Data Engineer

Black Canyon Consulting; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

401(k) plan with employer contribution

Paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is seeking Data Engineers to support the National Center for Biotechnology Information in Bethesda, MD. This full-time position involves designing and maintaining programs for biomedical data resources.

Candidates should possess proficiency in Python, experience with MS SQL, and the ability to handle large data sets. The role offers a competitive benefits package, including medical coverage and a 401(k) plan.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python.
• Experience with relational database design and optimization.
• Programming in a Linux environment and shell scripts.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain programs for NCBI's data resources.
• Implement bioinformatic algorithms.
• Facilitate development of cloud-ready tools.

Skills

Proficiency in Python

Experience with MS SQL server

Programming in a Linux environment

Experience handling large amounts of data

Ability to work with XML or JSON

Experience with CI/CD pipelines

Tools

AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda)

GCP (GKE, Google Store)

Job description

Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is searching for Data Engineer(s) to support our work for the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), an institute of the National Institutes of Health. This opportunity is full time at the NCBI in Bethesda, MD.

The NCBI is part of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NCBI is the world's premier biomedical center hosting over six million daily users seeking research, clinical, genetic, and other information impacting biomedical research and public health.

NCBI's wide range of applications, platforms (node, python, Django, C++, you name it), and environments (big data petabytes, machine learning, multiple clouds) serve more users than almost any other US Government Agency.

We offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision coverage, a 401(k) plan with employer contribution, paid holidays, vacation, and tuition reimbursement.

Job Description

• There are multiple openings. You will work with a talented group of scientists and software developers to design, develop, test, and maintain programs for NCBI's premier biomedical data resources, with examples below -
• PubMed - with 33+ million biomedical literature and 5+ million daily users
• ClinicalTrials.gov - providing access to both privately and publicly funded clinical trial studies around the world
• Specific tasks may include implementing efficient bioinformatic algorithms, and facilitating the development of cloud-ready tools and pipelines to improve the performance and scalability of searching in and submitting to the more than ten terabytes of genetic sequence data at NCBI.

Required Skills

• Proficiency in Python
• Experience with MS SQL server and relational database design and optimization
• Programming experience in a Linux environment and shell scripts such as BASH
• Experience in handling large amounts of data
• Ability to work with common structured documents (at least one of XML, JSON)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, unit tests, integration, and regression testing

Desired Skills

• Experience with Cloud technologies:
• AWS: EC2, S3, Lambda
• GCP: GKE, Google Store, Cloud functions
• 5+ years of working with genetic and biological data
• Familiarity with NGS computational tools and formats (BWA, GATK, Galaxy, etc.)
• Demonstrated active involvement into open source communities (github, etc.)
• Experience managing production workflow of an online public databases
• Experience with RESTful API design