Contemporaries Inc. is a government contracting firm supporting the National Institutes of Health in their efforts to hire a Data Scientist to support environmental health and extreme weather research initiatives. This is a long-term contract opportunity offering remote work flexibility. We are looking for candidates with strong experience in the R programming language, geospatial/environmental data analysis, and data visualization who are excited about supporting impactful public health and scientific research efforts.
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Position Responsibilities
- Support the continued development and optimization of the Amadeus software package within the open-source R programming environment
- Improve computational performance, reduce package dependencies, and enhance runtime efficiency of the Amadeus code base
- Develop new geospatial environmental datasets proposed by the health and extreme weather (HEW) research community and leadership team
- Work within established coding and development style guidelines for the Amadeus R-package
- Create and revise tutorials related to:
- data downloads,
- covariate calculations,
- statistical model development,
- and data visualization
- Utilize the Amadeus R-package to support data sourcing and environmental research workflows
- Develop and maintain interactive R Shiny dashboards for HEW datasets and scientific reporting
- Assist with peer-reviewed manuscript development, including data analysis, technical writing, editing, and interpretation of findings
- Provide scientific guidance, analytical support, and interpretation of results to the research team
- Collaborate with researchers, analysts, and leadership teams supporting environmental and public health initiatives
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Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Bioinformatics, Environmental Science, Public Health, or a related field
- Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in data science, statistical programming, or computational research support
- Strong experience using the R programming language
- Experience working with large-scale geospatial or environmental datasets
- Experience developing dashboards or interactive visualizations using R Shiny
- Experience with shell scripting such as Bash
- Familiarity with batch job scripting or high-performance computing environments such as SLURM
- Strong analytical, technical writing, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently while supporting collaborative scientific research efforts
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Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting public health, environmental health, climate, or biomedical research projects
- Experience contributing to open-source software or research-focused R packages
- Experience assisting with manuscript preparation or peer-reviewed publications
- Familiarity with geospatial analysis and statistical modeling techniques
Company Description
Contemporaries is a government contracting firm who has been providing HR and Staff support to both federal and private organizations for over 35 years. Specializing in Administrative and related opportunities, while also working with Scientific, IT, Legal, Research, and related opportunities.