Pathogen Genomics & Surveillance Scientist

Parsons; Maryland; On-site; USD 104,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid time off

401(k)

Life Insurance

Flexible work schedules

Holidays

Job summary

Parsons is seeking Research Scientists – Pathogen Genomics and Surveillance to support infectious-disease research at NMRC BDRD. These positions will conduct laboratory and analytical research involving molecular biology, genomics, microbiology, virology, and bioinformatics.

Selected scientists will contribute to pathogen detection, surveillance, protocol development, sequencing, data analysis, and epidemic preparedness. Travel domestically and internationally may be required.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in molecular biology, biology, microbiology, virology, emerging infectious diseases, biochemistry, or a closely related field.
• Postdoctoral research experience in virology, bacteriology, and/or genomics.
• At least two years of demonstrable applied experience relevant to genomics, microbiology, virology, bioinformatics, or bioinformatics platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and conduct basic and applied infectious-disease research.
• Perform wet-laboratory activities supporting genomics, pathogen detection, and characterization.
• Conduct or support NGS and bioinformatics analysis of complex samples.
• Develop, test, and improve laboratory and analytical protocols.
• Design probes or primers and assess analytical sensitivity and specificity.
• Support target-enrichment, shotgun-sequencing, and amplicon-sequencing approaches.
• Perform pathogen surveillance and contribute to detection of known or novel pathogens.
• Analyze research data, troubleshoot technical issues, and document results.
• Support epidemic, pandemic, and emerging-pathogen research activities.
• Prepare protocols, SOPs, technical reports, presentations, manuscripts, and database-ready data.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary researchers and CONUS or OCONUS partners.
• Travel domestically and internationally when required.

Skills

Molecular biology

Virology

Genomics

Bioinformatics

Data analysis

Scientific writing

Team collaboration

Travel readiness

Security clearance eligible

Education

Ph.D. in molecular biology or related field

Tools

Bioinformatics pipelines

Job description

Parsons is seeking Research Scientists – Pathogen Genomics and Surveillance to support infectious-disease research at NMRC BDRD. These positions will conduct laboratory and analytical research involving molecular biology, genomics, microbiology, virology, and bioinformatics.

Selected scientists will contribute to pathogen detection, surveillance, protocol development, sequencing, data analysis, and epidemic preparedness. Travel domestically and internationally may be required.