Pay Range

DOE. The pay rate may differ depending on your skills, education, experience, and other qualifications.

Featured Benefits:

• Medical Insurance in compliance with the ACA
• 401(k)
• Sick leave in compliance with applicable state, federal, and local laws

CONTRACTOR/STAFF

• Master of Science (MS) with at least two years of work/research experience in bioinformatics, molecular biology, biology, biochemistry or other related field OR Bachelor of Science (BS) with three or more years of work/research experience in bioinformatics, molecular biology, biology, biochemistry or another related field.
• One year of experience using standard analysis software and demonstrated exposure to sequencing data analysis.
• One year of experience with sequencing analysis.
• Experience with sequencing analysis of Newborn Screening.
• One year programming skills in C or Java; Programming skills in R, Python, Perl, BASH or another related field.
• Prefer one year of experience performing exploratory data analysis as it pertains to Newborn Screening samples.
• Eligible for Florida Laboratory license.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• SERVICE TASKS: Contractor will perform the following tasks in the time and manner specified:
• Work with current staff in developing and maintaining production grade and professional quality bioinformatics workflows for Illumina next generation sequencing data for NBS as specified by the Department.
• Deploy bioinformatics pipelines locally and on the cloud as specified by the Department.
• Adhere to best software engineering principles while performing services under this SOW.
• Correct issues in the bioinformatics eco-system, communicate and document them as directed by the Department.
• Provide bioinformatics support to upstream laboratory and downstream interpretation teams and help diagnose problems as specified by the Department.
• Manage genomic data life cycle (creation to archival and restore) as directed by the Department.
• Develop, manage, and curate databases for the analysis as specified by the Department.
• Provide a monthly status report that addresses on-going development and curation and submit it to the Contract Manager with the invoice.
• Train and support other researchers in the use of bioinformatics pipelines and assist them in the analysis of genomic data as specified by the Department.
• Evaluate NGS analysis tools, execute data analysis and generate reports in production as specified by the Department.
• Adhere to compliance requirements (CAP/CLIA) as follows.
• Identify, implement, and maintain data quality control and management programs as specified by the Department.
• Provide a monthly status report addressing ongoing quality control and management programs and submit it to the contract Manager with the invoice.
• Attend trainings approved by the Department to ensure the Contractor’s knowledge remains current. Provide follow-up report to the Contract Manager within seven business days of training detailing training received.