Full Stack Developer (Bioinformatics) - NIH

Kelly; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

Kelly Government Solutions, on behalf of NIH, seeks a Full Stack Developer for a long-term contract in Rockville, MD. Familiarity with biomedical research and bioinformatic data analysis is required.

You will design data models and back-end infrastructure to support the Translator Biomedical Data Translator ARS, build integration for autonomous relay agents, and contribute to knowledge-graph based answers while maintaining code quality and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or relevant field.
• At least 5 years of research and software development experience.
• Experience contributing to large-scale system development projects.
• Familiarity with biomedical research and bioinformatic data analysis, common tools and data formats.

Responsibilities

• Review, update, analyze, and modify existing programming systems.
• Design, build, and maintain data models and back-end infrastructure for NCATS Translator ARS.
• Design, build, and maintain integration infrastructure for other autonomous relay agents (ARAs).
• Develop algorithms to interrogate and integrate knowledge graphs into a coherent answer graph.
• Encodes, tests, debugs, and installs new programs using various programming languages.
• Develop new technologies and support for data analysis/manipulation and scientific applications.
• Develops and schedules data backups, security patches, upgrades, etc.
• Maintain and monitor applications, databases, or software tools.
• Documents all assignments and creates various reports as needed.
• Manage GitHub repositories, documentation, and project files.
• Work with colleagues to establish best practices for software development (CI/CD).

Skills

Full stack development

Bioinformatics data analysis

Agile software development

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

GitHub

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Kelly Government Solutions is a strategic supplier and business partner to the federal government and its key suppliers. The National Institutes of Health is seeking a Full Stack Developer. Familiarity with biomedical research and bioinformatic data analysis, common tools/packages and data formats is required. This is a long-term, full-time, contract position based in Rockville, MD. This position offers a competitive benefits package.

This is a long-term contract position which offers:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides technical experience needed to assist in reviewing, updating, analyzing, and modifying existing programming systems.
• Design, build, and maintain data models and back-end infrastructure to support NCATS Biomedical Data Translator for the Translator Autonomous Relay System (ARS).
• Design, build, and maintain integration infrastructure for other autonomous relay agents (ARAs) developed by Translator collaborators.
• Design and develop algorithms to interrogate and integrate knowledge graphs from multiple ARAs into a coherent answer graph.
• Encodes, tests, debugs, and installs new programs using various programming languages.
• Develop new technologies and support for detailed and consistent data analysis/manipulation, as well as programming support for custom-built scientific applications.
• Develops and schedules data backups, security patches, upgrades, etc.
• Maintain and monitor applications, databases, or software tools.
• Documents all assignments and creates various reports as needed.
• Work with staff on project management tasks for various types of projects within DPI.
• Writes and maintains program documentation.
• Manage Github repositories, documentation (Github wikipages, Google Drive, SharePoint, etc.).
• Documents programming problems and resolutions for future reference.
• Work with colleagues to establish best practices for software development (e.g., continuous integration and continuous deployment).
• Provides assistance with planning, building, and maintaining applications to meet end user needs.
• Work with staff on technical reviews and evaluations of vendor software in support of informatics.
• Troubleshoots any issues or problems and implements appropriate corrective actions.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in computer science or relevant applied discipline.
• Minimum of five (5) years of research and software development experience applying systems engineering, agile software development best practices and data-centric principles to design, develop and deploy software applications and services.
• Must have experience contributing to complex, large-scale system development projects.
• Familiarity with biomedical research and bioinformatic data analysis, common tools/ packages and data formats, is required.