What are the responsibilities and job description for the NCBI Data Engineer position at Ariadne?
Overview
Ariadne is searching for a Data Engineer to support our work at the at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This opportunity is full time at the NIH in Bethesda, MD and/or remote work.
Educational Requirements
- B.S. in a STEM field (Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics)
- Alternatively, equivalent industry experience in bioinformatics or a related field
Required Skills:
- Experience running operations in a large and complex environment, preferably in data operations
- Relational databases, SQL
- Scripting in Bash, Python, or other shell scripting languages
- Experience with LINUX/UNIX
- Ability to troubleshoot an operational pipeline to identify highest priority problems and identify solutions
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team
Other Desired Experience/Expertise:
- Knowledge of existing workflow languages and frameworks
- Work experience with production-level bioinformatics databases and pipelines
- Familiarity with technical environments, complex databases, and process flows
- Experience with the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA) or GenBank databases and tools like BLAST or other DNA sequence analysis software
- Cloud technologies like Kubernetes, Athena, and BigQuery
- Experience with XML schemas
- Familiarity with Jira and Confluence
- Experience with Agile processes, especially scrum
- Background in virology is a plus
Bonus Skills
- Strong presentation skills
We look forward to reviewing your application.
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