Bioinformatics Specialist

Bioinformatics Specialist

The Opportunity:

Are you excited by the prospect of architecting scalable workflows? Are you fascinated by the possibilities presented by machine learning and artificial intelligence advances? As a bioinformatician, you can turn large, complex data into useful information to solve health challenges.  We have an opportunity for you to use your analytical skills to improve public health. You’ll work closely with your customers to understand their questions and needs.

You’ll analyze requirements and guide a high-performing team of bioinformaticians to use the right combination of tools, frameworks, and automation to generate scalable, production-grade bioinformatics pipelines that help the client make evidence-based decisions and strengthen our public health systems. You’ll provide your customers with a deep understanding of their data, what it all means, and how they can use it.

Join us as we use data science for good in public health. This position is located in Atlanta, GA. Join us. The world can’t wait. You Have:5+ years of experience with bioinformatics and genomic toolkits, databases, and scripting languages, including Python, R, or Shell  1 + years of experience reconstructing evolutionary relationships using phylogenetic trees, sequence alignment, and ancestral state reconstruction1 + years of experience analyzing complex environmental or clinical microbial communities using shotgun metagenomic sequencing and 16S rRNA profiling

Experience using parallel programming capabilities through workflow tools, including Nextflow, on Linux-based high-performance computing environments

Experience with next-generation sequencing, omics data analysis, and open-source omics analysis tools and workflows as they apply to public health genomics Knowledge of nf-core compliance and statistical techniques, including multivariate analysis and hypothesis testing for omics data analysis

Ability to conduct analysis, interpretation, and communication of complex large datasets independently, clearly, and concisely Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements Master's degree Nice If You Have:

Experience incorporating CI/CD, Dev Sec Ops , and MLOps best practices into the development process

Experience working in cloud-based environments using AWS, Azure, and data warehousing solutions, including Databricks  

Experience with a wide range of supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques, including neural networks, decision trees, logistic regressions, or dimension reduction

Experience with visualization tools, including Power BI, Tableau, ArcGIS, or Splunk

Experience with SAS and SSPS programming using advanced programming methods and techniques Ability to write white papers and scientific and technical manuscripts for publication

Doctorate degree Vetting:
Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client. Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.

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