Open Science Professional – Scientist
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Open Science scientist supporting CDC research transparency, reproducibility, and public access. Improving knowledge-management systems, workflows, repositories, and researcher training for Peraton’s government mission.
Responsibilities:
- Support the CDC OSQLS Knowledge Management (KM) Team in advancing Open Science, public access, research transparency, and reproducibility across the agency
- Support systems and services for electronic scientific clearance, public access, content management, document routing, research compliance, and scientific publishing across CDC Centers, Institutes, and Offices
- Support the CDC Stacks public repository and internal systems facilitating scientific research and publishing
- Help researchers develop transparent and reproducible research packages
- Improve Knowledge Management systems and workflows
- Develop training and guidance supporting Open Science implementation across CDC
- Develop and co-author Open Science training materials, guidelines, and implementation resources
- Propose enhancements to KM systems and tools
- Develop and recommend Open Science workflows supporting research transparency, reproducibility, and compliance
- Work directly with CDC researchers to integrate Open Science principles into research workflows
- Liaise with CDC Centers, Institutes, and Offices to provide Open Science outreach, instruction, and research support
- Provide reference and research support to researchers seeking Open Science implementation guidance
- Collaborate with CDC scientific leadership and CIO staff to implement Open Science practices
- Participate in CDC and federal Open Science committees and working groups as appropriate
- Adapt activities and deliverables as CDC Open Science policies, practices, and priorities evolve
Requirements:
- 5 years with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhD
- Knowledge of Open Science policies, guidelines, and practices, including U.S. Public Access policies, the Gold Standard Science memorandum, and Open Data policy and law
- Experience with Open Science tools such as DMPTool, Open Science Framework (OSF), GitHub, repository platforms, and data documentation tools
- Excellent communication, training, and documentation skills
- Knowledge of the Persistent Identifier (PID) landscape
- Experience using one or more PID assignment interfaces
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a diverse, multidisciplinary environment
- Must be a US Citizen or a Green Card Holder
- Must be able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance
- Library Science or Information Science degree is a plus
- Federal, state, academic, or other Open Science leadership experience
- Research experience implementing Open Science practices
- Experience developing Open Science training materials or providing training to researchers
- Experience contributing to or maintaining document, data, or software repositories
- Experience with library reference services, IT help desk procedures, workflows, or ticketing systems
- Web development experience
Benefits:
- medical insurance
- dental insurance
- vision insurance
- life insurance
- health savings account
- short/long term disability
- EAP
- parental leave
- 401(k)
- paid time off (PTO) for vacation
- company paid holidays
- Eligible employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay
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