Junior Bioinformatics Business Analyst

Responsibilities

Gather and document scientific, business, operational, and technical requirements for bioinformatics platforms, translating them into user stories, acceptance criteria, and actionable implementation plans. Coordinate delivery across product, scientific, data, engineering, cloud, and infrastructure teams, while supporting Agile planning, governance, stakeholder engagement, and platform adoption.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor’s degree and two years of experience analyzing bioinformatics workflows, data types, or analytical use cases, along with familiarity with relevant platforms, application technologies, and Agile delivery methods. Candidates must be able to lead stakeholder discussions and translate requirements into implementation steps, and be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination.

Skills

• Bioinformatics
• Requirements Analysis
• User Stories
• Acceptance Criteria
• Agile
• Scrum
• Kanban
• SAFe
• Stakeholder Management
• Product Roadmapping
• Backlog Refinement
• Program Increment Planning
• Data Platforms
• SQL
• NoSQL
• Genomics

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Sick Leave
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Prescription Coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Health Reimbursement Account
• Dependent Care Spending Account
• Commuter Benefits
• 401(k)
• 401(a)
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection

About this role

Overview
Position contingent on contract award - details below are subject to change based on final award.
Come join a company that strives for Extraordinary People and Exceptional Performance! Chenega Services & Federal Solutions, LLC, a Chenega Professional Services’ company, is looking for a Junior Bioinformatics Business Analyst to support our work with the CDC.
In this role, you will support the strategy, evolution, and adoption of enterprise bioinformatics platforms, analytical tools, and data solutions supporting public health initiatives. This role serves as a liaison between scientific stakeholders, product teams, and technical teams, translating bioinformatics and public health requirements into actionable product features, platform capabilities, and implementation plans within an Agile delivery environment.
Our company offers employees the opportunity to join a team where there is a robust employee benefits program, management engagement, quality leadership, an atmosphere of teamwork, recognition for performance, and promotion opportunities. We actively strive to channel our highly engaged employee’s knowledge, critical thinking, innovative solutions for our clients.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with scientists, public health stakeholders, and technical teams to elicit, analyze, and document business, scientific, operational, and technical requirements for bioinformatics platforms and tools.
Develop and maintain use cases, user stories, acceptance criteria, functional requirements, and non-functional requirements that support bioinformatics and data platform initiatives.
Partner with product managers, architects, and technical leads to define, prioritize, and refine platform capabilities, enhancements, and strategic roadmaps.
Coordinate activities across bioinformatics, data science, engineering, cloud, and infrastructure teams to ensure alignment, dependency management, and successful solution delivery.
Support Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, Scrum of Scrums, and Program Increment (PI) planning while tracking requirements, risks, dependencies, and delivery progress.
Assist with governance activities, KPI and success metric definition, product demonstrations, stakeholder briefings, and user feedback sessions to promote platform adoption and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
2 years of experience analyzing bioinformatics workflows, data types, and analytical use cases such as genomics, sequencing data, pipelines, or surveillance analytics
Knowledge of common bioinformatics, life sciences, or public health data platforms or analytical tools
Knowledge of front-end or back-end technologies used for application development, including SQL, NoSQL databases, or web-based interactive user interfaces
Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe delivery environments
Ability to lead client and stakeholder discussions, ask the right questions, document clear requirements, and translate them into actionable implementation steps
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements
Bachelors degree
Final salary determination based on skill-set, qualifications, and approved funding.
Many of our jobs come with great benefits – Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location, and may include the following:
Paid Time Off
PTO / Vacation – 5.67 hours accrued per pay period / 136 hours accrued annually
Paid Holidays - 11
California residents receive an additional 24 hours of sick leave a year
Health & Wellness
Medical
Dental
Vision
Prescription
Employee Assistance Program
Short- & Long-Term Disability
Life and AD&D Insurance
Spending Account
Flexible Spending Account
Health Savings Account
Health Reimbursement Account
Dependent Care Spending Account
Commuter Benefits
Retirement
401k / 401a
Voluntary Benefits
Hospital Indemnity
Critical Illness
Accident Insurance
Pet Insurance
Legal Insurance
ID Theft Protection
Teleworking Permitted?
Yes
Teleworking Details
Remote - US
Estimated Salary/Wage
USD $58,000.00/Yr. Up to USD $64,000.00/Yr.

About Chenega Services & Federal Solutions

Defense & Space · 1,001-5,000 employees · headquartered in Chesapeake, Va