Opportunity: BIOINFORMATICS Infrastructure Team Lead @ Medical Science & Computing, Inc.--Bethesda, MD (US)

Opportunity: BIOINFORMATICS Infrastructure Team Lead @ Medical Science & Computing, Inc.--Bethesda, MD (US)
Submitted by Elisa Johnston; posted on Thursday, May 10, 2012

BACKGROUND

Medical Science & Computing, Inc. is searching for a Bioinformatics Infrastructure Team Lead to support the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This opportunity is a full-time position with MSC and it is on-site at NIH in Bethesda, MD.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead a team of bioinformatics specialists working on scientific projects, many of which leverage NIAID's High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure
Work cooperatively with a team of bioinformatics software developers
Report directly HPC-related projects to the Branch Chief
Interface with systems administrators, project managers, and computational biologists
Work on any software-related issues in the HPC environment, which includes the cluster, the NIAID UCSC genome browser mirror, a custom-developed web interface to the cluster, and a LIMS system
Collaborate with individual scientists to develop novel bioinformatics packages using scripting languages, and web-enable them for use by the NIAID and NIH research communities
Troubleshoot technical issues, for example with the HPC system administrators, and provide hardware requirements for any new infrastructure-related initiatives
Customize command-line applications to run in a cluster computing environment
Participate in basic requirements collection, design review, coding, testing, troubleshooting, and support for custom-developed software solutions
Remain current on existing and emerging software development technologies and tools

REQUIREMENTS

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, or a related computational discipline
A minimum of 3 years of work experience in a bioinformatics research and software development environment, including at least 2 years of team lead or management experience
Author or co-author on peer-reviewed journal publications related to bioinformatics or computational science research
Ability to address business needs with effective and efficient technical solutions
Must be able to work independently and collaboratively
Understand principles of business and project management and effectively communicate technical concepts
Ability to grasp the broader picture of a subject, but also give attention to detail
Must be able to adapt in a dynamic work environment and co-operate with team members and clients from a broad range of disciplines and subject level expertise

Technical Skills:

Ability to develop technical specifications and to construct web applications
Solid ability to create workflows in Perl, Python, for the automation of bioinformatics processes, preferably using BioPerl and/or BioPython packages
Good programming experience with Java to collaborate with the software development team.
Programming experience in statistical package such as R or Matlab
Documented expertise in handling large volumes of data in relational databases
Solid experience with Unix systems and the use of Torque or Grid Engine to distribute and manage large-scale computing jobs in a high-performance computing environment

LOCALE

Bethesda, Maryland

HOW TO APPLY

Please forward your resume, cover letter and salary requirement to Elisa[at]mscweb.com. Please include the job title in the subject line.

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