Viral Pathogenesis Technician Support - III

Cape Fox subsidiary Eagle Health, LLC is accepting resumes for aViral Pathogenesis Technician Support - IIIto support the members at Ft. Detrick, Maryland.This position is contingent upon contract award.

Incumbents are encouraged to apply!

The salary range (or hiring range) for this exempt position has been established at:$69,000 - $75,000.

The above salary range represents the company's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. In addition, we offer a variety of benefits including company holidays, paid time off, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life and disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, as well as 401K with company match. This job will be posted until filled or withdrawn.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Will support 1-5 Non-human Primate studies and 10-20 rodent studies per year in BSL-2, BSL-3, and BSL-4 laboratories
• Will perform inoculations with virus, vaccine, or applicable testing material, collect tissues for processing and conduct blood sample collection
• Will perform in vitro testing of candidate vaccines and therapeutic compounds against a variety of viruses
• Will prepare all necessary study materials for assigned experiments to include but not limited to preparing cell culture media, labeling tubes, and preparing paperwork
• Will perform immunological procedures including enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western Blot assays
• Will perform basic cell culture, plaque assays (PA), plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT), PCR, and other assays to support NHP and rodent studies
• May serve as a BSL-2 and BSL-3 mentor
• Will be responsible for assessing and maintaining laboratory supplies in BSL-2, BSL-3, and BSL-4 laboratories. Will assess supplies and ensure supplies are ordered or will order supplies using GFEBs ordering system
• Will perform general laboratory maintenance duties, including but not limited to cleaning, preparation for inspections, and containment space monthly duties as assigned by the suite supervisor
• Will assist with annual conduct of Equipment Inventory Management in BSL-2 and BSL-3
• Will provide TPOC a employee Research Technical Report NLT the last day of each week
• CS-PRP enrollment is required and will be held and maintained IAW the provisions in this contract and all applicable regulations.
• BPRP enrollment is required and will be held and maintained IAW the provisions in this contract and all applicable regulations.