[Next-Generation Sequencing Book]
  • [Photo] Elisa Johnston • June 26, 2014

    SUMMARY

    Medical Science & Computing (MSC), Inc. is searching for a Senior Bioinformatics Software Developer 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

    Work cooperatively with the current software development team to:
    • Develop computational tools for high-throughput analysis of large-scale genomic data, including sequence-based, structure-based, array-based, and proteomic data
    • Build web-based, n-tiers high-performance applications
    • Enhance existing codes
    • Support active collaborations on scientific projects across diverse professional domains
    o Software development support and maintenance tasks including, but not limited to, requirements definition, design, development, installation, maintenance, problem diagnosis and resolution, development, and enhancement of system and application software as well as support for various scientific and programming services
    • Create project planning full-lifecycle timetables
    • Write robust documentation for all software projects in a timely fashion, written in proper English

    REQUIREMENTS

    • Masters or Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, or a related computational discipline
    • Minimum 5 years of work experience with full software development life cycle
    • Ability to address business needs with effective and efficient technical solutions
    • Must be able to work independently and collaboratively
    • Have an understanding of 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 cooperate with team members and clients from a broad range of disciplines and subject-level expertise
    • Required experience includes:
      • At least 3 years of professional programming experience with Java EE (EJB 3.x, JPA 2.x, Servlet 2.x, JSP 2.x, JSF 2.x, EL, JAX-WS, JAX-RS, XML, etc.) and Python
      • Familiarity with development tools: Eclipse, NetBeans, Ant, Maven, SVN, JIRA / BugZilla, Hudson/Jenkins
      • Practical experience with Tomcat, JBoss, GlassFish, MySQL, Apache web in RHEL 5+
      • Experience with modern frameworks such as GWT, JUnit, Hibernate, Strut 2, Spring , Lucene
      • Prior use and knowledge of scripting languages: Perl, Python, and/or Shell
      • Familiarity with high performance computing (e.g. SGE, DRMAA)
      • Experience with Web Service implementation
      • Practical ability to document requirements and design
    • Optional experience includes:
      • Experience with cloud computing
      • Working knowledge of major public bioinformatics databases and tools
      • Knowledge of statistics using R
    • Good communication skills, both written and verbal
    • Demonstrated initiative in experimenting with new technologies

    HOW TO APPLY

    Please send your resume to elisa[at]mscweb.com

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