Job ID: 460584100
Job date: 2016-12-27
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Company : The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job date: 2016-12-27
End Date:
Company : The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job Description:
What exciting career opportunities await you at CDC? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the agency Americans trust with their lives. As a global leader in public health, CDC is the nation's premier health promotion, prevention, and preparedness agency. Whether we are protecting the American people from public health threats, researching emerging diseases, or mobilizing public health programs with our domestic and international partners, we rely on our employees to make a real difference in the health and well-being of people here and around the world. Who May Apply: Open to US citizens and applicants eligible under Schedule A authority. Note: This is a Term appointment Not To Exceed 3 years. At management's discretion, may be extended for an additional year without further competition. This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for HIV/AIDS,Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH), Laboratory Branch (LB), in Atlanta, Georgia. Additional selections may be made within the same geographical location CDC-wide. CDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Duties: As a Computer Scientist (Informatics), you will: - Apply computer science methods and techniques as it relates to public health informatics or bioinformatics. -Serve as a project officer to lead, manage, and guide staff on public health information systems. -Evaluate systems for performance and advise developers on database optimization techniques. -Apply new developments to critical or obscure problems in public health informatics or bioinformatics. -Investigate advanced technologies directed at solving critical business problems. -Examine complex interrelations of hardware, software, and system parameters to research and develop new systems, platforms, architectures, and tools to achieve new breakthroughs in computing and support the Center's public health informatics mission. -Prepare technical briefing materials and reports in support of disease prevention research and monitoring activities for senior management. -Devise organizational plans and procedures and establishes objectives or goals and assesses progress toward their achievement. Travel Required: Not Required Relocation Authorized: No Job Requirements: Key Requirements: -U.S. Citizenship is required. -Background investigation required. -Transcripts are required. Qualifications: Basic Requirements for the GS-1550 Series: Bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions. Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience, equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service, to include experience planning, organizing, and developing solutions in high performance and distributed computing systems as it relates to public health informatics and/or bioinformatics. Foreign Education: Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the education requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: http://wwwdev.cdc.gov/employment/newhire/foreigned.html.
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Conditions of Employment: 1. Security and Background Requirements: If not previously completed, a background security investigation will be required for all appointees. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements may be grounds for appropriate personnel action. In addition, if hired, a background security reinvestigation or supplemental investigation may be required at a later time. Applicants are also advised that all information concerning qualifications is subject to investigation. False representation may be grounds for non-consideration, non-selection and/or appropriate disciplinary action. 2. E-Verify: If you are selected for this position, the documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-Verify" System. Federal law requires DHS to use the E-Verify System to verify employment eligibility of all new hires, and as a condition of continued employment obligates the new hire to take affirmative steps to resolve any discrepancies identified by the system. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is an E-Verify Participant. 3. Direct Deposit: All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing. 4. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. 5. One-year probationary period may be required. 6. Travel, transportation, and moving expenses will be paid: No 7. Bargaining Unit Position: No 8. Drug Screening Required: No 9. Recruitment Incentive May be authorized 10. Annual Leave for non-federal service authorized: No 11. Research position: No 12. Promotion potential: No 13. Supervisory position: No Security Clearance: Q - Nonsensitive Contact: CDC HR HelpDesk Phone: (770)488-1725 Email : HRCS@CDC.GOV[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
What exciting career opportunities await you at CDC? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the agency Americans trust with their lives. As a global leader in public health, CDC is the nation's premier health promotion, prevention, and preparedness agency. Whether we are protecting the American people from public health threats, researching emerging diseases, or mobilizing public health programs with our domestic and international partners, we rely on our employees to make a real difference in the health and well-being of people here and around the world. Who May Apply: Open to US citizens and applicants eligible under Schedule A authority. Note: This is a Term appointment Not To Exceed 3 years. At management's discretion, may be extended for an additional year without further competition. This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for HIV/AIDS,Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH), Laboratory Branch (LB), in Atlanta, Georgia. Additional selections may be made within the same geographical location CDC-wide. CDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Duties: As a Computer Scientist (Informatics), you will: - Apply computer science methods and techniques as it relates to public health informatics or bioinformatics. -Serve as a project officer to lead, manage, and guide staff on public health information systems. -Evaluate systems for performance and advise developers on database optimization techniques. -Apply new developments to critical or obscure problems in public health informatics or bioinformatics. -Investigate advanced technologies directed at solving critical business problems. -Examine complex interrelations of hardware, software, and system parameters to research and develop new systems, platforms, architectures, and tools to achieve new breakthroughs in computing and support the Center's public health informatics mission. -Prepare technical briefing materials and reports in support of disease prevention research and monitoring activities for senior management. -Devise organizational plans and procedures and establishes objectives or goals and assesses progress toward their achievement. Travel Required: Not Required Relocation Authorized: No Job Requirements: Key Requirements: -U.S. Citizenship is required. -Background investigation required. -Transcripts are required. Qualifications: Basic Requirements for the GS-1550 Series: Bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions. Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience, equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service, to include experience planning, organizing, and developing solutions in high performance and distributed computing systems as it relates to public health informatics and/or bioinformatics. Foreign Education: Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the education requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: http://wwwdev.cdc.gov/employment/newhire/foreigned.html.
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Conditions of Employment: 1. Security and Background Requirements: If not previously completed, a background security investigation will be required for all appointees. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements may be grounds for appropriate personnel action. In addition, if hired, a background security reinvestigation or supplemental investigation may be required at a later time. Applicants are also advised that all information concerning qualifications is subject to investigation. False representation may be grounds for non-consideration, non-selection and/or appropriate disciplinary action. 2. E-Verify: If you are selected for this position, the documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-Verify" System. Federal law requires DHS to use the E-Verify System to verify employment eligibility of all new hires, and as a condition of continued employment obligates the new hire to take affirmative steps to resolve any discrepancies identified by the system. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is an E-Verify Participant. 3. Direct Deposit: All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing. 4. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. 5. One-year probationary period may be required. 6. Travel, transportation, and moving expenses will be paid: No 7. Bargaining Unit Position: No 8. Drug Screening Required: No 9. Recruitment Incentive May be authorized 10. Annual Leave for non-federal service authorized: No 11. Research position: No 12. Promotion potential: No 13. Supervisory position: No Security Clearance: Q - Nonsensitive Contact: CDC HR HelpDesk Phone: (770)488-1725 Email : HRCS@CDC.GOV[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]