Research Data Scientist

Qualifications

• Education: Degree in Mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science, or a field directly related to the position.
• Courses equivalent to a major field of study (30 semester hours) as shown above - plus additional education or appropriate experience.

Responsibilities

• Processing raw microbiome sequencing data using established bioinformatics pipelines.
• Performing sequence quality control, taxonomic and functional profiling, and preparing analysis-ready feature tables.
• Conducting routine statistical summaries, including diversity calculations, simple comparisons between groups, and preliminary visualizations to support downstream modeling performed by senior team members.
• Assisting with transferring, merging, and validating microbiome outputs within the secure VA computing environment, ensuring consistency with clinical datasets prepared by the statistics team.
• Working closely with the Senior Statistician to troubleshoot data issues, adjust preprocessing steps as needed, and produce preliminary figures and descriptive results for internal discussions.
• Contributing to the preparation of study reports, abstracts, and manuscript supplements by generating tables and visual materials.
• Supporting ongoing project needs by implementing minor analytical tasks, updating pipelines as new samples or methods become available.
• Coordinating with investigators to ensure that microbiome data products align with project requirements.

Requirements

Please note - there is no pay associated with this position. The work is predominantly sedentary. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work, but there will be some walking, standing, bending, and carrying of items of moderate weight such as large binders, banker style file boxes, meeting materials, papers, books, or small parts. Hand and eye coordination for delicate testing procedures may be the only special physical demand required to perform the work.

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

Without compensation

Schedule

Full time
Monday - Friday
8:00am- 4:30pm

Virtual

This is not a virtual position

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS)

Not Authorized