Bioinformatics Scientist

4+ years of experience in bioinformatics

2+ years of experience developing and maintaining production bioinformatics pipelines

Expert in two (2) of the following languages: Python, R, C/C++, sh/bash

Experience building images using one (1) of the following: Docker, Podman, Singularity/Apptainer

Expert in one (1) pipeline framework: Snakemake, Nextflow, CWL/WDL

Experience building pipelines locally on-premise using available HPC infrastructure

100% Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage for Employees

Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

401K match up to 5%

Employee Referral Bonus

Flexible Spending Accounts:

Address bioinformatics, scientific computing, and data analysis needs of users within the Division of Intramural Research (DIR) at NIAID and their collaborators by lending expertise in the proper statistical design of biological experiments involving high-throughput genome-scale technologies, data mining and knowledge discovery techniques, automated workflow development, statistical and scientific experimental design consulting.

Provide bioinformatics support to include somatic and germline variant calling and analysis, single-cell and bulk gene expression analysis,

assembly of genomes and transcriptomes, comparative genomics of model and non-model organisms, proteomics, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, and the development of high-throughput pipelines for the analysis of the above data modalities.

Provide programming and troubleshooting support to the Research Technologies Branch (RTB) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and collaborating Institutes in the dissemination of research data.

Perform computational data analysis on genomic and clinical research data.

Work with staff on scientific programming and experimental design.