Kelly Government Solutions is a strategic supplier and business partner to the federal government and its key suppliers. Through our partnership with the National Institutes of Health, Kelly Government Solutions offers administrative, IT, engineering, scientific, and healthcare professionals the opportunity to work with the leading medical research center in the world. We are seeking a Computer & Electronics Engineer to work at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD
This is a long-term contract position which offers:
Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit package
Optional health, vision, and dental plans
Vacation leave as well as 10 paid federal holidays and 401K plan.
Access to NIH’s unparalleled resources and niche scientific initiatives
TASKS/SERVICES . The contractor shall:
Apply a variety of statistical and computational techniques to solve complex analytic problems. For example, assist researchers with biostatistics and statistical modeling across a range of applications
Apply knowledge of retional databases (e.g. PostgreSQL) to optimize extraction and analysis of multivariate data Use advanced knowledge and proficiency with a variety of statistical and computational techniques
Develop or utilize new or existing technology to develop dynamic web applications or software tools for bioinformatics application.
Develop scientific applications using R, Shiny and/or Python. For example, implement these applications for analysis of a broad range of data sets, including time series, transcriptomics and behavioral data
Provide technical experience reviewing, analyzing, and modifying existing programming systems.
Evaluate new analytic methods and software and adapt them if necessary.
Work with staff to develop, test and refine novel programming methods, toolkits, and algorithms.
Conceive of and create data processing pipelines that allow for the efficient movement, pre-processing and display of data.
Improve communications between bespoke experimental equipment for storage and data processing. Provide technical experience reviewing, analyzing, and modifying existing programming systems. Provide scientific research and programming support for cutting edge technology and training in the areas of bioinformatics and computational biology.
Maintain and monitor applications, databases, or software tools.
Collaborate with staff to develop database application and tools for supporting bioinformatics and scientific computing research projects.
Maintain the lab’s software projects, including associated websites, documentation, code repositories, releases and improvements. Knowledge of Linux (especially Debian) to establish compliant repositories of data and laboratory information such as laboratory protocols.
Prepare roadmaps, schedules, status reports, plans and recommendations.
Generate and run appropriate database queries needed for Quarterly Progress Reports.
Assist with Computer Networking and systems integration.
Prepare roadmaps, schedules, status reports, plans and recommendations.
Generate and run appropriate database queries needed for Quarterly Progress Reports.
Maintain and follow SOPs, configuration management, upgrades and availability.
Provide feasibility studies and research for compatibility and ease of scientific databases use by researchers for extensive scientific data analyses
Provide written technical descriptions of implemented algorithms; contribute to the publication of the lab’s software and research.
Design, develop and deploy software for multi-core and high-performance computing systems.
Manage and troubleshoot deployments and image builds.
Develop new code and refine/troubleshoot existing code.
Troubleshoot scripts and programs to ensure successful use of said scripts and programs.
Document in-house software for training and reference purposes.
Provide support for development of methods in data science.
Provide support to facility users and staff; resolve or escalate issues based on criteria.
Troubleshoot scripts and programs to ensure successful use of said scripts and programs.
Document in-house software for training and reference purposes.
Provide database support and maintenance, including production data analysis to ensure data integrity, data correction with SQL and/or Java utilities, implementation of the new utilities for users and system administrators to support and correct data.
Support hardware and biological software by providing technical support to staff.
Provide guidance/problem resolution for users of personal computers/Macintosh/Unix systems.
Plan and carry out quality control programs.
Develop and implement new or major revisions to applications, databases, or software tools.
Implement improvements to operations.
Select appropriate statistical methods for use in quality control analysis to ensure the reliability and consistency of the data while measuring data limitations.
Develop and implement backup strategies for all data and applications in central facilities and as needed at individual workstations; use redundant disk, server, backup and power systems.
Design and develop bioinformatics databases to better support and advanced biomedical research.
Transfer and transform data across different platforms or inter-change between software and integrate software and tools into a viable platform.
Ability to have access the Animal Facility to be able to check on equipment and develop experimental equipment that is located within the facility.
REQUIREMENTS . The contractor must have:
A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Programming, or related field, and at least 3 years of experience required.
A Master’s degree in computer science or related field with at least 3 years of related experience is preferred.
At least 1 year of experience with statistical modeling experience needed.
Experience with: Statistical modeling, Server Hardware/Software management, Database management, Web development skills, Data visualization, Algorithm development
Experience with Software such as: MATLAB, R languages, PostgreSQL, GitHub, Linux, Python and/or Shiny
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