• Hands on experience in bioinformatics, OR master’s degree plus at least five years of experience in bioinformatics
• Experience analyzing next-generation sequencing datasets, such as WGS, WES, RNA-seq,ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, and single-cell applications
• Excellent Proficiency in programming languages (e.g., Python, R, C++) in a Unix/Linux environment
• Experience with a pipeline scripting language such as Nextflow.
• Experience developing and evaluating methods for common bioinformatics applications, such as alignment, assembly, variant detection, genome enrichment, and phylogenetics
• Familiarity with common bioinformatics file formats (FASTA, FASTQ, BAM, VCF, etc.)
• Experience with high-performance Linux clusters and cloud computing
• Experience leveraging online resources (software manuals, GitHub, Stack Overflow) to troubleshoot
• A proven track record of scientific publications

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