NCBI Data Engineer

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