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 I to support ongoing projects for our Federal Government customer. 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 I is responsible for R-programming and basic 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 role that will include working both remotely and onsite at the Federal Government customer campus in Atlanta, GA.
Responsibilities
- 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 a 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 a virus, conduct virus isolates and virus populations.
- Request NGS Sequencing for Illumina MiSeq and NovaSeq; PacBio RSII and Sequel; Oxford Nanopore MiniON.
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
- 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.
- Ability to obtain a government clearance.
Education and Training
- Master’s degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Microbiology, Biology, or closely related field, plus a minimum of three years of experience in the capacity of a bioinformatician.
- Previous experience in public health and molecular epidemiologic research, preferred.
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) is a public health contractor, certified 8(a) business, owned by St. George Tanaq Corporation, an Alaska Native Corporation. (ANC). We listen to our stakeholders and leverage our science, technology, communication, and program expertise to understand and provide feedback as we develop solutions.
TMS is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and participates in E-Verify. All employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We welcome and encourage diversity in our workforce. Our policies provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local laws. For more information, visit Know Your Rights and Pay Transparency Statement.
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