Overview
Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is searching for a Bioinformatics Data Scientist/Analyst to support our work for the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), an institute of the National Institutes of Health. This opportunity is full time and onsite at the NIH-NCBI in Bethesda, MD and/or remote work.
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NCBI is the world’s premier biomedical center hosting over six million daily users that seek research, clinical, genetic, and other information that directly impacts biomedical research and public health. The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NCBI is one of the top 400 most visited sites and its wide range of applications serve more users and more data than any other US Government Agency. NCBI provides free access to petabytes of biomedical and genomic information, and scientists all over the world use our products, including PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, GenBank, RefSeq, and ClinVar.
Job Description
We are looking for an outstanding candidate to help process and analyze data in NLM-NCBI’s RefSeq Virus group. The candidate will be responsible for:
- Collecting, processing, and analyzing biological datasets to support public virus resources
- Developing methodologies and tools for the identification and classification of viral sequences based upon genomic and protein sequence content
- Improving sequence data quality and annotation based on bioinformatic analysis, appropriate scientific literature, and through direct communication with scientists
- Outreach to research scientists, data scientists, and clinicians
- Interacting and collaborating with a diverse group of scientists, bioinformaticians and software developers within and outside the NIH to meet the needs of clinical and basic researchers and public health professionals.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate must have a doctoral degree and postdoctoral experience.
We are looking for an individual with:
• A track record of research or work in viral genomics and bioinformatics
• Familiarity with virus taxonomy, comparative genomics, and evolutionary processes
• Experience in bioinformatics of DNA and RNA sequence analysis and the development of robust workflows for automated data processing
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python)
• Experience with SQL
• Ability to work with common structured documents (XML, JSON, CSV)
• Familiarity with NCBI resources and tools
• Experience in interpreting complex biological problems, critically analyzing the scientific literature, and demonstrating a thorough understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of high-throughput experimental datasets
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, organizational skills, and problem-solving skills
• A proven ability to successfully engage in multi-disciplinary collaborative research
Benefits and Salary
We attract the best people in the business with our competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k plan with employer contribution, paid holidays, vacation, and tuition reimbursement.
We offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience and location. The targeted range for this position is $125,000 - $145,000.
If you enjoy being a part of a high performing, professional service and technology focused organization, please apply today!
Top Skills
What We Do
Official account of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine. NCBI serves as an international resource for the scientific research community - providing access to public databases and software tools for analyzing biological data, as well as performing research in computational biology.
The NCBI was established in 1988 by an act of the United States Congress as division of the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health, with a mission to find new approaches to deal with the increasing volume and complexity of biological data in order to facilitate the understanding of genes and their role in health and disease.
The NCBI is made up of multidisciplinary research and development teams composed of molecular biologists, biochemists, structural biologists, clinicians, mathematicians, and computer scientists who:
Archive: Gather scientific and medical research data from around the globe
• Serve as the largest repository of the world’s primary biological research data
• Produce curated datasets to enhance the value and usability of the primary data
Access: Develop systems for discovering and integrating scientific and medical data
• Create search tools and data cross-referencing mechanisms
• Display and enable download of information from the world's largest collection of biological data
Advance: Promote understanding of processes that effect health and disease
• Perform cutting-edge research in computational biology
• Design and build algorithms, programs and systems for analysis of biological data
• Provide support and training through a varied and vigorous outreach program
