Computer Programmer

About the role

Axle is a bioscience and information technology company that offers advancements in translational research, biomedical informatics, and data science applications to research centers and healthcare organizations nationally and abroad. With experts in biomedical science, software engineering, and program management, we focus on developing and applying research tools and techniques to empower decision-making and accelerate research discoveries. We work with some of the top research organizations and facilities in the country including multiple institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Axle is seeking a Computer Programmer to join our vibrant team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) supporting the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, MD.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, enhance, secure, and modernize NCI’s Scientific Coding System (SCS), Scientific Managers Analysis and Reporting Tool (SMART), and NCI Funded Research Portfolio (NFRP).
• Troubleshoot production issues, application errors, performance problems, and system outages.
• Develop, test, debug, and deploy software fixes, upgrades, and system enhancements.
• Support web applications, databases, servers, interfaces, backup environments, and third-party components.
• Integrate, validate, import, export, and migrate data across NIH and NCI systems.
• Customize data downloads and reporting processes supporting scientific portfolio analysis, grant reporting, and year-end activities.
• Maintain and modify IRDB and NCI I2E process scripts in response to changes within eRA, IMPAC II, and related data structures.
• Monitor application logs, alerts, and performance metrics and recommend improvements.
• Support configuration, change, release, backup, recovery, and continuity-of-operations processes.
• Remediate vulnerabilities identified through HHS and NCI security scans and ensure changes comply with federal security requirements and FIPS standards.
• Develop scripts and automation to improve system reliability, data processing, and administrative workflows.
• Provide elevated support during production deployments, year-end reporting, and other critical operational periods.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Extensive experience developing, testing, debugging, and maintaining complex software applications using multiple programming languages.
• Advanced experience with data management, database analysis, system integration, and data validation.
• Experience supporting production applications in a multi-user environment.
• Functional knowledge of NIH grants management and budget-reporting processes.
• Knowledge of NIH IMPAC II and NCI I2E DM database structures, including extramural grant and funding data.
• Experience configuring and maintaining IRDB and NCI I2E scripts used for Institute- or Center-specific grant-data downloads.
• Experience with application upgrades, configuration management, testing, deployment, and release management.
• Knowledge of federal information-security requirements, FIPS standards, secure software-development practices, and vulnerability remediation.
• Ability to work onsite at NCI Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland, approximately one to two days per week.
• Availability for occasional after-hours support during deployments and year-end reporting.

Benefits

• 100% Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage for Employees
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• 401K match up to 5%
• Educational Benefits for Career Growth
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Healthcare (FSA)
• Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK)
• Dependent Care Assistant Program (DCAP)
• Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)

Pay

Salary Range: $125,000 USD - $135,000 USD

Schedule

Ability to work onsite at NCI Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland, approximately one to two days per week, with occasional after-hours support during deployments and year-end reporting.