Data Scientist II (BTI, Bioinformatics)

Description: 

The Brain Tumor Institute (BTI) Bioinformatics Core at Children’s National Hospital is seeking a highly skilled Bioinformatics Scientist to join our team. This position will play a critical role in advancing research of multiple PIs focused on uncovering oncogenic mechanisms in pediatric brain tumors and identifying novel therapeutic targets. The Bioinformatics Scientist will engage in basic and translational research projects and contribute to tool development, such as interactive applications for visualizing complex genomic data. 

The role involves close collaboration with researchers and clinicians within both Children’s National as well as external partners. The successful candidate will report to the Director of the BTI Bioinformatics Core and contribute bioinformatics analyses to focused projects based on PI needs, participate in collaborative activities in the BTI such as code review and/or workshop training, and contribute to grant applications and scientific manuscripts. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Perform high-quality bioinformatics analyses on pediatric oncology datasets, including genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenomic data. 

• Design and implement downstream analytical workflows for high-throughput data using our GitHub, Docker, and AWS infrastructure, focusing on reproducibility, code efficiency, and scalability. 

• Utilize cloud-computing environments (e.g., AWS EC2) and/or high-performance computing (HPC) to support large-scale or memory-intensive analyses. 

• Actively and positively participate in sprints and code reviews, ensuring high standards for reproducibility and documentation. 

• Engage with multidisciplinary teams, providing bioinformatics expertise to support collaborative research initiatives.