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Medical Science and Computing (MSC; a Guidehouse company) is currently searching for a Biomedical Informatics Data Specialist to provide support to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This opportunity is a full-time position with MSC, and it is on-site in Rockville, MD.
Key Skills:
- 3+ years of Python and Bash scripting
- Writing Snakemake or similar pipelines
- HPC computing
- Contribute code with team members using git
- Bioinformatics
- Human Clinical Genomics
- OMIM, Gnomad, ClinVar, HGMD, and other databases
- Handling and exploring VCF files
- High level communication, documentation, organizational, and time-management skills
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Work closely with a small diverse team of scientists and engineers to deliver high-quality data
- Document and design data models
- Extract, integrate, and reconcile new data sources with existing knowledge bases
- Perform quality control on data to ensure that it meets requirements
- Working with the project team and an enterprise infrastructure team to test the impact of new functionality on data
- Experiment with new data management technologies and systems and prototyping solution
- Working within the developer team to share knowledge, collaboratively developing best practices
- Working with Stakeholders, Users, and Project Managers to meet NIH Project Goals and Milestones
Primary Requirements:
- BS. or higher degree in computational life sciences or related field.
- Demonstrated expert fluency (3+ years working experience) in using Python for bioinformatics or biomedical informatics data management pipelines
- Experience with snakemake pipelines
- Proficiency in the use of UNIX/Linux and bash scripting
- Experience with high performance computing and cloud environments
- Experience with common clinical genomic file formats (primarily VCF, but also BAM)
- Experience using Git and GitHub for tracking code changes and sharing contributions of multiple team members
- Demonstrated experience extending the functionality of existing software; ability to learn an existing body of code and extend it.
- Experience with annotating human genomes with annotations through scripting and the use of reference genome databases
- Knowledge of public genomic databases such as OMIM, Gnomad, ClinVar, HGMD, others
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work with users, including to develop and document requirements
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills
- Experience communicating with end users on software development projects
Secondary Requirements:
- Experience mapping reads to human genome reference databases and understanding of challenges in migrating annotations between genome reference versions (GRCH.37 / GRCH.38)
- Experience reviewing mapped reads using genome browsers such as IGV
- Experience working with human genome variant calling pipelines such as GATK
- Solid understanding of human genome annotation databases (gnomAD, 1000 genome, ExAC)
- Demonstrated knowledge of scientific data sources, data structures, and mapping data to models
- Demonstrated skills in extracting, integrating, and reconciling new data sources with existing knowledge bases
Bonus Requirements:
- Experience with CLIA compliant clinical genomics pipelines
- Experience with the product LabKey
- Experience with developing data visualizations and dashboards
- Familiarity with relational and non-relational database systems (SQL, MongoDB, Neo4j)
Due to our contractual requirements and federal orders, including an Executive Order from the White House and an emergency regulation from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the position for which you are applying requires that you provide proof of your vaccination status. If you are unable to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for medical reasons or because of a sincerely held religious belief, you may request an exemption from the vaccination requirement which shall be reviewed after the submission of requested documentation. If an accommodation is granted, the conditions may include weekly testing and masking. All Guidehouse employees also agree to follow any additional health and safety mitigation policies that may be required in the workplace.
Company Description
Dovel Technologies and its Family of Companies (Medical Science & Computing and Ace Info Solutions) was acquired in October 2021.
Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. By combining our public and private sector expertise, we help clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that help our clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success. The company has more than 12,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies.
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Interested
Hi @talhanaeem. Do you have any previous experience?
no any experience
interested
Hi Heena (Heena), do you have any previous experience?
Yes I do have experience
Feel free to email me any supporting documents at robgilmore127@gmail.com