Job Description:
CSRA has an opportunity to make an impact in the cure for cancer. We are seeking a Bioinformatics Software Engineer with JAVA and statistical programming languages to join our team supporting the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Cancer Research (CCR) Developmental Therapuetics Branch. This team building web application and database tools in support of laboratory scientists and pharmacology groups who are searching for new cancer drugs and conducting cutting edge cancer research. In this role, you will join a team of 2 other CSRA staff supporting the NIH (one JAVA Engineer and another Statistician). You will be involved with maintaining and expanding a newly created data analysis tool; as well as supporting other JAVA based applications used in this lab. Position is for full time employment with CSRA and will be based at the NIH main campus in Bethesda, MD (metro accessible); with the opportunity to telework one day a week once established and with manager approval. Typical schedule will be Monday through Friday around normal business hours. Responsibilities: -Design, develop, document, test and debug applications software and systems that contain logical, mathematical, and bioinformatics solutions in support of research science. -Collaborate with research investigators in the planning, design, development, and utilization of automated solutions for bioinformatics data analysis and processing. -Determine computer user needs; analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepare operating instructions; design and develop utility programs. -Ensure software standards are met. These activities support the identification of new drug targets and biomarkers as well as data validation. Utilize existing algorithms, techniques, and statistical methodologies but also be responsible for implementing and developing novel approaches from the group. -Emphasis is on developing cutting edge techniques such as gene or protein profiling analysis methods and implementing them successfully within project teams.
Additional Info:
CSRA is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
CSRA has an opportunity to make an impact in the cure for cancer. We are seeking a Bioinformatics Software Engineer with JAVA and statistical programming languages to join our team supporting the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Cancer Research (CCR) Developmental Therapuetics Branch. This team building web application and database tools in support of laboratory scientists and pharmacology groups who are searching for new cancer drugs and conducting cutting edge cancer research. In this role, you will join a team of 2 other CSRA staff supporting the NIH (one JAVA Engineer and another Statistician). You will be involved with maintaining and expanding a newly created data analysis tool; as well as supporting other JAVA based applications used in this lab. Position is for full time employment with CSRA and will be based at the NIH main campus in Bethesda, MD (metro accessible); with the opportunity to telework one day a week once established and with manager approval. Typical schedule will be Monday through Friday around normal business hours. Responsibilities: -Design, develop, document, test and debug applications software and systems that contain logical, mathematical, and bioinformatics solutions in support of research science. -Collaborate with research investigators in the planning, design, development, and utilization of automated solutions for bioinformatics data analysis and processing. -Determine computer user needs; analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepare operating instructions; design and develop utility programs. -Ensure software standards are met. These activities support the identification of new drug targets and biomarkers as well as data validation. Utilize existing algorithms, techniques, and statistical methodologies but also be responsible for implementing and developing novel approaches from the group. -Emphasis is on developing cutting edge techniques such as gene or protein profiling analysis methods and implementing them successfully within project teams.
Qualifications:
Required: -Bachelors and 5+ yrs related experience, or MS + 3 yrs related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience -Experience in bioinformatics application and tool development for Data Science analysis. -Experince in Java software development, JavaScript, HTML, and JSP. -Experience with statistical programming languages such R, Python, Matlab, Perl, or other. -Experience with testing packages and writing test scripts -Knowledge of MySQL and database design and development. -Knowledge of statistics, data mining, analytics and/or data sciences Desired: -Experience with biological sequence, variant, and pathway databases and associated data mining software. -Python, R Studio, Shiny, Docker, Apache POI, Struts, tiles, JDBC, CSS, XSLT, jUnit, Quartz, Ant, IntelliJ IDEA, CGI, etc. -Multi-platform environments (Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris and Linux). -Experience with microarray and next generation sequencing data preparation and analysis software. -Experience with 508 compliance process and requirements. -10 plus years of experience desired.Requeriments :
Skills :
- Data Mining
- Database design
- HTML
- JavaScript
- Lunix/Unix
- Microarray
- MySQL
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Programing in Python
- Programing Skills
- Programming in Java
- Programming in Matlab
- Programming in PERL
- Programming in R
- Statistics
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Additional Info:
CSRA is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]