Kelly Government Solutions is a strategic supplier and business partner to the federal government and its key suppliers. Through our partnership with the National Institutes of Health, Kelly Government Solutions offers administrative, IT, engineering, scientific, and healthcare professionals the opportunity to work with the leading medical research center in the world.  We are seeking an Informatics Developer to work at the National Institutes of Health in Rockville, MD

This is a long-term contract position which offers:
-    Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit package
-    Optional health, vision, and dental plans
-    Vacation leave as well as 10 paid federal holidays and 401K plan.  
-    Access to NIH’s unparalleled resources and niche scientific initiatives

TASKS/SERVICES. The contractor shall: 

1. Examine analytical problems and pose feasible statistical solutions.
   

2. Evaluate new analytic methods and software and adapt them if necessary.
   

3. Work with staff to develop, test and refine novel programming methods, toolkits, and algorithms.
   

4. Lead the establishment of best practices for continuous integration and continuous deployment, using technologies such as Jenkins, Travis, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud services (AWS, Google Cloud)
   

5. Lead the design and implementation of features and expansion of the case reporting tool and explore functionality to accommodate a broader array of diseases, such as cancer and rare conditions, based on FDA prioritization input. This includes coordinating the back-end to support front-end requirements.
   

6. Use advanced knowledge in machine learning, statistics, text mining, natural language processing, computational semantics, computer vision, and data science to develop creative solutions to complex real-world problems.
   

7. Develop scientific applications using R, Shiny and/or Python.
   

8. Install software testing programs on datasets to identify issues and propose solutions.
   

9. Test and maintain software products to ensure strong functionality and optimization.
   

10. Develop or utilize new or existing technology to develop dynamic web applications or software tools for bioinformatics application.  
    

11. Test and install the software updates.
    

12. Collaborate with staff to develop database application and tools for supporting bioinformatics and scientific computing research projects.
    

13. Prepare roadmaps, schedules, status reports, plans and recommendations.
    

14. Generate and run appropriate database queries needed for Quarterly Progress Reports.
    

15. Maintain and follow SOPs, configuration management, upgrades and availability.
    

16. Provide feasibility studies and research for compatibility and ease of scientific databases use by researchers for extensive scientific data analyses 
    

17. Prepare roadmaps, schedules, status reports, plans and recommendations.
    

18. Maintain and follow SOPs, configuration management, upgrades and availability.
    

19. Design, develop and deploy software for multi-core and high-performance computing systems.
    

20. Troubleshoot scripts and programs to ensure successful use of said scripts and programs.
    

21. Document in-house software for training and reference purposes.
    

22. Provide support for development of methods in data science.
    

23. Implement improvements to development activities to speed development of applications, databases, or software tools.
    

24. Manage and troubleshoot deployments and image builds.
    

25. Develop new code and refine/troubleshoot existing code.
    

26. Troubleshoot scripts and programs to ensure successful use of said scripts and programs.
    

27. Work with staff on applying, extending and/or developing statistical methods to address problems identified by the staff of relevance to the project.

REQUIREMENTS. The contractor must have: 

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Programming & Data Processing
   

2. Managing tasks in JIRA, including creating tickets, providing timeline updates to tickets, working with testers in a regular feedback loop to closure
   

3. Cloud Computing including AWS, Google, etc
   

4. Documenting design and tests / MS Office Suite; creating documentation deliverables such as: presentations, guides, testing plans and reports
   

5. Experience with: Requirements tracking, Communications skills, both oral and written, Data Modeling, Database management
   

6. Code management using Github, including working with multiple branches and forks, Reviewing Github merge requests as a feedback loop, Merging code in Github

PLEASE APPLY ONLINE
When you apply, please know a Kelly Government Solutions Recruiter will review your resume and will contact you directly, if your skills and experience match the requirements of this position; a full job description can be made available at that time. 

Due to the high volume of inquiries, we regret that we cannot accept phone calls. Even if you aren’t contacted for this position, you are still part of our talent network. All Kelly recruiters have access to your profile, which expands your opportunities even further.

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