Cloud Website Designer/Programmer Analyst (remote work opportunity)

Cloud Website Designer/Programmer Analyst (remote work opportunity)

Job ID: req2769
Employee Type: exempt full-time
Division: Cancer Research Technology Program
Facility: Rockville: 9605 MedCtrDr
Location: 9605 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850 USA

The Frederick National Laboratory is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and operated by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.  The lab addresses some of the most urgent and intractable problems in the biomedical sciences in cancer and AIDS, drug development and first-in-human clinical trials, applications of nanotechnology in medicine, and rapid response to emerging threats of infectious diseases.

Accountability, Compassion, Collaboration, Dedication, Integrity and Versatility; it's the FNL way.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION 

The Frederick National Laboratory is dedicated to improving human health through the discovery and innovation in the biomedical sciences, focusing on cancer, AIDS, and emerging infectious diseases.

The Cancer Data Sciences Initiatives (CDSI) group in CRTP works collaboratively to accelerate cancer research with a focus on building effective use of innovative data and scalable computing. CDSI works to guide development of future computational infrastructure and workforce capabilities needed to address key cancer research challenges. This focus includes predicting treatment outcome, reducing bias, and shortening the time it takes for new treatments to be developed. The group’s efforts leverage some of the largest computers in the world using machine learning and artificial intelligence to create insights that can be applied at local cancer treatment centers, these insights improve quality of life and outcomes for all cancer patients.  Within CDSI, the Scientific Computing group fosters and enables NCI investigator teams to use scientific computing independently and helps to shape the organizational capacity to support scientific computing to enable NCI research.

KEY ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES:    

THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT ON FUNDING APPROVAL

Cloud Website Designer/Programmer Analyst:

• Responsible for developing scalable UI/UX solutions to facilitate the application of machine learning computational methods, and cloud resources to facilitate analysis such as drug data, natural language processing, molecular dynamics simulations, and image processing
• Collaborative and integral team member of the NCI-DOE Resource Transfer team, who will contribute new ideas to establish visual and functional specifications
• Contributes to test, debug, deploy and optimize UI solution, using agreed upon standards and tools
• Contributes with technical documents material, according to the team standards.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:  

To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below: 

• Possession of a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field from an accredited college or university according to the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Foreign degrees must be evaluated for US equivalency
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in web UI/UX/development, preferably in a Drupal environment, especially with debugging, performance profiling, and optimization
• Experience in the design, development, and testing of software in a production environment
• Proficient programming skills with at least 2 of the following: Neo4J, Neptune, MYSQL, SQL, Java, JavaScript, Python, NoSQL, C/C++, HTML, PHP, CSS, Django, NodeJS, JavaScript, and REST framework
• Experience with use, creation, and maintenance of databases (Graph, RDBMS, etc.), especially in a Cloud environment (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Familiarity with data interchange formats (e.g., JSON, XML) and source control systems (e.g., GitHub, SVN)
• Ability to work independently to achieve desired goals based on a broad description of the issues and clear definition of the required outcome
• Ability to work with ease in a fast paced, agile environment
• Self-motivated and result-oriented, able to handle multiple simultaneous projects efficiently
• Excellent communication (oral and written), problem solving, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a clearance 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:  

• Possession of a master’s degree
• Experience with data and metadata management systems handling big data
• Experience with object storage technologies (e.g., Amazon S3)
• Experience with using, designing, and developing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) 

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) | Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran (M/F/D/V) | Drug Free Workplace (DFW)

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