocols, and manuscripts.
• Ability to independently resolve conflicts.
• Working knowledge of CDC applications.

Desirable:

• Experience working with a diverse interdisciplinary team.
• Knowledge of CDC policy, quality, and regulatory training.

Language Skills:

• The candidate must possess excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

REQUIREMENT: Must be a United States citizen or permanent resident or have authorization for employment in the United States.

SALARY: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

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