Bioinformatician

Job ID: 1478
Job date: 2017-08-04
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Company : Attain 

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Job Description:
Who We Seek:

  • Passion Seekers. You genuinely care about the work that you do and its impact on society.
  • Self-Starters. You’re a go-getter who isn’t afraid to step up and disrupt the status quo. <7li>
  • Entrepreneurs. You bring fresh ideas to the table, work hard, develop business and consistently seek new challenges.
  • Collaborators. You’re a great contributor to a high performing team that accomplishes great feats for our clients.
What You Will Do:
  • Support lab researchers and bioinformatics team in data management, processing and analysis
  • Maintain/debug/improve the existing web-based databases/applications and data processing pipelines in the lab
  • Perform routine data processing and QC checking using the lab computer cluster
  • Design, develop and deploy new databases/applications and data processing pipelines, as well as custom scripts to meet new needs
  • Perform light/routine administrative work on the lab computer cluster, including monitor/report the cluster status, cron jobs and routing data backup
  • Maintain/install application software on the linux servers
  • Document work
  • Interact with other members in the team
  • Participate in lab meetings and other activities
  • Perform other duties as assigned
  • Deliverables include:
    • Work products and documents related to the development of new or improved web-based databases/applications
    • Work products and documents related to the development of new or improved scripts for data processing and analysis
    • Work products and documents related to the administration of the lab cluster
What You Need:
  • MS in biostatistics, bioinformatics, computer sciences, etc. with at least two years’ relevant experience or Bachelor’s degree with at least three years of relevant experience.
  • Software development skills in R/Bioconductor, Python, shell; expertise in a low-level language is desirable.
  • Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills required.
  • Ideal candidates will demonstrate ability to work independently as well as work with others in a team.
Additional Requirements:
  • Experience in developing web-based databases/applications with PHP, MySQL, Apache, AJAX, etc. in Linux/Mac OS X environment is highly desired
  • Good familiarity in using a computer cluster and running pipelines is highly desired
  • Experience/familiarity in systems administration of a linux computer cluster is a plus.
  • Good knowledge in biology, molecular biology, genetics and Next-Generation sequencing (NGS)
  • Hands-on bioinformatics and NGS data handling experience
  • Experience in a life sciences environment


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