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Information Retrieval Programmer

Company:	SRA International
Job Type:	Full-Time
Region:	USA, DC, Washington
Location:	Bethesda, MD, UNITED STATES, 20892
Discipline:	Computer Science
Pay Range:	$0 to $0 (Per Year)
Job Details/Summary:	Requisition Number: 24005BR Desired Subject: Computer Science (or Biomedical Informatics) Desired Degree: Masters Clearance Required: Yes Clearance Type: POT Daily Responsibilities SRA’s Global Health Sector is an international health services organization working across government and commercial markets, composed of three Strategic Business Units. These units provide professional services in a variety of areas, including drug development/clinical research (CRO); domestic public health services: laboratory sciences, epidemiology, health communications, disease surveillance, peer review, and information technology. We are currently recruiting a Information Retrieval Programmer, who will work with a small team of subject matter experts and software developers to respond to request and develop reporting information. Interaction with team members is critical for project coordination. This Information Retrieval Programmer will work closely with both scientists and informatics staff to perform information retrieval tasks and reporting. Key Skills and Experience • Ideally the Informational Retrieval Programmer candidate will have a strong understanding of information retrieval, data management knowledge, scripting languages and text processing • Experience with object-oriented software for Unix, Linux and MSWindows 9x/NT/2000 operating system environments is highly desirable. • Ideally, the candidate will also have experience with NIH grants administration process. • Excellent written and oral communication skills are required for working in this multidisciplinary environment.Required: Years of experience (min)3-5Required: DegreeBachelorsRequired: SubjectComputer Science or BioinformaticsRequired: SkillsWorks independently developing practical text mining solutions to important problems Masters’ degree in computer science (or biomedical informatics) with mathematics coursework that includes at least integral calculus, probability and statistics, and linear algebra. One to two years of relevant professional experience. This requirement can be waived if the candidate is highly recommended by an academic advisor. Expertise with SQL Server, Oracle or mySQL including experience with free text queries. Proficiency in software development in multiple high-level languages such as Java, C++, Perl, and Python. Understands lexical representation of text Exposed to text-mining or natural language processing libraries. Desired Skills Desired graduate coursework in mathematics that includes at least integral calculus, probability and statistics, and linear algebra.
Website: http://www.sra.com/careers/search.php \| Contact: Tom_Caruso@sra.com

Posted by: Tom Caruso on 2009-05-20 12:14:01