Bioinformatics Scientist - Bethesda, United States - GAP Solutions, Inc.

GAP Solutions, Inc.
GAP Solutions, Inc.
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Bethesda, United States

3 weeks ago

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Provide services as a Bioinformatics Scientist in support of the overall functions of the Office of the Director (OD), Office of Data Science and Emerging Technologies (ODSET) within the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).


Duties and Responsibilities:


  • Assist with the development of research initiatives with intra/extramural divisions.
  • Prepare research materials to review by federal staff.
  • Assist in the development, management, and evaluation of operations research.
  • Assist with technical data science consultations across a broad range of ODSET and NIAID activities; has technical expertise in subareas of data science.
  • Assist in the development and management of the data science training program.
  • Assist with implementation of policy, create guidance, best practices, and training materials for policy related to data sharing and use.
  • Assist with coordinating data policy implementation; support the Genomic Program Administrator and Data Access Committee.
  • Assist with the data science outreach program, including development of online materials, the NIAID data science website, blog posts, newsletters, social media posts, etc.; organize workshops and the data science webinar series.
  • Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team in ODSET, contribute diverse knowledge and skills; demonstrate ability to bridge biomedical and data science domains.
  • Assist with managing operations of the data science research, training, policy, and outreach operations through maintaining of operational systems, data registrations, budget tracking, and similar operations.
  • Develop and manage efforts to improve compliance of NIAID data assets with Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) Guiding Principles.
  • Develop approaches to create and improve machineactionable, FAIRcompliant metadata based on structured vocabularies and ontologies.
  • Make recommendations for standard schema's and machineactionable representations for metadata and data in the NIAID mission area.
  • Assist with the design and management of the NIAID Data Ecosystem, especially with the use of ontologies and machineactionable metadata.
  • Collaborate with ODSET's DATA Scholar on the project to develop an AI-Ready Data Ecosystems for Pandemic Preparedness, by representing knowledge in machine
- actionable format based on ontologies and semantic technologies.


Basic Qualifications:


  • Master's Degree with a minimum of two (2) years of experience in a related field.
  • Basic knowledge of computer science, systems analysis, and systems programming.
  • Demonstrates exceptional oral and written communications, including ability to apprise/update senior staff and communicate technical content to diverse audiences.

Minimum Qualifications:


  • A doctoral degree in a biomedical discipline and graduate training in biomedical informatics or a related data science field is preferred.
  • Research experience in ontologies related to infectious diseases is preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience in the development and use of ontologies and semantic technologies applied to infectious diseases is preferred.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with nontechnical and technical staff.
  • Detailoriented and possess strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects
  • This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required by this position.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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