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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Advanced Biomedical Computing Center (ABCC) is a part of the Data Science and Information Technology Program at Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. The ABCC provides technology development, scientific consultation, collaboration and training, and high-performance computing support to the NCI and NIH scientists and staff. The Sequencing Facility (SF) has been established to manage the operation of multiple platforms for next-gen and third-generation sequencing in support of NCI investigators. The SF provides services to many CCR investigators and their collaborators, processes several thousand samples and generates tens of trillions bases of sequencing data annually using such instruments as the HiSeq 3000, NextSeq 500, PacBio and MiSeq. Leidos Overview: Leidos is a global science and technology solutions leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company’s 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported pro forma annual revenues of approximately $10 billion for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2016 after giving effect to the recently completed combination of Leidos with Lockheed Martin's Information Systems & Global Solutions business (IS&GS). For more information, visit www.Leidos.com. The company’s diverse employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Qualified women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an Equal Opportunity Employer. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
JOB DESCRIPTION/BASIC FUNCTION:
- Responsible for providing bioinformatics support including the management and analysis of high throughput next-generation sequencing data from Illumina, PacBio, and other NGS platforms
- Responsible for troubleshooting instrument run issues, data processing issues, and sample performance issues
- Responsible for operating vendor provided and in-house data analysis pipelines that include data processing, QC, mapping, assembly, base modification, transcript profiling and splicing analysis, and SNPs/INDEls as well as large structural variation discovery for data from next-generation sequencing technologies
- Expand and develop analysis workflows and pipelines as new capabilities come online
- Provide biological interpretation of analysis results and present results to project teams
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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below: Possession of a Bachelor’s degree in biomedical science/bioinformatics/math/computer related field from an accredited college or university according to the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education)
- Foreign degrees must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency
- A minimum of two (2) years related experience in a biological research laboratory environment with a strong background in bioinformatics application development
- The candidate must possess experience in genomic and sequence analysis such as RNA-seq, Exome-seq, Chip-seq and metagenomics analysis, construction of data processing pipelines, and quality control/quality assurance analysis
- Hands-on experience in next generation sequencing analysis, including data quality assessment, sequencing data assembling, mapping, mutation and structural variation analysis, gene/transcript profiling and splicing analysis
- Hands-on experience with commercial and open-source bioinformatics and NGS data analysis tools is required
- Highly collaborative, self-motivated and team oriented
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance
- Master’s degree or PhD preferred
- Experience in NGS sequencing technology and molecular biology
- Knowledge of cancer biology
- Experience using high performance computing systems for NGS analysis
- Experience in data integration and application development
- Familiarity with publicly available data sources such as ENCODE, Ensembl, NCBI, TCGA, 1000 Genomes
- Proven success in independent efforts and delivering high quality data with biological relevance in a team environment
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Advanced Biomedical Computing Center (ABCC) is a part of the Data Science and Information Technology Program at Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. The ABCC provides technology development, scientific consultation, collaboration and training, and high-performance computing support to the NCI and NIH scientists and staff. The Sequencing Facility (SF) has been established to manage the operation of multiple platforms for next-gen and third-generation sequencing in support of NCI investigators. The SF provides services to many CCR investigators and their collaborators, processes several thousand samples and generates tens of trillions bases of sequencing data annually using such instruments as the HiSeq 3000, NextSeq 500, PacBio and MiSeq. Leidos Overview: Leidos is a global science and technology solutions leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company’s 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported pro forma annual revenues of approximately $10 billion for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2016 after giving effect to the recently completed combination of Leidos with Lockheed Martin's Information Systems & Global Solutions business (IS&GS). For more information, visit www.Leidos.com. The company’s diverse employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Qualified women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an Equal Opportunity Employer. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]