Job Description:
The successful candidate will be a full-time employee of IHRC, Inc., and will be assigned to the Gastroenteritis and Respiratory Virus Laboratory Branch (GRVLB), Division of Viral Diseases (DVD), National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), at the CDC, Atlanta, GA, to provide bioinformatics support. SCOPE OF WORK The Bioinformatician III will assist in and lead projects in bioinformatics and computational biology. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Additional Info:
IHRC, 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. To apply for this position: If you are viewing this position on the IHRC Career Center, please click on the "Apply Now" button. If you are viewing this position on a site other than the IHRC Career Center, you may use the “click to apply” link, or you may apply by visiting our Career Center and searching for the position number listed at the top of this position description. To view all of our open positions, and to apply to those positions in which you may be interested, please visit our Career Center, which can also be reached by visiting www.ihrc.com/Careers and clicking on the “View Opportunities” link. IHRC, INC. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER. It is the policy of IHRC, Inc. to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, citizenship, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, veteran or disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable Federal, State or Local law, and to take affirmative action in accordance with applicable laws and Executive Orders. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
The successful candidate will be a full-time employee of IHRC, Inc., and will be assigned to the Gastroenteritis and Respiratory Virus Laboratory Branch (GRVLB), Division of Viral Diseases (DVD), National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), at the CDC, Atlanta, GA, to provide bioinformatics support. SCOPE OF WORK The Bioinformatician III will assist in and lead projects in bioinformatics and computational biology. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and maintain Norovirus and Sapovirus web-based genotyping tools
- Assist laboratory scientists working on related projects
- Analyze next generation sequencing data utilizing new methodologies or existing techniques
- Collaborate on genetic analysis projects and studies with various internal and external partners (with varying levels of computational expertise) in the design and implementation of bioinformatics tools that support automation of data analysis, especially for next generation sequencing data and large data sets
- Advise senior scientists on the application of a variety of bioinformatics analysis tools used to compare and categorize human Calicivirus (Norovirus and Sapovirus)
- Prepare reports, charts and graphs
- Present data at laboratory meetings
- Experience with algorithm development
- Experience with Perl, Python, and Bash
- Experience with HTML, JavaScript, and Java
- Experience with NCBI Toolbox, BLAST, and MUSCLE
- Experience performing quality control, assembly, annotation, and analysis of data generated by next generation sequencing platforms
- Proficiency with open source and commercially available software for bioinformatics analysis of next generation sequencing data
- Proficiency with the use of publicly available data repositories (i.e. NCBI, EMBL, and DDBJ)
- Ability to work and build coalitions with partners involved, and develop strategies to effectively convey information to partners
- Ability to work independently and yet maintain the flexibility to respond to requests for support of ongoing projects
- Experience with machine learning
- Experience with C/C++, Fortran, Pascal, Assembler, and R
- Experience with HTML5, Canvas, SVG, and CSS
- Experience with Web design and the development of methods for the visualization of complex data
- Experience with MySQL
- Experience developing web-based bioinformatics tools
- Strong publication record in high impact scientific journals demonstrating sound theoretical and practical knowledge of bioinformatics
- Experience performing bioinformatics analysis in a cluster computing environment
- Experience with MS Access, BioNumerics and statistical software
Requeriments :
Skills :
- Bioinformatics
- HTML
- JavaScript
- Machine Learning
- MySQL
- Programing in C
- Programing in C++
- Programing in Python
- Programming in Java
- Programming in R
Areas :
Additional Info:
IHRC, 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. To apply for this position: If you are viewing this position on the IHRC Career Center, please click on the "Apply Now" button. If you are viewing this position on a site other than the IHRC Career Center, you may use the “click to apply” link, or you may apply by visiting our Career Center and searching for the position number listed at the top of this position description. To view all of our open positions, and to apply to those positions in which you may be interested, please visit our Career Center, which can also be reached by visiting www.ihrc.com/Careers and clicking on the “View Opportunities” link. IHRC, INC. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER. It is the policy of IHRC, Inc. to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, citizenship, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, veteran or disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable Federal, State or Local law, and to take affirmative action in accordance with applicable laws and Executive Orders. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]