Bioinformatics Scientist – HIV

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Address the bioinformatics, scientific computing, and data analysis requirements of investigators and collaborators within the NIAID Division of Intramural Research.

• Offer consultation on statistical and experimental design for high-throughput genome-scale technologies.

• Provide bioinformatics assistance for variant calling, gene expression, genome and transcriptome assembly, comparative genomics, proteomics, ChIP-seq, and ATAC-seq.

• Develop pipelines for high-throughput and production processes.

• Supply programming and troubleshooting support for the dissemination of research data.

• Execute computational and statistical analysis on genomic and clinical research data.

• Collaborate with team members on scientific programming and experimental design.

• Contribute to and co-author publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

• Assist in the development of a scalable resource that supports bioinformatics for next-generation sequencing, structural and computational biology, and machine-learning data support.

⛳️ Requirements

• Capable of obtaining and maintaining a Public Trust security clearance.

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree in a related field; a master's degree or doctorate is preferred.

• At least four years of experience in bioinformatics, including a minimum of two years in developing and maintaining production bioinformatics pipelines.

• Expert-level proficiency in two of the following: Python, R, C/C++, sh/bash.

• Experience in building images using Docker, Podman, or Singularity/Apptainer.

• Expert-level proficiency in Snakemake, Nextflow, or CWL/WDL.

• Proven ability to create technical and user documentation for tools, pipelines, and applications.

• Experience in constructing pipelines on-premises utilizing high-performance computing infrastructure.

• Strong capabilities in next-generation sequencing analysis, statistical modeling, scripting, and biological interpretation.

• Preferred: experience in supporting HIV research; familiarity with HIV and infectious disease resources and host–pathogen study designs; cloud experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure; application development using Django, Flask, RShiny, Electron, Flutter, or React; laboratory experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage for Employees.

• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays.

• 401K match up to 5%.

• Educational Benefits for Career Advancement.

• Employee Referral Bonus.

• Flexible Spending Accounts: Healthcare (FSA), Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK), Dependent Care Assistant Program (DCAP), Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN).