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This is for potential upcoming opportunities   The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) is a research funding agency that supports transformative biomedical and health breakthroughs to provide health solutions for all. ARPA-H advances high-potential, high-impact biomedical and health research that cannot be readily accomplished through traditional research or commercial activity. ARPA-H awardees are developing entirely new ways to tackle the hardest challenges in health. With a scope spanning the molecular to the societal, ARPA-H programs have the potential to radically improve everyone's health. Their streamlined awards process enables us to act quickly and catalyze cutting-edge biomedical and health research. ARPA-H creates an environment to support the best ideas from Program Managers that bring together dynamic teams to solve the toughest health challenges.  Noblis has large-scope, deep and decades long experience organizationally supporting federal Advanced Research Project Agencies across domains of DHS, Intelligence, Transportation, Aerospace, Sustainability, and much more.  Additionally, we have decades of experienced expertise in Healthcare, Biosciences.  We span functions of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI / ML), Scientific and Technical Advisory subject matter expertise (SETA) within R&D, and the diversity of functions within Program management and strategy.  This has served as a foundation of our continued growth and impact as an organization.  Furthermore, as a nonprofit with a mission to "Use science and technology for the public good", we have invested leveraged our talented teams in successful innovations for new technologies that have resulted in advancing the capabilities of a variety of public sector entities to accomplish objectives in the interests of the public.    Biosciences and healthcare are in a historical renaissance of advancements to change the course of biomedical advancements and healthcare.  Due to the mission of ARPA-H, and the alignment with our capabilities and history, Noblios is excited to partner with ARPA-H.    The Health Analytics Specialist will be responsible for and not limited to: - Planning and developing high-risk, high-reward health analytics R&D projects that have the potential to transform human health. - Evaluating the feasibility of technical approaches to transformative health analytics breakthroughs. - Reviewing health research-related technical reports. - Developing and evaluating scientific capability development strategies. - Monitoring R&D projects and technical performance against goals. - Developing test and evaluation methodologies. - Assessing the efficacy, safety, cost lifecycle costs of proposed or realized scientific solutions. - Developing scientific program status reports, PowerPoint briefings, and read-ahead materials. - Developing, monitoring, and maintaining a central repository of R&D efforts. - Organizing, coordinating, and participating in meetings, discussions, and seminars on ARPA-H-related topics. - Communicating scientific findings and the relevant impact to technical and non-technical audiences. - Providing support to Portfolio and Program Managers in their continued engagement with ARPA-H customers. - Performing routine tasks including, but not limited to, scheduling, writing internal memos, maintaining and updating Program Management records, filing, intranet website maintenance, preparing and reviewing presentations, records maintenance, and coordinating daily operations of the assigned program. - Managing and respond to program-aligned data calls, compiling information, and preparing information for reporting to senior leadership. - Assisting with planning technology transitions to end users and customers. - Supporting the identification, assessment, evaluation, and testing of existing and emerging health analytics technologies, systems, and capabilities, including: coordination with related government, academic, and industry programs; attending meetings and symposia; coordinating meetings and programs reviews; and supporting program advocacy including development and production of presentation materials. - Providing Noblis-internal leadership, including: - Possible line management responsibilities. - Providing professional development and mentorship for teammates. - Development of new Business Development (BD) opportunities and related capture management, in close collaboration with Noblis’ BD team. Work is on-site with the possibility to telework 1-2 days per week

This is for potential upcoming opportunities   As an ARPA-H (Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health) Financial/Budget Analyst for the Strategic Technical ARPA-H Talent Support (STATS) Program at Noblis, you will be part of our Health Solutions account team, where you will leverage your financial management, budget analysis, and acquisition experience providing planning, execution, monitoring, and oversight of research and development (R&D) programs throughout their lifecycle, directly supporting Federal PM and the ARPA-H leaders to deliver transformative, sustainable, and equitable health solutions for the Nation.   This is an opportunity for someone with significant financial and budget experience in R&D and ARPA settings to work with an exceptionally talented and high-performing team on challenging and cutting-edge healthcare projects.  ARPA-H advances high-potential, high-impact biomedical, healthcare, and health research that cannot be readily accomplished through traditional research or commercial activity. Key focus areas of ARPA-H research portfolio will include: Health Science Futures (expanding what’s technically possible), Scalable Solutions (reaching everyone quickly), Proactive Health (keeping people from being patients), and Resilient Systems (building integrated healthcare systems).   Key Job Responsibilities: - Provide preparation and analysis of budget and financial data and preparation of pertinent briefing materials, analysis and entry of financial data into automated systems, preparation of business resources and financial reports, business and programmatic support, and documentation of financial processes/systems.  - Provide verification and assessment of budget and financial data, evaluation of compliance with applicable policies and procedures, support for independent business and financial analysis and reviews and operational auditing support. - Develop and maintain financial spreadsheets and databases, including budgets and spend plans. - Monitor and track funding, obligations and schedules; utilize financial databases and reports; provide financial analysis and presentations; support cost proposals and document financial processes. This includes monthly collection and analysis of technical and cost reports from funded contracts. - Consult client on adjustments to the overall budget in response to budget cuts and shortfalls, opportunities for unplanned funds, and mitigation strategies for schedule changes affecting finances.  - Gather and consolidate project related financial data from multiple HHS systems. - Interact with and maintain rapport with other HHS entities, including budget and acquisition divisions. - Provide professional/technical services in support of acquisition planning through solicitation, award, performance, final payment, and preparation for close-out for the full range of contractual instruments used by Government. - Advise, develop, and review procurement request (PR), contract, and other acquisition packages, including Acquisition Plans (APs), Acquisition Strategies (AS), Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs), Justification and Approvals (J&As), Determination and Finding (D&F), etc., ensuring adequacy, consistency, and compliance with administrative, regulatory, and procedural requirements. Location is based of each Task Order - we will have a mix of hybrid (must be local to Washington DC) and remote roles

Noblis Homeland Security and Federal Civilian Solutions Mission Areas provide technical, scientific, programmatic expertise across critical programs in the federal government in support of the public good.  This important and highly visible role works in collaboration with, and in support of, two Noblis Vice Presidents who are leading complex initiatives across these large divisions and teams.    This purpose of this role will be to partner closely with two Noblis VPs, ensure effective operations, introduce organization to processes and artifacts where needed, ensure follow-through on operational divisional action items, and help provide effective communication within and across the Mission Areas and promote a collaborative atmosphere.        The Executive Assistant will provide extensive administrative, operational assistance to the Vice President of Federal Civilian Solutions and the Vice President of Homeland Security. This will include the following responsibilities: - Partner with the Vice Presidents, anticipate needs, and take initiative to organize and execute detailed logistics and solutions.  - Partner with Vice Presidents in providing effective collaboration and communication with both internal and external stakeholders.    - Collaborate with the Executive Assistants' Team and provide back-up when needed under the guidance of the Senior Executive Assistant.   - Manage and organize projects and/or events, to include planning/orchestrating in person meetings at local and nationwide Noblis offices.  In some cases, this involves logistical management of ordering, set-up, and disassembly of food and catering, conference rooms, and other supporting equipment.  - Manage full schedules and calendar using Outlook. - Interface with high-level associates, and develop verbal and written correspondence. - Collaborate with other internal and external organizations, including senior leadership, on execution of action items. - Create and maintain database and spreadsheet files. - Prepare expense reports. - Coordinate and reserve VPs' travel to Noblis sites - File, archive, and retrieve documents. - Research and utilize internet sources and resources proficiently. - Apply desktop publishing skills in the creation of proposals, briefings and other materials. - Accurately type and format presentations, reports, and other documents according to Noblis standards and guidelines. - Review documents, proofread, and edit documents, and suggest revisions where appropriate, to improve overall quality of documents, reports, and correspondence.

Noblis is helping FAA manage large and complex telecommunications and information management programs that use state of the art technologies to deliver enterprise infrastructure services essential to the safe and efficient operation of the largest, safest, and most complex aviation systems in the world.  We are seeking smart, passionate, and motivated people to join our proven team in a challenging and rewarding work environment where you will be actively engaged at the intersection of technology and operations enhancing our nation’s aviation system.  If you want to be involved in acquiring, implementing, and managing the communications and information solutions to achieve our nation’s aviation vision, this is the job for you!   Specific responsibilities for the Dashboard Visualization/Front End Developer include: - Responsible for the development of web application features and components. - Engage directly with the client to design and develop impactful, dynamic, and insightful business intelligence visualizations, dashboards, and other analytic tools using .Net Framework. - Operate effectively as a member of an Agile team. Participate in daily scrums, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospectives, and Planning Poker.  Enter and update tasks/user stories in Jira. - Participate in demos to clients and users.    - Perform other related duties as required and assigned

This position will directly support one Senior Executive Service (SES) Executive Director within the Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate Office of Mission Capability and Support (MCS). This position will also work with the Front Office team to provide business, strategic, and administrative support to all members of MCS leadership. This entails support to enable leadership oversight of its Research and Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) portfolio and facilitate their efforts to analyze, introduce, and enhance technological products, services, systems, and capabilities to S&T’s stakeholders. This position offers opportunity to act as the strategic thought partner to the Executive Director to advance senior leadership initiatives as well accomplish the mission and goals of MCS.    Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: - Coordinating, organizing, and scheduling the Executive Director’s meetings, calendar, travel, and engagements with personnel internal and external to DHS. - Reviewing deliverables to ensure accurate content, grammar, and formatting. - Organizing and participating in: stakeholder engagement, meeting organization, note-taking, after-action reports, and action item delivery and follow-up. - Representing MCS interests in DHS cross-functional collaborations by ensuring the engagement is meeting objectives. - Providing strategic guidance on making processes more effective and taking innovative action to advance senior leadership initiatives by ensuring MCS staff are properly motivated to achieve them. - Identifying new processes and procedures to increase efficiency of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and organization. - Collaborating with other Administrative Officers in MCS and across S&T to coordinate meeting notes, leadership schedules, knowledge sharing, and best practices. - Coordinating the logistics of large-scale events and meetings, both virtual and in-person, from planning through to successful execution.

This CBRN Program Analyst and Project Manager role will provide technical and programmatic support in the DHS Science and Technology Directorate, as part of a multidisciplinary team of high-performance professionals supporting the client's most vexing technical and technological challenges, and developing solutions to counter current, emerging, and future homeland security threats. The successful candidate will be self-motivated, operate well in a matrixed environment, be able to learn, digest, and provide scientific and technical guidance on a broad spectrum of technical subjects, and be able to distill and communicate complex technical concepts to enable nontechnical managers to make informed decisions. A technical background in science, engineering, or CBRN is not required so much as a strong grasp on program and project management fundamentals and a deep desire to develop and maintain project processes, build documentation and portfolio strategy, and an eagerness to learn the field. Specifically, the selected candidates will support S&T on programs including, but not limited to: assisting with the development, administration, and coordination of RDT&E portfolios, programs, and projects.    The responsibilities of the team member typically includes:    - Assisting with the development and administration of RDT&E contracts, to include tasks such as: development of solicitation material, administration of source selection reviews, and assessing technical solutions. - Monitoring project performance and reviewing deliverables to ensure technical, programmatic, and financial goals and objectives are met and identify possible program risks. - Maintaining and monitoring program budgets to include gathering and reviewing monthly reporting information from project/program performers and developing budget execution plans. - Organizing, directing, and coordinating planning and production of all activities associated with assigned task order projects.  - Providing support to Portfolio and Program Managers in their continued engagement with DHS S&T customers on the receipt, prioritization, and regular reporting of their operational capability gaps. - Providing data collection and analyses of user requirements and of existing and emerging systems, capabilities, and technologies. - Performing routine tasks including, but not limited to, scheduling, writing internal memos, maintaining and updating Program Management records, filing, intranet website maintenance, preparing and reviewing presentations, records maintenance, and coordinating daily operations of the assigned program. - Assisting with planning technology transitions to the respective operational customer. - Attending meetings, workshops, conferences, and program reviews at the direction of the program or project manager to provide programmatic and technical review, record meeting minutes, and contribute to the program management dialogue with performers.  - Providing assistance in managing and responding to program-aligned S&T Executive Secretary data calls, compiling information, and preparing information for reporting to senior leadership. - Supporting the identification, assessment, evaluation, and testing of existing and emerging technologies, systems, and capabilities, including: coordination with related government, academic, and industry programs; attending meetings and symposia; coordinating meetings and programs reviews; and supporting program advocacy including development and production of presentation materials.

Noblis is helping the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) manage large and complex telecommunications and information management programs that use state of the art technologies to manage enterprise infrastructure services essential to the safe and efficient operation of the largest, safest, and most complex aviation system in the world. We are seeking smart, passionate, and motivated people to join our proven team in a challenging and rewarding work environment where you will be actively engaged at the intersection of technology and operations enhancing our nation’s aviation system. The solutions architect will be responsible for: - Designing, architecting, developing and maintaining complex enterprise applications using Object-Oriented (OO) design principles - Lead projects using rapid development and agile methodologies. - Work closely with customers to collect and analyze complex requirements. - Ensure the continuous improvement and maintenance of existing applications. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate new technologies and approaches - Maintain ongoing communication with clients to ensure their needs are met and to adjust strategies as necessary.

Noblis is seeking a post-doctoral candidate with a strong background in molecular biology and synthetic biology to work with Noblis subject matter experts and scientists to design experiments in the lab to: - Advance microorganism culture strategies, bioengineering, and bioprinting capabilities. - Design and demonstrate novel qPCR/PCR/LAMP assays. - Innovate workflows for rapid DNA/RNA extraction, next generation sequencing (NGS) and bioinformatic analytics to include engineering detection.   This is a full-time, one year fellowship position with the option for a second year, with the potential opportunity to join Noblis as a full-time employee.   - Must be willing to work on-site in a laboratory setting for at least 3 days a week. - Design and perform lab-based experiments. - Develop molecular biology and synthetic biology cloning experiments. - Stay abreast of the latest advances synthetic biology, Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) sample preparation methods, sequencing platforms, and bioinformatics. - Actively participate in scientific/industry symposium, conferences, and professional societies. - Present at scientific conferences and publish in peer-reviewed journals. - Contribute technical content to grants, proposals, white papers, and internal/external documents. - Update Health and Safety Assement documents as needed. - Work autonomously and in a team environment with a positive collegial attitude.

Noblis is seeking a Senior Ph.D. Fellow candidate with a strong background in molecular and synthetic biology to work with Noblis subject matter experts and scientists. This is a part-time, one year fellowship position.   Responsibilities: - Advise on scientific methods and directions for molecular, synthetic biology, and computational biology. - Contribute to a peer reviewed journal article. - Mentor Noblis scientists and postdoc with a growth mindset. - Contribute to Noblis-led scientific workshops.

- Conduct and support analyses for a variety of tasks such as regulatory reviews, chemical research, chemical disclosures, life cycle assessments (LCAs), and supply chain assessments. - Review, evaluate, and interpret evolving federal, state, and international regulatory policies and regulatory actions with a focus on chemical management, environment, sustainability, supply chain, climate, and environmental, social, and corporate governance. - Research and analyze chemical supply chain data by performing in-depth online searches, gathering open source and customer data, and utilizing subscription services and tools. - Monitor and assess impacts from emerging regulations on chemical availability and risk of supply chain disruption. - Support development of communication materials (e.g., reports, slide decks) tailored to various audiences to describe and summarize emerging regulations and their potential impacts.