Bioinformatic Assistant

The EPA National Student Services Contract has an immediate opening for a full-time Bioinformatic Assistant with the Office of Research and Development at the EPA facility in Raleigh, NC.

The Office of Research and Development at the EPA supports high-quality research to improve the scientific basis for decisions on national environmental issues and help EPA achieve its environmental goals. Research is conducted in a broad range of environmental areas by scientists in EPA laboratories and at universities across the country.

ORD bioinformatic research serves to provide, among other functions, a bioanalytical and computational infrastructure to facilitate research on a variety of research topics. Current scientific projects range from (1) large genomic and transcriptomic dataset integration and analysis; (2) database and front-end development efforts; (3) nanoinformatics and nano-curation efforts (4) QA/QC practices for data transfer, code sharing and backup; (4) semantic mapping of biological information to address Agency questions. ORD bioinformatic research seeks to develop an integrated framework across health end points through the identification of toxicological pathways. This approach is accomplished by the use of computational and molecular approaches to characterize "key events" for biologically based models, the association of molecular key events with chemical, disease and, pathway, and the application of genetic and epigenetic approaches for understanding differential susceptibility.

Investigators across the Agency are involved in diverse areas of research, including systems biology, a variety of ‘omics’ disciplines, as well as database development and data curation. You will have the opportunity to be a member of a multi-disciplinary research team and work with computational biologists, EMVL contractors, and other members of ORD’s software development and informatics teams to support research efforts. In addition to scientific projects, you will be conducting work with the National Computing Center (NCC) Linux/Unix Staff to support the efficient and reliable operation of the organization’s computational cluster, platforms, storage and the associated operations and support tools.

Location: This job will be located at EPA’s facility in Raleigh, NC.

Hours: Full time.

Salary: Selected applicant will become a temporary employee of ORAU and will receive an hourly wage for hours worked at a rate of $21.59 per hour.

Travel: Occasional overnight travel may be required.

Working Conditions: The selected candidate will be supervised by a mentor who will provide day-to-day direction, as well as coach, advise and counsel the candidate, and review the candidate’s work. This position will involve work in an administrative setting and is not expected to involve exposure to hazardous elements.

Expected Start Date: The position is full-time and expected to begin in March 2020. The initial project is through May 14, 2020 with potential optional periods.

For more information, contact EPAjobs@orau.org. Do not contact EPA directly.