Job Title: Scientific Data Management Specialist - 22951
Duration: Long Term (Ongoing project)
Location: Bethesda , MD

Description:
The position is responsible for the design, development, implementation, and management of high-throughput automatic data processing infrastructure for large databases in a mature system. Tasks also involve continuing the developing and improving the infrastructure supporting this system. The incumbent will interface with multiple data providers to design, build, and maintain their customized databases, within a mature integrating system. The incumbent with clarify requirements, feature requests, and bug reports for software developers and assist in testing code.
Required Skills
Formal Education (minimum: Bachelor’s in life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, engineering, or computer science)
Strong knowledge of Perl, including the use of standard Perl modules and object-oriented Perl.
Experience with LINUX/UNIX and scripting in that OS.
Experience working with automatic data processing pipelines
Familiarity with high performance computing, ideally Sun Grid Engine (SGE)
Strong oral and written communication skills
The candidate has experience moving large amounts of quantitative data reliably and efficiently

Helpful Skills:
Experience with SQL
Broad knowledge of biology, especially genetics, cell biology, and biochemistry, and associated databases, such as dbSNP and GenBank
Experience with XML/XSLT
Experience with C++ (or C)
Experience with HTML, CSS, and Javascript and related web based tools