Microbiologist III – Atlanta, GA

Join the team who values your skills and expertise. Cherokee Nation Assurance (CNA) serves federal clients through a wide variety of health care and life sciences services. Through well-administered, well-coordinated programs, CNA takes a personalized approach with its clients, large and small. This approach gives customers the support they deserve and the quality they expect from a team that can handle every detail – a team of experts, like you.

Cherokee Nation Assurance is part of Cherokee Federal – a team of tribally owned federal contracting companies focused on building solutions, solving complex challenges, and serving the nation’s mission around the globe for more than 60 federal clients. For more information, visit cherokee-federal.com .

SUMMARY

The scope of the Scientific, Research and Administrative Support Effort is to provide support to National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Division of Viral Diseases (DVD), Viral Gastroenteritis Branch (VGB) within the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. The DVD prevents disease, disability, and death through immunization and by control of respiratory, enteric, and related viral diseases.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Microbiologist III applies specialized skills to conduct laboratory work including one or multiple of the following tasks:

• Perform molecular virology studies (detection and typing and high-level characterization) on viral gastroenteritis viruses including rotavirus or norovirus and sapovirus
• Evaluate multi-enteric pathogen diagnostic platforms for the detection of viruses, bacteria and parasites.
• Participate in burden of disease studies of rotavirus or norovirus outbreaks, sporadic cases and birth cohorts.
• Leading studies to evaluate novel diagnostic platforms for the detection and/or typing of gastroenteritis viruses.
• Design and perform animal work to support immunology and vaccine projects.
• Attend weekly team meetings, annual meetings, and other ad hoc meetings when necessary to provide information on current activities or to become familiar with current activities.
  

SUPERVISORY/MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

No supervisory or management authority.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• M.S. with 5-9 years of experience or Ph.D with 0-4 years of experience
  • Doctoral degree in microbiology, biology, biotechnology, chemistry, or related field equivalent work experience
    

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrated ability to work independently, while maintaining the ability to respond to VGB requests
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize new research ideas for project research
• Demonstrated skills and experience writing project reports, research protocols and manuscripts
• Experience working with Microsoft Office, Access, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to successfully pass a federal background check and a drug screen
• Cherokee Federal employees are included as covered employees in U.S. Presidential Executive Order 14042, which mandates Covid vaccines for federal contractors. Executive Order 14042 is currently blocked from enforcement pending court proceedings. Therefore, Cherokee Federal is halting the application of the mandate; however, if the injunction is lifted, Cherokee Federal will restore administration of the vaccine requirement.
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Work will be performed in a climate-controlled office and laboratory environment.
  

ABOUT THE TEAM

Cherokee Federal is a collective group of subsidiary companies of Cherokee Nation Businesses (CNB). CNB is the economic engine of Cherokee Nation, the largest Native American tribe in the U.S. As a trusted partner, the Cherokee Federal team of companies manages nearly 2,000 projects of all sizes across the construction, engineering and manufacturing, and mission solutions portfolios – ranging from advanced data analytics and telehealth to cybersecurity, cloud and logistics.

Since 2012, our team of companies has won $6 billion in government contracts and completed more than 5,300 federal missions. Our 3,600+ employees work in 20+ countries, 50 states and 2 U.S. territories.

Why Cherokee Federal? Visit cherokee-federal.com to learn why you should join our team!

Compliance

Cherokee Federal is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to prohibiting discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, union affiliation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We conform to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations governing all aspects of the relationship between the Company and its employees, including, but not limited to, recruitment, employment, promotion, transfer, training, working conditions, wages and salary administration, employee benefits, and application of policies. The policies and principles of EEO also apply to the selection and treatment of independent contractors, personnel working on our premises who are employed by temporary agencies and any other persons or firms doing business for or with the Company.

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