Bioinformatician

Overview

Tanaq Management Services (TMS) delivers professional scientific and technical services and information technology (IT) solutions to federal agencies in the health agriculture technology and other government services. TMS is a subsidiary of the St. George Tanaq Corporation an Alaskan Native Corporation (ANC) committed to serving Federal customers while also giving back to the Tanaq native community and shareholders.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Bioinformatician to support ongoing projects within public health and the federal government. The ideal candidate will have experience analyzing biological data in the areas of phylogenetics molecular evolution recombination analysis and whole genome analysis. This position will involve supporting various laboratory projects including the development of new vaccines the study of infectious diseases molecular epidemiology and surveillance. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to collaborate with various agencies and contribute to important research making a difference in the fight against disease.

The Bioinformatician is responsible for R-programming and experience in Matlab applications. This role will collaborate with scientists across various disciplines to extract meaningful insights from complex datasets and contribute to ongoing research projects.

This is a hybrid remote role based in Atlanta GA. Some on-site work will be required at the clients location in Atlanta GA; the frequency will be determined by the clients needs.

Responsibilities

• Assist in and lead projects in bioinformatics and computational biology.
• Provide data analysis support for sequencing requests through the Genome Sequence Lab.
• Conduct Bioinformatics Activities in support of several projects being undertaken in support of Global Polio Eradication Program.
• Perform assembly & Mapping activities including genome assembly services for all sequencing platforms in the GSL (Sanger Roche454 Illumina Ion Torrent MinION and PacBio).
• Provide single platform assembly using software packages to include CLCbio Celera Assembler MIRA velvet and BWA.
• Conduct Genomics analysis such as SNP/indel detection gene structure comparisons gene absence/presence determination and protein sequence comparisons utilizing software packages such as kSNP BLAST and custom software.
• Perform variant detection techniques including Amplicon or Deep Sequencing to determine consensus sequences.
• Conduct Metagenomics techniques to identify species of microorganisms from an uncultured DNA sample utilizing BLAST/Megan metagenefinder QIIME MG-RAST and 16S databases utilizing RDP and Greengenes software packages.
• Provides legacy sequencing data retrieval.
• Analyze genetic sequencing data utilizing new methodologies or existing techniques that have been revised
• Collaborate on genetic analysis projects and studies with internal and external partners.
• Assist laboratory scientists (with varying levels of computational expertise) in the design and implementation of bioinformatics tools that support the automation of data analysis especially for next-generation sequencing data and large data sets.
• Advise senior scientists on applying a variety of bioinformatics analysis tools used to compare and categorize polio and picornavirus isolates and virus populations.
• Request NGS Sequencing for Illumina MiSeq and NovaSeq; PacBio RSII and Sequel; Oxford Nanopore MiniON.
• This description does not encompass all tasks; employees may perform other related duties as required.

Required Experience and Skills

• Minimum 3 years of experience in the capacity of a bioinformatician.
• Experience with automation support; QMS & CLIA support; ELIMS integrations; Testing and curating new technologies e.g. Nanopore; website development; communications and user experience
• Strong experience using applications such as BLAST/Megan metagenefinder QIIME MG-RAST and 16S databases such RDP and Greengenes.
• Experience with Matlab.
• Experience with de novo assembly and reference mapping.
• Experience with RocheAVA CLCbio VIP and VarScan software packages
• Experience working for the federal government or in a public health setting preferred.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced setting.
• Ability to work with a diverse interdisciplinary team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective organization skills.
• Advanced experience with comparative genomics methods including SNP/indel detection gene structure comparisons gene absence/presence determination and protein sequence comparisons.
• Ability to pass required Federal background screening obtain and maintain government clearance.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or at any time in the future

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience maintaining epidemiological and laboratory data using SAS or R REDCap Microsoft Access Excel EpiInfo.
• Experience developing scripts and software for data manipulation cleaning analysis and visualization with Python R BASH and SQL.
• Proficient in developing bioinformatics pipelines through workflow tools including Snakemake or Nextflow on Linux-based high-performance computing environments.
• Ability to convert existing datasets from diverse file formats (e.g. Microsoft Excel Access SQL and ASCII files) into SAS datasets.
• Experience with bioinformatics associated with viral diseases at CDC.
• Previous experience in federal government or public health and molecular epidemiologic research.

Education and Training

• Masters degree in Bioinformatics Computational Biology Computer Science Microbiology Biology or closely related field plus a minimum of 3 years of experience in the capacity of a bioinformatician.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. May need to lift 25 pounds occasionally.

Who We Are

Tanaq Management Services (TMS) strives to deeply understand and analyze our clients vision needs and requirements so we may provide alternative solutions empowering them to choose the best resolution. We aim to achieve excellence by delivering on our commitments to our clients employees and partners.

Our Commitment to Non-Discrimination

Tanaq Management Services is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal state or local law. Tanaq complies with the Drug-free Workplace Act of 1988 and E-Verify.

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