BIOINFORMATICS Developer @ Lockheed Martin--Bethesda/Rockville

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BACKGROUND:
We are currently searching for a Bioinformatics Software Developer to support the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This opportunity is a permanent, full-time position with Lockheed Martin and it is on-site at the NIH in Bethesda/Rockville, MD.

The candidate will operate in a multi-disciplinary group of scientists, software developers, and operations staff who provide support, training, consultation services and informatics tools to the research community in the areas of bioinformatics and computational biosciences. The successful candidate will be energetic, flexible, personable and highly creative. Candidates *MUST* have excellent communication and documentation skills.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design, implement, test, deploy, and maintain bioinformatics applications (web-based or standalone) to meet the needs of the research community;
- Translate user requests into scripts to streamline research processes;

REQUIREMENTS:
Education and skills:
- Ph.D. (preferred) or M.S. (with equivalent work experience) in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, or related computational discipline ;
- Initiative in experimenting with new technologies;
- Demonstrated ability to apply project management techniques to track, update, and generate reports for ongoing projects and support actions;
- Ability to work independently, be detail-oriented and have excellent analytical skills;
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
Documented expertise in the following areas required
- Object-oriented programming: Java, C# or Object-Oriented Perl;
- Relational database development and SQL query: SQL server or MySQL;
- Sequence analysis, alignment and database searches;
- Web development and Web Service implementation;
- Excellent user-interface design skills.

Experience with or extensive knowledge of the following a plus:
- High performance computing clusters;
- Mathematical analysis, modeling, and programming;
- Microsoft .Net Framework development

HOW TO APPLY:
Please send resumes to David Dowling, Sr, Recruiter Lockheed Martin. David.A.Dowling@lmco.com