Enterprise Application Programmer/Analyst

Job ID: req2514
Employee Type: exempt full-time
Division: Cancer Research Technology Program
Facility: Rockville: 9605 MedCtrDr
Location: 9605 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850 USA

The Frederick National Laboratory is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and operated by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. The lab addresses some of the most urgent and intractable problems in the biomedical sciences in cancer and AIDS, drug development and first-in-human clinical trials, applications of nanotechnology in medicine, and rapid response to emerging threats of infectious diseases.

Accountability, Compassion, Collaboration, Dedication, Integrity and Versatility; it's the FNL way.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Frederick National Laboratory is dedicated to improving human health through the discovery and innovation in the biomedical sciences, focusing on cancer, AIDS, and emerging infectious diseases.

The Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (BIDS) directorate works collaboratively and helps to fulfill the mission of Frederick National Laboratory in the areas of biomedical informatics and data science by developing and applying world leading data science and computing technologies to basic and applied biomedical research challenges, supporting critical operations, developing and delivering national data resources, and employing leading-edge software and data science to effectively enable and advance clinical translation.

The Strategic and Data Sciences Initiatives (SDSI) group in BIDS works collaboratively to accelerate cancer research with a focus on building effective use of innovative data and scalable computing and guiding development of future computational infrastructure and workforce capabilities needed to address key cancer research challenges including predicting treatment outcome, addressing bias in data and applications, and shortening the time it takes for new treatments to be developed. The group's efforts leverage some of the largest computers in the world and advanced techniques like machine learning and artificial intelligence to create insights that can be applied at local cancer treatment centers to improve quality of life and improved outcomes for all cancer patients. A key focus of this group is to provide secure and robust data management and data modeling platforms and services for scientific data in accordance with FAIR data principles (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) supporting an increasing depth of scientific insight for the ever-expanding collection of scientific datasets.

KEY ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Enterprise Resource Programming Analyst:

• Responsible for designing and developing scalable UI solutions to facilitate the application of machine learning computational methods, and cloud resources to facilitate analysis such as drug data, natural language processing, molecular dynamics simulations, and image processing
• Collaborative and integral team member of the NCI-DOE Capability Transfer team, suggesting new ideas to establish visual and functional specifications
• Contributes to test, debug, deploy and optimize UI solution using agreed upon standards and tools
• Contributes with technical documents material according to the team standards

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:

• Possession of Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university according to the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in computer science, information systems or a related field or four (4) years relevant experience in lieu of degree. Foreign degrees must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency
• In addition to the education requirement, a minimum of two (2) years of progressively responsible experience
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in Web UI / UX development
• Experience in the design, development, and testing of software in a production environment
• Proficient programming skills with Neo4J, Neptune, MYSQL, SQL, Java, HTML, PHP, CSS, Django, NodeJS, JavaScript, and REST framework
• Database experience (Graph, RDBMS, etc.): use, creation, maintenance
• Familiarity with data interchange formats (e.g., JSON, XML)
• Familiarity with using Cloud services (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) for application development and deployment
• Experience with Source Control systems (e.g., GitHub, SVN)
• Experience with using, designing, and developing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
• Experience with debugging, performance profiling, and optimization
• Creativity and solution building skills
• Strong communications skills, both oral and written
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work independently to achieve desired goals based on a broad description of the issues and clear definition of the required outcome
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:

• Possession of a Master's degree
• Experience with data and metadata management systems handling big data
• Experience with object storage technologies (e.g., Amazon S3)
• Experience with RESTful web services
• Knowledge of scientific workflows
• Experience with continuous integration tools (e.g., Jenkins, Travis)

EXPECTED COMPETENCIES

• Ability to work with ease in a fast paced, agile environment
• Experienced in UI / UX development
• Self-motivated and result-oriented, able to handle multiple simultaneous projects efficiently
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in at least two of the following programming languages: Java, JavaScript, SQL, Python, NoSQL and C/C++

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) | Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran (M/F/D/V) | Drug Free Workplace (DFW)

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