Overview:
Position contingent on contract award - details below are subject to change based on final award.
Come join a company that strives for Extraordinary People and Exceptional Performance! Chenega Services & Federal Solutions, LLC, a Chenega Professional Services’ company, is looking for a Bioinformatics Operations Specialist to support our work with the CDC.
In this role, you'll support the operation, evolution, and adoption of enterprise bioinformatics platforms and analytical tools supporting public health missions. You'll apply bioinformatics domain knowledge to understand scientific and operational needs, coordinate across technical teams, support platform workflows, track requirements and delivery, and help ensure bioinformatics capabilities are reliable, scalable, and aligned to user needs.
Our company offers employees the opportunity to join a team where there is a robust employee benefits program, management engagement, quality leadership, an atmosphere of teamwork, recognition for performance, and promotion opportunities. We actively strive to channel our highly engaged employee’s knowledge, critical thinking, innovative solutions for our clients.
Responsibilities:
- Support the day-to-day operation and continuous improvement of enterprise on-premise and cloud-based high performance computing bioinformatics platforms, analytical tools, and data workflows.
- Analyze bioinformatics workflows, data types, and analytical use cases to identify operational needs, issues, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement.
- Gather, document, and translate scientific, technical, and operational requirements into actionable requirements, user stories, use cases, acceptance criteria, and platform capabilities.
- Develop bioinformatics pipelines, databases, and conduct data analysis as required.
- Coordinate with bioinformatics, data science, engineering, and cloud and on-premise infrastructure, and other technical teams to support delivery and resolve operational issues.
- Monitor requirements, workflow activities, risks, dependencies, and delivery progress using tools such as Azure DevOps, Git, or Jira.
- Support on-premise, hybrid, or cloud-based platform governance and operational performance by helping define KPIs, success metrics, processes, and outcomes aligned to bioinformatics mission goals.
- Facilitate stakeholder discussions, demonstrations, and user engagement activities to gather feedback, communicate status, and support adoption of bioinformatics platforms and tools.
Qualifications:
- 2+ years of experience supporting or analyzing bioinformatics workflows, data types, and analytical use cases such as genomics, sequencing data, pipelines, or surveillance analytics
- Experience supporting the operations, implementation, or continuous improvement of technical platforms, data workflows, or analytical tools within on-premise high-performance computing environments
- Knowledge of common bioinformatics, life sciences, or public health data platforms and analytical tools
- Knowledge of data technologies used in bioinformatics or analytical applications, including SQL, NoSQL databases, or web-based interfaces
- Ability to troubleshoot operational issues, identify dependencies and risks, and coordinate with technical teams to drive issues toward resolution
- Ability to manage multiple workflows, requirements, tasks, and priorities in a structured delivery environment
- Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe delivery environments
- Ability to lead client and stakeholder discussions, document requirements, and translate scientific or technical needs into actionable implementation steps
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
Preferred:
- Experience working in a public health, life sciences, research, or bioinformatics environment
- Experience supporting systems development lifecycle activities and modern data platform architectures
- Experience with bioinformatics platform operations, data pipeline monitoring, workflow management, or production support
- Experience using business analysis or requirements management processes to translate scientific or technical requirements into user stories, use cases, and platform features
- Experience with process modeling, workflow documentation, or structured requirements analysis
- Knowledge of big data, analytics, or bioinformatics platforms in a cloud environment
- Knowledge of cloud-based systems and data platforms
Final salary determination based on skill-set, qualifications, and approved funding.
Many of our jobs come with great benefits – Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location, and may include the following:
Paid Time Off
PTO / Vacation – 5.67 hours accrued per pay period / 136 hours accrued annually
Paid Holidays - 11
California residents receive an additional 24 hours of sick leave a year
Health & Wellness
Medical
Dental
Vision
Prescription
Employee Assistance Program
Short- & Long-Term Disability
Life and AD&D Insurance
Spending Account
Flexible Spending Account
Health Savings Account
Health Reimbursement Account
Dependent Care Spending Account
Commuter Benefits
Retirement
401k / 401a
Voluntary Benefits
Hospital Indemnity
Critical Illness
Accident Insurance
Pet Insurance
Legal Insurance
ID Theft Protection
Teleworking Permitted?:
true
Teleworking Details:
Remote - US
Estimated Salary/Wage:
USD $82,000.00/Yr. Up to USD $92,000.00/Yr.