Scientific Programmer (Clinical IT)

Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Salary: $115,000–$120,000 per year

Company

hirify.global delivers science research, systems engineering, digital transformation, and health and national security solutions for federal civilian and military programs.

What you will do

• Design, code, debug, implement, and maintain stand-alone, web-based, and multi-tier applications supporting NIA's Intramural Research Program.
• Develop responsive application frontends with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and backends with Perl, PHP, or Ruby and SQL databases.
• Integrate and support clinical applications using HL7, DICOM, and PACS protocols.
• Work within a DevSecOps-based Agile methodology, manage requirements, and apply secure coding practices based on OWASP and US-CERT standards.
• Support scientific computation devices, laboratory applications, clinical IT systems, and research operations across NIA facilities.
• Maintain configuration management with Puppet, produce technical documentation, and coordinate training and planning with developers and end users.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Health Information, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 3 years of experience in clinical application programming or health IT systems development.
• Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, PHP or Ruby, and Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Microsoft SQL Server.
• Proficiency with HL7, DICOM, PACS, Git, Puppet, and DevSecOps-based Agile development.
• Experience supporting laboratory sciences and working with Windows, macOS, Linux, Unix, and other operating systems; familiarity with HPC environments.
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

Nice to have

• Clinical research IT experience in a federal government, NIH, or academic medical research environment.
• Agile or DevSecOps certification and experience with data repositories or scientific databank interfaces.
• Strong scripting skills with Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Familiarity with FISMA, NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP-authorized cloud platforms, and NIH STRIDES services.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work supporting aging and biomedical research.
• Personal time off, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and flexible spending benefits.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.
• Training, e-learning, certification preparation, and education assistance.
• Cross-functional collaboration with clinicians, investigators, research technicians, vendors, and IT teams.