Bioinformatics Developer -Fellowship

Description

Leidos Public Health Division has a short-term fellowship program for approximately three months in Bioinformatics science and pipeline development. The successful candidate will work a flexible schedule with Leidos on bioinformatics projects of public health importance. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Transcriptomics, NGS data analysis, including QC, assembly, annotation, alignment, variant detection, and preferably phylogenetic analysis of microbial genomes and metagenomes. Extensive hands-on experience with bioinformatics pipeline development using Nextflow is expected.

*This position is open to telecommuting.

REQUIRES U.S. Citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and deploy bioinformatics data pipelines and workflows using Nextflow.
• Develop and execute bioinformatics algorithms and workflows in HPC (high-performance computing) environments.
• Write custom scripts and software to perform bioinformatics analysis using Python, Perl, and/or R.
• Perform bioinformatics analysis using open-source bioinformatics tools as well as licensed proprietary software such as CLC Genomics Workbench and Geneious.
• Support modeling and simulation of evolutionary and population biological process using Bayesian inference and/or genetic algorithms.
• Use statistical analysis tools, interpret, and communicate results.
• Develop tools for visualizing complex biological datasets and be able to interpret and communicate results as well as uncertainty to a diverse group of customers.
• Develop and maintain highly curated genomic sequence databases, signature databases for virulence and AMR markers, strain type and pathogen type markers.
• Work together with the DevOps team in adopting best software engineering practices for tool and workflow development.
• Assist with developing standard operating procedures for bioinformatics analyses.
• Supports public health researchers in creating and submitting publications and poster presentations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• A PhD degree in bioinformatics, genomics, molecular biology, genetics or related field.
• 2+ years of hands-on bioinformatics experience through academic or research work
• Experience in developing pipelines using Nextflow (primary), Snakemake, and/or Workflow Description Language (WDL).
• Experience with the processing of high-throughput data and possessing strong data management and analysis skills.
• Experience working in Linux environments and broad experience with open-source bioinformatics tools
• Proficient coding/scripting in Python, R, Perl
• Experience working in a high-performance computing environment
• Strong communication skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Hands-on bioinformatics development experience in public health
• Experience in designing and conducting training workshops for the bioinformatics community on the latest bioinformatics methods and concepts
• Previous work experience at the CDC or other public health agencies

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About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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