Bioinformatics Specialist

Booz Allen Hamilton•Atlanta, GA

14d•$61,900 - $141,000•Onsite

About The Position

Are you excited by the prospect of architecting scalable workflows? Are you fascinated by the possibilities presented by machine learning and artificial intelligence advances? As a bioinformatician, you can turn large, complex data into useful information to solve health challenges. We have an opportunity for you to use your analytical skills to improve public health. You’ll work closely with your customers to understand their questions and needs. You’ll analyze requirements and guide a high-performing team of bioinformaticians to use the right combination of tools, frameworks, and automation to generate scalable, production-grade bioinformatics pipelines that help the client make evidence-based decisions and strengthen our public health systems. You’ll provide your customers with a deep understanding of their data, what it all means, and how they can use it. Join us as we use data science for good in public health. This position is located in Atlanta, GA. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

5+ years of experience with bioinformatics and genomic toolkits, databases, and scripting languages, including Python, R, or Shell
2+ years of experience mentoring or leading a team of bioinformaticians
Experience using parallel programming capabilities through workflow tools, including Nextflow, on Linux-based high-performance computing environments
Experience reconstructing evolutionary relationships using phylogenetic trees, sequence alignment, and ancestral state reconstruction
Experience analyzing complex environmental or clinical microbial communities using shotgun metagenomic sequencing and 16S rRNA profiling
Experience with next-generation sequencing, omics data analysis, and open-source omics analysis tools and workflows as they apply to public health genomics
Knowledge of nf-core compliance and statistical techniques, including multivariate analysis and hypothesis testing for omics data analysis
Ability to conduct analysis, interpretation, and communication of complex large datasets independently, clearly, and concisely
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements
Master's degree

Nice To Haves

Experience incorporating CI/CD, DevSecOps, and MLOps best practices into the development process
Experience working in cloud-based environments using AWS, Azure, and data warehousing solutions, including Databricks
Experience with a wide range of supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques, including neural networks, decision trees, logistic regressions, or dimension reduction
Experience with visualization tools, including Power BI, Tableau, ArcGIS, or Splunk
Experience with SAS and SSPS programming using advanced programming methods and techniques
Ability to write white papers and scientific and technical manuscripts for publication
Doctorate degree

Responsibilities

Architect scalable workflows.
Analyze requirements and guide a high-performing team of bioinformaticians.
Use the right combination of tools, frameworks, and automation to generate scalable, production-grade bioinformatics pipelines.
Help the client make evidence-based decisions and strengthen public health systems.
Provide customers with a deep understanding of their data, what it all means, and how they can use it.