Data Engineer

Black Canyon Consulting(BCC)is searching for a Data Engineer to support our work at the atthe

National Institutes of Health (NIH). This opportunity is full time at the NIH in Bethesda, MD and/or remote work.

We attract the best people in the business with our competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k plan with employer contribution, paid holidays, vacation, and tuition reimbursement. If you enjoy being a part of a high performing, professional service and technology focused organization, please apply today!

• B.S. in a STEM field (Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics)
• Alternatively, equivalent industry experience in bioinformatics or a related field

• Experience running operations in a large and complex environment, preferably in data operations
• Relational databases, SQL
• Scripting in Bash, Python, or other shell scripting languages
• Experience with LINUX/UNIX
• Ability to troubleshoot an operational pipeline to identify highest priority problems and identify solutions
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team

• Knowledge of existing workflow languages and frameworks
• Work experience with production-level bioinformatics databases and pipelines
• Familiarity with technical environments, complex databases, and process flows
• Experience with the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA) or Gen Bank databases and tools like BLAST or other DNA sequence analysis software
• Cloud technologies like Kubernetes, Athena, and Big Query
• Experience with XML schemas
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence
• Experience with Agile processes, especially scrum
• Background in virology is a plus

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