LIMS Analyst/Developer – NIH – RTP, NC
TASKS. The contractor shall:
- Serve as the point of contact and Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) champion for NIEHS LIMS development and operations; work with diverse stakeholders to ensure transparent communication of ongoing initiatives and activities; seek continuous feedback from stakeholders to understand and relate needs.
- Provide support for custom developed LIMS systems; identify, evaluate and provide custom LIMS development and management solutions for diverse needs.
- Examine, evaluate, test and provide critical assessment of new and emerging LIMS systems that may provide solutions for NIEHS.
- Lead the prioritization, implementation and support for commercial and cloud-hosted LIMS solutions.
- Lead the configuration of new commercial and cloud-hosted LIMS services, tools and utilities.
- Provide technical guidance and assistance supporting LIMS practices and technologies.
- Work with data scientists to define, prioritize and implement metadata standards across NIEHS LIMS systems.
- Provide leadership, guidance, and support for interoperability of NIEHS LIMS systems internally and with systems used for analytics or to support research or administrative goals.
- Conduct reporting to support prioritization and planning; prepare reports and offer solutions supporting ongoing needs assessment and strategic planning related to LIMS prioritization, development and operations.
- Conduct performance reporting to support LIMS prioritization, budget advocacy and development planning.
- Train stakeholders in optimization and use of LIMS system.
- Attend group meetings with scientists and diverse technology specialists; present findings to individuals and groups.
REQUIREMENTS. The contractor must have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Science, Computer Science, Information Science, Library Science, Bioinformatics, Engineering or a related discipline.
- Minimum of three (3) years of related experience in LIMS development and operations including demonstrated leadership of integrated LIMS planning.
- Demonstrated experience in leading the configuration, customization, and extension of LIMS systems.
- Demonstrated ability to assertively manage and execute LIMS project management including successful application of a LIMS project life cycle.
- Demonstrated fluency working in Windows and Linux environments and broad familiarity working in a scientific computing environment.
- Demonstrated verbal and written communications skills supporting teams engaged in large and diverse scientific and computational efforts.
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and time management skills.
PLEASE APPLY ONLINE:
Note that the phone number for our NIH branch is not listed. Due to the high volume of inquiries, we regret that we cannot accept phone calls. All qualified candidates will be contacted.
