Axle - Bioinformatics Scientist – HIV-SOMAL

• Clearance. Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance. • Education. Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a related field; master’s degree or doctorate preferred. • Experience. Four or more years of experience in bioinformatics, including two or more years developing and maintaining production bioinformatics pipelines. • Programming languages. Expert-level proficiency in two of the following: Python, R, C/C++, sh/bash. • Containerization. Experience building images using one of the following: Docker, Podman, Singularity/Apptainer. • Pipeline frameworks. Expert-level proficiency in one pipeline framework: Snakemake, Nextflow, or CWL/WDL. • Documentation. Demonstrated expertise building technical and user documentation for tools, pipelines, and applications. • Infrastructure. Experience building pipelines on-premises using available high-performance computing infrastructure. • Experience supporting HIV research, including the analysis of HIV sequence data — for example viral genome assembly, phylogenetic and quasi-species analysis, drug-resistance profiling, or characterization of the latent reservoir. • Familiarity with HIV and infectious disease data resources and host–pathogen study designs, including integration of viral sequence data with host genomic, transcriptomic, or immunologic datasets. • Experience building pipelines or applications in the cloud using AWS, GCP, or Azure. • Experience building applications using one of the following frameworks: Django, Flask, RShiny, Electron, Flutter, or React. • Experience working in a laboratory setting. • Disclaimer: The above description is meant to illustrate the general nature of work and level of effort being performed by individuals assigned to this position or job description. 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. • Disclaimer: • The diversity of Axle’s employees is a tremendous asset. We are firmly committed to providing equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and will not tolerate any illegal discrimination or harassment based on age, race, gender, religion, national origin, disability, marital status, covered veteran status, sexual orientation, status with respect to public assistance, and other characteristics protected under state, federal, or local law and to deter those who aid, abet, or induce discrimination or coerce others to discriminate. • Accessibility: If you need an accommodation as part of the employment process please contact: [email protected]