Bioinformatics Scientist – HIV-SOMAL
Core
Provide bioinformatics, scientific computing, and data analysis support for HIV research investigators, developing production pipelines for genomic and clinical datasets.
Role type
Senior IC bioinformatics scientist (HIV research)
Builds
Scalable bioinformatics pipelines and resources for NIAID scientists
Domain
Biomedical informatics, HIV research, genomics
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Next-generation sequencing analysis, statistical modeling, scripting, biological interpretation, variant calling, single-cell and bulk gene expression analysis, de novo assembly, comparative genomics, proteomics, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq
Preferred skills
HIV sequence data analysis, host–pathogen study design, cloud pipeline development, web application frameworks, laboratory experience
Technologies
Python, R, C/C++, sh/bash, Docker, Podman, Singularity/Apptainer, Snakemake, Nextflow, CWL/WDL, AWS, GCP, Azure, Django, Flask, RShiny, Electron, Flutter, React
Responsibilities
Provide scientific consultation on experimental design and data mining; develop and maintain high-throughput bioinformatics pipelines; perform computational data analysis on genomic and clinical research data; contribute to scientific publications; develop scalable resources for next-generation sequencing and machine learning support
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
