Title: Genomics Computational Systems Biologist

Location: Frederick, MD

Status: Full Time

Travel: <10%

Salary Range: $70,000-$105,000

Position Summary

USAMRIID, located at Fort Detrick, Maryland, works closely with other U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) organizations, Department of Defense (DoD), the Interagency (including Interagency Laboratories), and private companies to accomplish its mission of protecting the Warfighter from biological threats and being prepared to investigate disease outbreaks or threats to public health. This includes conducting Research, Development, Testing, & Evaluation (RDTE) of medical countermeasure against biological threats and the safety, quality assurance, project management, and core support required for these research activities.

This position is contingent upon contract award.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Support and maintain high-throughput analysis pipelines for omics data, pathogen discovery, genome analysis and to integrate with in-house databases. Have experience working with a Linux environment and a good knowledge of scripting language for handling large-scale parallel data pipeline development, and programming language for implementing compute node server-side pipelines. Proficiency with Python, Perl, Shell, R, C++, and JAVA is preferable.
• Process large-scale and high-throughput genomics datasets generated from Oxford Nanopore, and Illumina sequencers (e.g., whole genome sequencing and RNA-Seq). The contractor should have expertise in the areas of NGS data analysis. Shall be able to build and maintain analytical workflows and tools for automated deployment of bioinformatics analytical pipeline for parallel processing of Next Generation Sequencing data.
• Setup and maintain travel laptops for overseas training missions.
• Assist in monitoring and responding hardware/server issues, Manage and administer the Microsoft HPC cluster, including installing, configuring, and maintaining HPC software and related tools. Monitor and optimize the performance of the HPC infrastructure, identifying and resolving any performance bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with researchers and end-users to understand their computing and data requirements, provide guidance, and implement solutions to address their needs. Monitor HPC jobs and queues, troubleshoot issues, and perform system debugging to ensure job completeness and on-time delivery.
• Conduct regular system backups and develop disaster recovery plans to minimize downtime in case of system failures or data loss. Stay up to date with the latest advancements in HPC technologies, tools, and best practices, and make recommendations for system upgrades and optimizations. Document system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides for internal reference and knowledge sharing.
• Assist to maintain laboratory records documenting sample processing, analysis pipeline design and usage, and data management and backups that meet current CGS and Institutional requirements and ensure continuity and collective sharing of resources. Communicate experimental data, laboratory issues, or other task-related issue to the PI or TPOC.
• Assist in maintaining laboratory equipment, network connectivity to equipment, regular equipment-specific updates and data storage management, as well as keeping an organized, safe, and professional work environment.
• May require minimum travel to provide training in installing pipelines and support to external collaborators.
• Under special circumstances, may require variable work schedules (second shift) and occasional weekends to accomplish time sensitive laboratory tasks.
• May be required to present work, attend meetings and training, and in collaboration with the government, engage with partners to support the biosurveillance and training missions which may require CONUS or OCONUS travel approximately 1-2 times per year.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

• Possess a master's degree in biomedical science/bioinformatics/math/computer science or related field with a minimum of 5 years' experience.
• Must be able to obtain/maintain a Secret Clearance.
• Active Secret Clearance preferred.
• Must be eligible to enroll in the BPRP and CS-PRP programs.
• Active BPRP and/or CS-PRP status preferred.
  
  

Work Environment

• Laboratory environment
  
  

Physical Demands

• May lift up to 25lbs
  
  

Benefits

KIC offers a comprehensive benefits package to eligible full-time employees including: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance, 401k with Match, Life and ADD Coverage, Short and Long Term Disability, Paid Time Off and Holidays, Education Assistance/Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Discount Program, and more!

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Disclaimer

This is not to be an exclusive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of the person in this job. KIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. KIC considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, physical or mental disability, veteran's status or any other legal protected status.

Pursuant to The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 43 U.S.C. Sec. 1601 et seq., and federal contractual requirements, Kikiktagruk Inupiat Corporation, may legally grant certain preference in employment opportunities to KIC Shareholders, and their Descendants.

Successful candidates must adhere to KIC's Drug and Alcohol policy/testing requirements and may be required to pass a background and/or Motor Vehicle Records check.

The salary range for this position is based on several factors, including relevant experience, education, skills, and current market conditions.

Salary: $70000 - $105000 per year