Blacksburg
VA
Required Qualifications:
- Ph.D. in life sciences, microbiology, genetics, computer science, engineering, biotechnology, mathematics, statistics or related appropriate field(s), with a biological, social science or human health focus.
- Reputation as an accomplished leader in the development of important research programs complementing VBI’s research mission.
- Experience leading and mentoring in a diverse, team science environment as a project investigator or co-project investigator.
- Credentials consistent for appointment to rank of Associate or Full Professor.
- Demonstrated record of high-quality peer-reviewed publications and the ability to successfully compete for grant funding.
- Articulate leader who can relate to people at all levels of an organization and possesses excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Ability to serve as a mentor providing strategic direction for research operations.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Evidence of exceptional performance on extramurally funded collaborative research efforts, preferably in life sciences, social sciences, or human health with a shared informatics perspective.
- Experience with high-performance computing, high-volume data generation, visualization and analysis.
- Experience working closely with scientific information technology personnel.
- Experience working in an academic high performance computing environment; with large scale proposal development; and collaborations with government and corporate research partners. Experience leading large-scale complex projects.
Employment Conditions:
Must have a criminal background check
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3/28/2013 12:22:19 PM
Blacksburg
VA
Required Qualifications:
-MS in Computer Science or a closely related field, or BS with equivalent professional experience (required for rank of Research Associate); or PhD in Computer Science or closely related field, or MS with equivalent professional experience (required for rank of Senior Research Associate).
-Demonstrated in depth knowledge of C++ or Java.
-Strong algorithm, software development, and problem solving skills.
-Proficiency developing software in a Unix environment.
-Proficiency with one or more scripting languages (such as Python, Perl, etc.)
-Ability to work independently, as well as within a team environment.
-Excellent communication skills in a diverse multi-cultural environment.
-Ability to learn new technologies and apply them to solving problems.
-Ability to efficiently move between multiple tasks and adapt to changing requirements.
-Demonstrated ability to design and implement complex software systems (required for Senior Research Associate).
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferences (2 or more required for Senior Research Associate):
-Experience developing web applications for data intensive problems
-Experience with Web Services Deployment (e.g., Tomcat, REST, SOAP))
-Experience developing interactive visualization tools, including temporal and spatial elements.
-Experience developing and deploying applications and services in a Cloud Computing or Grid environment (e.g., Hadoop, AWS, virtualization)
-Experience developing distributed and multi-tier software
-Experience with relational databases, including applications and schema development (e.g., Oracle, Postgres)
-Experience with Geospatial Information Systems (e.g., ESRI products, Google Earth, OpenStreetMap)
-Experience developing for High Performance Computing platforms such as clusters (e.g., MPI, threads)
-Experience in algorithm development and optimization
Employment Conditions:
Must have a criminal background check.
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3/28/2013 12:15:26 PM
Blacksburg
VA
Required Qualifications:
-MFA or MS in Graphic/Web Design, Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience (UX) Design, Usability, Industrial Design, Visual Communications, Computer Science or related field. A lesser degree such as BFA or BS with equivalent education, experience and training may be considered in lieu of an advanced degree.
-Demonstrated strong foundational knowledge of layout, color, grids, icons, typography, proportion, photography, motion/rich media and brand to create elegant, smart solutions and high-quality deliverables.
-Advanced knowledge of visual design principles and how they apply to the web.
-Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.
-Understanding of the capabilities and limitations of languages such as CSS3, HTML5, and JavaScript.
-Must be a creative and collaborative team player with the ability to interact with a diverse team and a proven history of accepting and giving constructive feedback.
Preferred Qualifications:
-Front-end development skills (HTML5, CSS3).
-Experience deploying and supporting websites with established user bases.
-Expertise in User Experience (UX) Design.
-Experience developing scientific illustrations, designs, and graphics for a research or scientifically-based environment.
-Expertise in information visualization.
-Background in biology.
Employment Conditions:
Must have a criminal background check
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3/28/2013 12:11:20 PM
Blacksburg
VA
Required Qualifications:
-MS or BS with equivalent experience in Computer Science or closely related field (for rank of Research Associate); or PhD or MS with equivalent experience in Computer Science or closely related field (for rank of Senior Research Associate)
-Demonstrated professional experience or expertise in one or more (two or more for rank of Senior Research Associate) of:
Web application development for data intensive problems
Data handling pipelines or visualization software
Bioinformatics software development
-Strong algorithm and software development skills
-Good documentation habits
-Creative, independent, and highly motivated, with good communication skills
-Strong work habits and the ability to work independently as well as within a research group
Preferred Qualifications:
-Background in biology.
-Experience deploying and supporting web-based bioinformatics software.
-Knowledge or experience with any of the following: JavaScript, AJAX, relational database, Solr or next generation search and big data problems, Java, HTML5, CSS, cloud development and deployment.
-Expertise in information visualization.
-Algorithm optimization and high performance computing experience
-Software usability interest and expertise.
Employment Conditions:
Must have a criminal background check
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3/28/2013 12:08:21 PM
Blacksburg
VA
The successful candidate will have:
-PhD in computer science, mathematics, statistics, operations research or economics or MS with equivalent related post-degree experience, or in a very closely related area of computational science.
-Credentials equivalent at assistant, associate and full professor (required for senior level ranks).
-Demonstrated strong expertise in mathematical, computational, analytical, academic writing and public speaking skills (required for senior and advanced level ranks).
-Experience with analysis of large-scale computational models.
-Experience with simulation of large social, technical, and biological systems.
-Experience with distributed large-scale high performance computing based simulation development.
-Experience with agent-based methods.
-Experience with Linux, XML, SQML, C++, Perl and software project tools, such as CVS.
-Experience with MPP and SMP computing environments.
-Experience with developing publications based on individual research and evidence of publications in peer-reviewed journals.
-Experience in grant identification, proposal preparation, successful submission, and execution (required for senior level ranks).
-Experience working with federal, state, and local government entities (desired for senior and advanced level ranks).
-Dependent on experience and seniority level, must possess appropriate level of independence, high motivation, good communication skills, strong work ethic, and ability to work individually as well as within high-performing and diverse team structures.
-Willingness to work in a team science environment
-Creative, independent, and highly motivated, with good communication skills.
Preferences will be given to candidates with experience managing interdisciplinary simulation development team, and experience in social computing and decision analysis, analysis of algorithms, simulations, large databases, complex networks and probabilistic methods of analyzing combinatorial studies (required for advanced and senior level ranks).
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3/28/2013 12:04:08 PM
Blacksburg
VA
Required Qualifications:
-MS or BS with equivalent experience in Computer Science or closely related field for rank of Research Associate; or PhD or MS with equivalent experience in Computer Science or closely related field for Senior Research Associate.
-Demonstrated progressive professional experience with database management systems.
-Proficiency with Oracle: database administration experience; knowledge of Oracle architecture, security, backup and recovery procedures, performance tuning, and networking. Experience troubleshooting Oracle applications in UNIX/Linux environments and PL/SQL.
-Proficiency with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL: database administration experience; knowledge of MySQL/PostgreSQL architecture, security, backup and recovery procedures, performance tuning, and networking. Experience troubleshooting applications in UNIX/Linux environments.
-Experience with data integration; extraction, transformation and load (ETL) procedures; or comparable data management experience.
-Programming experience, in particular in a Linux/Unix environment.
-Creative, independent, and highly motivated, with good communication and documentation skills.
-Strong work habits and ability to work independently as well as with a development group.
-Knowledge of commercially available data modeling tools, such as ER/win or Toad Data Modeler.
-Experience exploring and deploying next generation data storage technologies in support of large-scale data handling (required for rank of Senior Research Associate).
Preferred Qualifications:
-Experience with database replication and Oracle Data Guard.
-Experience with Solr / Lucene.
-Experience with Microsoft SQL Server.
-One or more years experience working with databases for bioinformatics.
Employment Conditions:
Must have a criminal background check
Due to the nature of the high performance computing environment and federal export control regulations (i.e. ITAR), candidate’s nationality and work authorization status may be verified prior to an offer of employment. In addition, this position will require a Criminal Background Check.
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3/28/2013 11:50:16 AM
Other - Virginia
VA
Required Qualifications:
-Ph.D. in statistics or MS with equivalent related post-degree experience, or in a very closely related field.
- PhD level training in statistical science (required for advanced and senior level ranks).
-Credentials equivalent at assistant, associate and full professor (required for senior level ranks).
-Willingness to work in a team science environment
-Experience in analysis of large-scale computational models.
- Experience with advanced approaches to the design of experiments and statistical model development in the areas of social, biological, epidemiological, economic, transportation and/or communication modeling.
-Experience working with federal, state, and local government entities (required for senior and advanced level ranks).
- Demonstrated strong computational, analytical, academic writing and public speaking skills (required for senior and advanced level ranks).
- Experience in developing publications based on individual research and evidence of publications in peer-reviewed journals.
- Dependent on experience and seniority level, must possess appropriate level of independence, high motivation, good communication skills, strong work ethic, and ability to work individually as well as within high-performing and diverse team structures.
- Experience in grant identification, proposal preparation and execution (required for senior level ranks).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge or familiarity with HPC-based simulation modeling systems.
- Experience with statistical software systems, programming and data bases.
- Experience in social computing and decision analysis, analysis of algorithms, simulations, large databases, complex networks and probabilistic methods of analyzing combinatorial studies (required for advanced and senior level ranks).
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3/28/2013 11:41:03 AM
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