Bioinformatics Scientist - NIH Job at Kelly, Durham, NC

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  • Kelly
  • Durham, NC

Job Description

Kelly Government Solutions is seeking a Bioinformatics Scientist to support the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH/NIEHS). This position requires regular on-site work on the NIEHS campus in Research Triangle Park, NC and may be eligible 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) Provide bioinformatics expertise and coordinate with teams of biologists to conduct experimental queries and/or perform portions of studies using complex procedures and techniques common to modern bioinformatics.

(2) Perform sequencing and alignment of raw data, and interpret new data using larger public access datasets.

(3) Conduct analyses on NextGen sequencing data including data derived in ChIP-Seq, RNA-Seq, miRNA-Seq and other experimental models

(4) Conduct analysis and interpretation using data from genomic platforms including expression, exon, tiling, promoter and others array types

(5) Write utility scripts, macros, and/or custom programs or algorithms in support of biological discovery

(6) Participate in the design of new protocols involving computational methods

(7) Utilize and adapt existing bioinformatics techniques to check for trends and patterns in the data

(8) Work with staff to plan experiments and data analysis for internal and collaborative projects; use bioinformatics expertise to advise and help bench scientists on experimental design and troubleshooting.

(9) Establish and maintain workflows including experimental design, analyses of data quality, genome and meta-genome integration and others

(10) Prepare scientific reports and progress reports; assemble data to prepare tables, graphs and slides; conduct scientific and program related information searches and report results.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

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

(2) Minimum of 5 years of experience that includes next gen sequencing data analysis, multi-omics analysis, single cell RNA-sequencing, and bulk RNA-sequencing

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

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

Job Tags

Long term contract, Remote work,

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