Bioinformatician 2

Great Hill Solutions, LLC is part of the Seneca Nation Group (SNG) portfolio of companies. SNG is Seneca Holdings' federal government contracting business that meets mission-critical needs of federal civilian, defense, and intelligence community customers. Our portfolio comprises multiple subsidiaries that participate in the Small Business Administration 8(a) program. To learn more about SNG, visit the website and follow us on LinkedIn.

Our team of talented individuals is what makes us successful. To support our team, we provide a balanced mix of benefits and programs. Your total rewards package includes competitive pay, benefits, and perks, flexible work-life balance, professional development opportunities, and performance and recognition programs. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability, voluntary benefit programs (critical illness, hospital, and accident), health savings and flexible spending accounts, and retirement 401K plan. One of our fundamental principles is to offer competitive health and welfare benefits to our team members, providing coverage and care for you and your family. Full-time employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefits and paid leave programs. We pride ourselves on our collaborative work environment and culture, which embraces our mission of providing financial and non-financial benefits back to the members of the Seneca Nation.

Great Hill Solutions is seeking a Bioinformatician II in Atlanta, GA in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Division of Bacterial Diseases (DBD), Meningitis, Pertussis, and Diphtheria Laboratory Branch (MPDLB) which is dedicated to the prevention and control of meningitis, pertussis, and other vaccine‐preventable diseases. The Bioinformatician II will support epidemiologic and laboratory activities which encompasses - characterization of risk factors for disease, outbreak investigations, surveillance, method and tool development, pathogen detection and characterization to monitor anti‐microbial resistance (AMR) trends and strain genomics, vaccine evaluations, implementation and evaluation of prevention strategies, and vaccine policy development and assessment, both domestically and globally.

Roles and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide technical and intellectual support for bioinformatics analysis, tool development, and data management to improve bacterial meningitis surveillance and understanding of bacterial diseases.
• Provide bioinformatic support for studies and projects to understand meningitis diseases, pathogen genomics and population genetics, vaccine antigens, antibiotic resistance, virulence of bacterial meningitis pathogens.
• Provide bioinformatic and informatic support for genomic surveillance and outbreak response to monitor emerging and spreading of meningitis pathogens.
• Perform quality control, assembly, and analysis of pathogen genome and RNA sequences and management of genome and RNA sequence files and databases including uploads to National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) or online sequence data banks such as PubMLST.
• Improve and maintain BML Bacterial Meningitis Genome Analysis Platform (BMGAP) and coordinate data submission and analysis with CDC internal and external partners.
• Effectively manage and maintain the molecular and whole genome sequencing data on specimens/bacterial isolates collected through surveillance, carriage and other studies.
• Develop, validate, and implement suitable and customized bioinformatics and informatics tools and pipelines to improve data management and analysis, in compliance with CDC laboratory Quality Management System (QMS).
• Collaborate with partners to provide technical support and consultation on sequencing data interpretation in support of research projects, surveillance and outbreak investigations.
• Analyze, review, revise, and/or interpret the data and prepare scientific reports, laboratory Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), training materials, summaries abstracts, manuscripts, presentations, and other documents related to research projects and activities.

Basic Qualifications:

• MS degree in Life Sciences to include Bioinformatics, Biology, Microbiology, or closely related field; or combination of a related BS degree with compatible work experience.
• 5+ years of experience with general molecular biology and bioinformatics practices.
• 5+ years of experience with complex data analysis and interpretation, in addition to understanding and adhering to strict laboratory safety standards and laboratory practices.
• 5+ years of experience with programming languages such as R, Python, or Perl.
• 5+ years of experience with MS Office Suite, (Word, Excel, Access, etc.).

Desired Skills:

• Ability to collaborate with scientists in diverse research, development, and production laboratories.
• Knowledge of CDC laboratory policy, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to work independently while maintaining the flexibility to respond to the needs of the laboratory team.