Bioinformatics Scientist Job Durham area,North Carolina USA,Research/Development

Kelly Government Solutions is seeking a Bioinformatics Scientist to support the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH/NIEHS). This position will involve on-site work on the NIEHS campus in Research Triangle Park, NC with eligibility for telework if/when authorized.

This is a long-term contract position which offers:

Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit package
Optional health, vision, and dental plans
Paid leave as well as 11 paid federal holidays and 401K plan.
Access to NIH’s unparalleled resources and niche scientific initiatives

KEY TASKS

(1) Carry out Next Generation Sequencing data analyses across concurrent projects including mapping, SNP and structural variation discovery and validation, statistical analyses, meta-analyses of genomic features, pathways analyses, and principal components analyses

(2) Apply in-depth knowledge of computational methods in the analyses of large epidemiology and population genomics datasets including Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) and massively parallel Next Generation Sequencing

(3) Conduct analyses of GWAS data quality including analyses of multiple experimental designs simultaneously

(4) Carry out GWAS data and meta-data analyses including imputation analyses, stratification analyses, haplotype analyses, significant SNP and structural variation discovery and others

(5) Conduct statistical analyses to extract biologically meaningful information including meta-data from genomic and targeted element population studies

(6) Utilize commercial software and freeware as well as write custom algorithms programs to accomplish scientific tasks and support biological discovery

(7) Validate and conduct quality analysis for all types Next Generation sequencing data in the context of understanding complex disease and complex population structures

(8) Work with biologists to design models summarizing, explaining, and interpreting experimental data

(9) Provide correlation analyses of data derived from different experimental platforms such as correlation of whole exome re-sequencing and GWAS data

(10) Participate in group meetings with population genomics biologists, present findings to individuals and groups and advise on coordination of analyses and discovery methods

(11) Support high performance computer environmental resources, maintain work stations and identify and operate commercial software and freeware relevant to analyses

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Computational Biology, or related biological/life science discipline

Minimum of 6 years of experience that includes next gen sequencing data analysis, pipeline development, genome-wide association studies, bulk RNA-sequencing, and/or multi-omics analysis

Experience working with large data sets (including microarray data) and using R, Python, MATLAB, Linux, Shell scripting, and/or Java

Ability to work on-site at NIH/NIEHS in Research Triangle Park, NC

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