Senior Software Developer (VDB)

<h2 class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoField_Job"><span style="font-size: large;">Overview</span></h2> <p>Black Canyon Consulting <strong>(BCC)</strong> is searching for a<strong> Senior Software</strong> <strong>Developer (VDB)</strong> to support National Center for Biotechnology Information<strong> (NCBI)</strong>. <span class="c-message__edited_label">This opportunity is full time and onsite at the NCBI in Bethesda, MD.</span></p> <p>The <strong>Senior Software Developer</strong> will work on solutions to support continued development of NCBI’s Sequence Read Archive (SRA) – the world premier archive of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data and is a part of international collaboration that includes archives in Europe and Japan. SRA makes biological sequence data derived from NGS available to the research community to enhance reproducibility and allow for new discoveries by analyzing and comparing data sets. SRA is a BigData archive measured in tens of petabytes of stored data. The future development of SRA will make this data more useful for wide variety fields: Medical Health (genetic diseases, cancer, etc.), Public Health (food safety monitoring, antimicrobial resistance, viral outbreaks, etc.), microbial diversity, and many more.</p> <p>The VDB team is responsible for developing and maintaining the database layer of SRA and a set of client-side tools that provide access to the SRA data for members of the research community. The current focus of the development effort is on utilizing cloud technologies to achieve higher stability, reliability and performance of the libraries and tools, while keeping the storage requirements of the SRA under control.</p> <p>The team uses C++11 and Python. The development environment is Linux, gmake/Cmake, with github for source control, TeamCity/Jenkins for CI/CD. Some of the projects are also maintained on Windows (MS Visual Studio, Apache Ant). The team practices a form of Agile development process, involving daily stand-ups and test-driven development.</p> <p>We attract the best people in the business with our competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k plan with employer contribution, paid holidays, vacation, and tuition reimbursement. If you enjoy being a part of a high performing, professional service and technology focused organization, please apply today!</p> <div class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoMsg_Job"> <div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Container"> <div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Text"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Duties & Responsibilities</span></strong></div> </div> </div> <div class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoMsg_Job"> <div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Container"> <div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Text"> <ul> <li>Development, implementation, testing, and continued maintenance of the VDB Library, the SRA Toolkit and related projects.<br>Participate in development of “cloud ready” tools and pipelines to support sustainable scalability and enable use by collaborators and scientists in the field.</li> <li>Learn new technologies, keep up with the internal systems, and share your knowledge with the team.</li> <li>Lead other developers.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <h2 class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoField_Job"><span style="font-size: large;">Requirements</span></h2> <div class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoMsg_Job"> <div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Container"> <div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Text"> <ul> <li>5+ years experience and demonstrated proficiency in Object-Oriented programming using C++</li> <li>Programming experience in a Linux envir