Bioinformatics Specialist

Omniscius Consulting - Bethesda, MD

Full-time

Bethesda, MD

About the position

The Bioinformatics Specialist will support a federal government customer in Bethesda, MD, with options for teleworking. The role involves developing computational pipelines and bioinformatics tools to analyze sequencing data, maintaining databases, and collaborating with IT staff to enhance computing resources. The specialist will also be responsible for documenting experiments, interpreting results, and preparing findings for publication.

Responsibilities

• Develop computational pipelines and bioinformatics tools to analyze sequencing data.
• Create and maintain databases, spreadsheets, and reports.
• Collaborate with the NIAID IT staff to expand computing resources.
• Maintain detailed records of experiments and their results, preparing information for presentations at laboratory-wide meetings and for publication.
• Write reports of findings, stating methods and procedures used, including any modifications employed, specimens and materials involved, and results of experiments.
• Interpret, evaluate, and discuss the results of each experiment with the Federal Task Leader as part of the planning process for subsequent studies.
• Operate and communicate effectively in a team-oriented working environment.
• Work collaboratively with others in the lab to generate data for publications, supporting others in a collegial, respectful, and interactive manner.
• Provide analysis and interpretation of data and prepare summaries of laboratory findings for reports and papers for publication in scientific journals.

Requirements

• A minimum of a master's degree in a related field is required.
• A minimum of 2 years of post-degree work experience in a research laboratory setting is required.
• Experience with applications such as MS Office and Teams.