Location/Remote: This opportunity is full-time and onsite/hybrid at the NIH in Bethesda, MD.
Agilious is looking for a Data Engineer to join our US Federal Government consulting practice. Our Agile consultants work closely with our customers to support them throughout their project needs. Our goal is to help our clients deliver value quickly and delight their end users by enabling a healthy Agile mindset and practices. In this role, you will work closely with our customers to design and build powerful, yet easy-to-use web-based custom enterprise and SaaS platform-based software applications.
Being part of a fast-growing technology team means having numerous opportunities to learn. You will be directly contributing to the success of the team and the company in a highly visible way. As a member of the team, you will be working with talented developers to architect and develop cutting-edge applications using the latest in web development and database technologies in the Microsoft stack.
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.
Desired Skills:
- 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
- Strong Presentation Skills
Education and Training
- B.S. in a STEM field (Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics)
- Alternatively, equivalent industry experience in bioinformatics or a related field
Why Work at Agilious
We work hard, so we take care of each other and try to enjoy ourselves along the way:
- We hire smart people.
- We encourage our team to raise their hand when they see an opportunity to change our existing processes.
- We value culture and believe our business thrives in the diversity of our teams.
- We offer company-paid medical benefits that are designed to support our employees.
- We offer competitive salaries and a 401(k) plan with profit sharing.
- We operate like a startup with a proven business model that's growing fast!
- We have a Casual dress code (jeans are welcome).
- We have a remarkable professional development program that allows you to stay current and on top of your field.
- We are passionate about our clients and live/breathe the client experience.
- We encourage creativity and embrace change.
- We believe in autonomy & taking initiative.
- We collaborate with our leadership team daily to ensure vision alignment and transparency as an organization.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.