In addition, the following specific skills are required: 5 years of experience with the genomic evaluation process, including ingestion and editing of data from the field, integration of field data with pedigree and genomic information, imputation of genotypes to a common set of variants used for prediction, estimation of (co)variance components, and prediction of breeding values; 5 years of experience with livestock production; 5 years of experience with constructing software pipelines to automate routine tasks, including data ingestion, storage, editing, and analysis; 5 years of experience with basic bioinformatics procedure, such as alignment of whole-genome DNA sequence data against reference genomes, simple variant calling, and downstream analysis of variant effects on gene structure/function; 5 years of experience with using computers for research, including statistical software (e.g., ASReml, BLUPF90, R, or Python) and Microsoft Office; and, Must be willing and able to travel 10% domestic or international. These companies work globally to provide cutting-edge dairy and beef genetics, customized reproductive services to maximize conceptions, dairy management information to take producers to the frontline of progressive dairy farming, and an array of products and services to help bovines reach their full genetic potential.