Tanaq Health · 1 day ago
Bioinformatician (JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular)
United States
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expTanaq Management Services (TMS) delivers professional and technical services to federal agencies, and they are seeking a Bioinformatician to support their government customer. The Bioinformatician will work closely with a Web Software Developer to develop and maintain the MicrobeTrace bioinformatics tool, ensuring effective cluster detection and characterization methods.
Management Consulting
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Develop and evaluate synthetic epidemiologic and molecular sequence datasets that will mimic real world data, which will be very valuable in validation of various analytical tools, pipelines, and data systems
Contribute to software development efforts using JavaScript, Typescript, and Angular
Maintain regular communication with the customer, provide weekly updates on tasks and provide demonstrations at team meetings, individual meetings, ZenHub, emails, and reports
Present findings and/or provide MicrobeTrace demonstrations at conferences, workshops, meetings, and in publications
Train coworkers, collaborators, and state and federal partners to use these new tools/platforms
Provide support to the Web Software Developer to integrate with new and available bioinformatics tools and platforms; optimize existing visualizations; add new functionalities in MicrobeTrace for network and phylogenetic analyses; develop and deploy web-based version of MicrobeTrace for increased cluster detection efficiency; support methods to automate testing of MicrobeTrace using available open-source tools; manage development progress using project management tools; and enhance real-time response capabilities and prevention by integrating and visualizing data with increased efficiency and improved user access
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Minimum 2-3 years of experience in bioinformatics
Experience in software development using JavaScript, TypeScript and Angular highly desired
Familiarity with bioinformatics tools and platforms
Experience developing and evaluating synthetic epidemiologic and molecular sequence datasets that mimic real world data to validate various analytical tools, pipelines, and data systems
Experience presenting findings and/or technical demonstrations at conferences, workshops, meetings, and in publications
Experience integrating and visualizing data highly desired
Demonstrated proactive approaches to troubleshooting issues and problem solving with strong analytical decision-making capabilities
Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
Attention to detail and ability to work in a team environment
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
Master's degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Microbiology, Biology, or closely related field required
Preferred
Prior experience supporting CDC or similar US government client preferred
Company
Tanaq Health
Tanaq Health is a division of St.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase