Bioinformatics Engineer @ ESAC

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About the Job

As a Bioinformatics Engineer, the successful candidate will perform bioinformatics support, data quality assurance and curation activities for our clients at the National Institutes of Health and other scientific organizations. The position will either be located at client sites (DC metro area) or at ESAC’s offices in Rockville, MD.

Principal Responsibilities:
  1. Serve as bioinformatics expert for new and existing projects for our clients.
  2. Be a member of team building software applications and scientific database for life sciences.
  3. Provide bioinformatics services to assist scientific problem solving in a broad range of research topics. Typical daily work might include custom data processing, genomic sequence, SNP and gene expression analysis. 
  4. Lead the data curation activities for the scientific databases including working with scientists, publication research and verification.
  5. Write custom scripts and develop programs in Perl, Python, R, Java, etc.

Minimum Qualifications: 
  1. M.S. or equivalent degree (Ph.D. preferred) with combined education and experience in bioinformatics. Applicants with an education background in bioinformatics or a related topic (e.g. mathematics and computer science/engineering) plus significant combined education and experience in one or more of biology, biochemistry, genetics, immunology, bioinformatics will be considered.
  2. 5+ years of bioinformatics experience including programming in Perl/Python/R/Java.
  3. Knowledge or experience with high throughput data and data curation activities including microarray gene-expression, genotyping, next generation sequencing, etc.
  4. Experience in translating customer requirements into technical requirements.
  5. Ability to identify, prioritize, and execute tasks to meet critical project deadlines.
  6. Knowledge of Unix/Linux, Windows, Scripting (Perl, etc.)
  7. Experience with relational databases like Oracle, MySQL, etc.
  8. Independent problem solver that enjoys collaborative research.
  9. Excellent communication and people skills.

Preferred Qualifications: 
  1. Experience in a user-centric and result-oriented setup, e.g. core facility or helpdesk.
  2. Familiarity with the challenges of managing large amounts of data and large number of samples.
  3. Experience in design and execution of analytical workflows and the display/visualization of results.
  4. Formal coursework or advanced training in one or more of the following: biology, immunology, genetics, biochemistry, bioinformatics, software engineering. Knowledge of assay platforms flow Cytometry/ELISA/ELISPOT a plus.
  5. Knowledge in scientific and statistical software development, e.g. implementation of statistical tests and computing algorithms using a mainstream programming language.
  6. Knowledge of immunology, vaccines, allergy or autoimmune disease a plus.

About ESAC, Inc.

ESAC, Inc. provides innovative information technology solutions to facilitate research data management for life science companies. Our mission is to support the global vision of personalized medicine by providing value added services and products. We are always looking for people with strong bioinformatics, translational research and life science backgrounds.

We are located in the Rockville Innovation Center in the hub of the new Rockville Town Center. The technology incubator is supported by the business innovation network of Montgomery County Department of Economic Development.

Our benefits package includes the following:

  • Competitive Base and Incentive Compensation
  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) Employee Savings Plan with company matching
  • Paid Time Off
  • Company Holidays
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • And several other fringe benefits and perks

Visit us at www.esacinc.com