Microbiologist II - Non-Sterile (Biotech)

Location: Tampa, Florida, United States

Company

hirify.global provides preparation and quality control testing for sterility, bacterial endotoxins, microbial detection, beyond-use dating, and active ingredient potency.

What you will do

• Perform routine and complex microbiological testing, interpret results, and determine pass/fail status.
• Prepare samples, reagents, media, and microbial stocks, including aseptic production and quality control of BSL-1 and BSL-2 materials.
• Investigate unexpected results, identify microbiological trends, and support method suitability, method development, and validation activities.
• Maintain laboratory documentation, chain-of-custody records, SOPs, equipment readiness, and biohazard waste disposal in compliance with applicable standards.
• Support laboratory and safety audits, troubleshoot assigned equipment, and provide technical backup across workstations.
• Lead special projects and train or mentor microbiology staff as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in microbiology or a related science field with at least 12 semester hours of hands-on microbiology and/or chemistry laboratory coursework, plus 3–5 years of pharmaceutical or biochemical QC laboratory experience; alternatively, a master’s degree with 2–3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with microbiological laboratory functions such as microbial enumeration, growth promotion testing, streaking for isolation, environmental monitoring, method suitability, microbial identification, Gram staining, pipetting, or SOP revisions.
• Working knowledge of microbiology principles, USP, cGMP, ISO 17025, cGLP, A2LA requirements, and quality control guidelines.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, solve routine and non-routine laboratory problems, multitask, and maintain accurate testing and documentation.
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, along with strong analytical, decision-making, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to follow laboratory safety rules and SOPs when handling regulated BSL-1 and BSL-2 microorganisms.

Nice to have

• Pharmaceutical, biotech, clinical laboratory, virology, or fibrology experience.
• Experience with GMP or cGMP requirements and SOP creation and implementation.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position with occasional overtime and weekend hours.
• Participation in technical training and cross-technology educational programs.
• Collaborative, detail-oriented environment focused on customer service, laboratory quality, and continuous learning.
• Opportunity to contribute to special projects and laboratory compliance and safety audits.