Axle
Bioinformatics Scientist
Bethesda, MD · Staff+
No sponsorshipDetected 13 hours ago
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About the role
- We work with some of the top research organizations and facilities in the country including multiple institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- The diversity of Axle's employees is a tremendous asset.
- Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, and location.
Responsibilities
- Provide bioinformatics support to include somatic and germline variant calling and analysis, single-cell and bulk gene expression analysis, de novo 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. Provide statistical support/analysis on research data.
- Experience building images using one (1) of the following: Docker, Podman, Singularity/Apptainer
- Expertise building technical and user documentation for tools, pipelines, and applications
- Experience building pipelines locally on-premise using available HPC infrastructure
- With experts in biomedical science, software engineering, and program management, we focus on developing and applying research tools and techniques to empower decision-making and accelerate research discoveries.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in bioinformatics
- 2+ years of experience developing and maintaining production bioinformatics pipelines
- This is not restricted as a complete list of all skills, responsibilities, duties, and/or assignments required.
- Individuals may be required to perform duties outside of their position, job description or responsibilities as needed.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Security clearance
Nice to have
- Experience working in a laboratory setting is a plus but not required
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in related field, Master's or Ph.D. preferred
Skills
- Salary Range
Compensation
- This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation range listed below.
Benefits
- 100% Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage for Employees
- Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
- Educational Benefits for Career Growth
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Healthcare (FSA)
- Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK)
- Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)
- Contribute to the development of a scalable and flexible resource to provide NGS bioinformatics, structural biological and computational, machine learning data support to NIAID scientists and investigators.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Security clearance
This listing is sourced directly from Axle's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.