Vaccine Analytical Development Biologist

Vaccine Analytical Development Biologist

Kelly Government Solutions is a strategic supplier and business partner to the federal government and its key suppliers. Through our partnership with the National Institutes of Health, Kelly Government Solutions offers administrative, IT, engineering, scientific, and healthcare professionals the opportunity to work with the leading medical research center in the world. We are seeking a Vaccine Analytical Development Biologist to work on-site with the Vaccine Production Program at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD.

$80,000.00/yr - $/yr

• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit package
• Optional health, vision, and dental plans
• Paid leave, paid federal holidays, and 401K plan
• Access to NIH’s unparalleled resources and niche scientific initiatives
• Voluntary benefit plans: medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, short-term disability, and a transportation spending account

• Support the Analytical Development department of the Vaccine Production Program (VPP) in the Vaccine Research Center.
• Independently perform UPLC-based content and identification assays for virus vaccines, recombinant proteins and virus-like particles that may be used as clinical vaccine candidates.
• Contribute to the clinical development of a variety of vaccine candidates by independently performing multiple bioassays.
• Provide assay support and assay development for cGMP product release and characterization.
• Participate in the development of assays for protein characterization utilizing Protein A-UPLC and Size Exclusion-UPLC as well as support bioassay development for virus-like-particle vaccines.
• Develop, characterize and transfer assays to QC for product release.

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry, Chemistry, or closely related discipline.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience working in a clinical or research laboratory using analytical equipment automation/instruments and method qualification for vaccine and related projects.
• Experience writing and reviewing method qualification/validation protocols and reports, method transfers, SOPs, QC data packets and other process documents.

Please apply online. When you apply, a Kelly Government Solutions Recruiter will review your resume and contact you directly if your skills and experience match the requirements of this position. A full job description can be made available at that time. Due to the high volume of inquiries, we regret that we cannot accept phone calls. Even if you aren’t contacted for this position, you remain part of our talent network.

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