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Computer Scientist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
About the Role
Employee will be assigned to Clinical Science Research & Development Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA. The position is within the Boston Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center (Boston CSPCC). This position supports the Office of Research and Development (ORD) national effort in genomic medicine as well as the CSP initiatives in informatics.
What You'll Do
- →***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** NOTE: This is a TERM appointment (not-to-exceed 4 years).
- →Term appointments are non-status, nonpermanent appointments of limited duration (more than 1 year but not more than 4).
- →Term employees are eligible to earn leave and generally have the same benefits as permanent employees including health and life insurance, within-grade increases and Federal Employees Retirement System and Thrift Savings Plan coverage.
- →Term appointments may be extended without further competition (up to the 4-year maximum).
- →The appointment to a Term position does not confer eligibility for promotion or reassignment to other positions or the ability to be non-competitively converted to permanent employment.
- →Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Recommends systems to facilitate information exchange between VA clinical and research operations as well as with other governmental and industry-based research programs.
- →Collaborates with and compliments other VA Programs and Projects; and champions well-structured project plans that segment projects into pre-defined phases with an emphasis on outcomes and lessons learned.
- →Provides consulting/advice regarding core infrastructure to support, maintain and improve other informatics developments at the facility including data standards.
- →Designs and develops effective databases for support of genomic and bioinformatics studies, and for other CSP studies as needed.
- →Designs, develops, tests, documents and oversees the implementation of new applications software in a structured query language (SQL) Server Web environment and Unix high-performance cluster environments.
- →Analyzes and refines systems requirements.
- →Translates systems requirements into application prototypes.
- →Develops formal test plans to validate functionality and system performance.
- →Oversees the implementation of policies and procedures to ensure information systems reliability and accessibility.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Required Documents" below for details.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓This applies to the basic education requirement for this position.
- ✓There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 9e99edec-1802-4ce0-b23e-fd916b99de01
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