Job Summary:
Black Canyon Consulting LLC is seeking Data Engineers to support their work for the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the National Library of Medicine. The role involves designing, developing, testing, and maintaining programs for biomedical data resources, as well as implementing efficient bioinformatic algorithms and developing cloud-ready tools and pipelines.
Responsibilities:
• You will work with a talented group of scientists and software developers to design, develop, test, and maintain programs for NCBI's world's premier biomedical data resources, with examples below -
• Specific tasks may include implementing efficient bioinformatic algorithms, and facilitating the development of cloud-ready tools and pipelines to improve the performance and scalability of searching in and submitting to the more than ten terabytes of genetic sequence data at NCBI.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Proficiency in Python
• Experience with MS SQL server and relational database design and optimization
• Programming experience in a Linux environment and shell scripts such as BASH
• Experience in handling large amounts of data
• Ability to work with common structured documents (at least one of XML, JSON)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, unit tests, integration, and regression testing
Preferred:
• Experience with Cloud technologies: AWS: EC2, S3, Lambda
• GCP: GKE, Google Store, Cloud functions
• 5+ years of working with genetic and biological data
• Familiarity with NGS computational tools and formats (BWA, GATK, Galaxy, etc.)
• Demonstrated active involvement into open source communities (github, etc.)
• Experience managing production workflow of an online public databases
• Experience with RESTful API design
Company:
Black Canyon Consulting, LLC (BCC) is a privately held, Woman-Owned Small Business, whose team of professionals bring over 125 years of experience providing innovative, tactical, and strategic Program and IT Management Support Services. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Fairfax, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.