This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. This vacancy is also being announced concurrently with vacancy announcement HHS-CDC-MP-26-13015383 under merit promotion procedures. Please review this announcement to see if you are eligible for consideration under merit promotion procedures.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY As a Research Microbiologist, you will: Lead a clinical service for the rapid detection of drug resistance in infectious pathogens and growth-based drug susceptibility testing. Maintain compliance with Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) objectives and regulations; Work closely with supervisors to ensure compliance with Division policies, branch-specific SOPs, and CLIA requirements.
Develop procedures and manages laboratory methods supporting detection and characterization of infectious pathogens; Work to ensure compliance with branch-specific standard operating procedures (SOPs). Develop and evaluate new laboratory methods and techniques. Responsible for the development, validation, and application of new techniques.
Exercise a high degree of competence in evaluating laboratory data; Manage data analysis and quality assurance activities performed by the laboratory team. This position has 20% supervisory duties-candidates must also have demonstrated or shown the potential to develop the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities. Applicants should describe any previous experience or responsibilities which could be used in relation to the supervisory requirements of this position.
Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
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This position is with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services.
The posted pay range is $133007 – $172915/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-09-07.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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