Bioinformatics Data Scientist

Zel Technologies•Charlottesville, VA

17d

About The Position

Zel Tech is seeking a highly qualified Bioinformatics Data Scientist that will provide SME support to our government customer in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Requirements

Must be a US citizen.
Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly
Three (3) or more years of experience safeguarding and handling classified material.
Bachelor’s degree in bioinformatics, computational / quantitative biology, computer science, engineering, statistics, applied mathematics or related quantitative field and ten (10) or more years of work experience.
Proficiency in statistical analysis.
Experience with data analysis and visualization.
Strong programming ability in Python
Self-teaching and mastering unfamiliar topics.
Successful background check.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree and five (5) or more years of experience.
5-10 years’ bio data experience with 5 years WMD-Bio intelligence.
DOD contracting experience.

Responsibilities

Directs and guides DNA/RNA sequence database searches and the computational analysis of resulting data.
Implements end-users’ needs in database searching and integration.
Maintains the computational infrastructure and controls the flow of samples and information for large-scale studies.
Provides web-based bioinformatics and access to public and proprietary relational databases.
Develops and applies computational tools. Works in collaboration with drug discovery project
Provides direct support for bioinformatics, regex queries, developing and searching key words and biological ontologies.
Focused data discovery and retrieval from given datasets.
Accurately documents and maintains detailed records of activities to assure achievement of customer driven requirements.
Interface heavily with principal investigators, support staff and government technical leads.
Work under limited supervision, making complex decisions independently and referring unprecedented issues to government leadership.