Seeking a Scientific Application Support Specialist to work on a long term consulting assignment for our direct client a large pharmaceutical company located in Emeryville, CA. Candidates MUST be local and able to work on W2 for any employer. Description of Function and Responsibility As a member of our client's Research IT team, provide technical and scientific partnership with scientists in discovery chemistry and biology research. Collaborate with scientists to support existing applications and methods, and assess and identify new opportunities for data management and utilization to further drug discovery and development efforts. Administer enterprise applications supporting these objectives, ensuring they are running efficiently and are highly available. Provide seamless customer services, such as user training and helpdesk support, to scientific clients. Interaction with scientist on a daily basis is required. Assist in preparing SOP's and user guides. Required Knowledge and Qualification Education: MS/PhD in Chemistry or Biology related field with 3 years related experience or BS Chemistry or Biology related field with 5 years related experience, or equivalent. Knowledge of drug discovery process with practical laboratory experience, such as in cellular assay, in vivo, translational medicine or chemistry areas Proven strong business requirement analysis/workflow mapping skills Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Enjoy learning about the science and working with scientist Good documentation and presentation skills. Self-motivated, proactive and a team player. Preferred knowledge and qualification Knowledge of Project Management. Application skills (for Chemistry): eLN, Chemdraw, Spotfire,Instant JChem , Sciquest, Pipeline Pilot, Knime Preferred programming/scripting skills: SQL, Python, Unix/shell scripting, DOTNET, JQuery, CSS, AJAX, JavaScript, Java,HTML5 Familiarity with Oracle databases and SQL.