Bioinformatics Analyst-33569

Job ID: 33569
Job date: 2017-04-21
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Company : Weill Cornell Medicine 

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Role : Technician 


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Job Description:
Under supervision, the Bioinformatics Analyst will perform statistical and integrative data analysis for genomics and clinical data for the Institute for Precision Medicine (IPM). You will arm IPM with data and insights to help enhance the clinical sequencing portfolio. You will pursue ideas that will help us efficiently compute clinically actionable data metrics and convey these metrics to other IPM team members effectively. You should be passionate about finding inefficiencies in how we generate clinically actionable insights, and enjoy brainstorming and building workflow solutions. Your love of number crunching, analysis, insights and organizational efficiency will be key for this position.

Position Activities:

-Conduct and maintain systematic documentation of clinical-enterprise software pipelines for compliance using (git/svn/etc.).

-Assist in the development of new software tools and build pipelines for novel bioinformatics analyses.

-Assist in the development and maintenance of genomic and clinical databases.

-Create web user interfaces to explore large data stores, combining genomic and clinical data and statistical analyses to help other IPM team members understand insights from these data stores.

-Perform statistical and integrative data analysis on genomics and clinical data.

-Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

-BS in Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science or Related Field

-Previous experience in designing and building bioinformatics workflows

-Previous experience analyzing and summarizing genomic datasets

-Minimum 2 years experience working with next generation sequencing data and relevant tools (GATK, samtools, BWA,TopHat, STAR,etc.)

-Knowledge and proficiency of UNIX

-Proficiency in at least one scripting language: (R, Ruby, Python, Perl)

-Experience using Git/SVN and change control software

Highly Desired Requirements:

-Demonstrated ability to run computationally intensive jobs on HPC and Cloud computing environments

-Proficiency in programming in Java, C, C++

-Experience in web user interface applications and database design

-Knowledge of clinical IT systems (OMOP,HL7 messaging,etc.)

Skill and Abilities:

-Driven and Self-motivated. Willingness to tackle and drive execution of challenging projects

-Experience with genomics and bioinformatics in a clinical laboratory including setting up, testing and maintaining bioinformatics workflows

-Ability to learn and deliver work in fast-paced and diverse environment

-Communicate and work alongside a diverse team of scientists and medical professionals

-Ability to document software workflows and pipelines

Working Conditions/Physical Demands:

-No additional working conditions/physical demands provided.

-No relocation assistance is provided for this position.

-Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.


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Additional Info:
Weill Cornell Medicine is committed to excellence in patient care, scientific discovery and the education of future physicians in New York City and around the world. The doctors and scientists of Weill Cornell Medicine—faculty from Weill Cornell Medical College, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and Weill Cornell Physician Organization—are engaged in world-class clinical care and cutting-edge research that connect patients to the latest treatment innovations and prevention strategies. Located in the heart of the Upper East Side's scientific corridor, Weill Cornell Medicine's powerful network of collaborators extends to its parent university Cornell University; to Qatar, where an international campus offers a U.S. medical degree; and to programs in Tanzania, Haiti, Brazil, Austria and Turkey. Weill Cornell Medicine faculty provide comprehensive patient care at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens. Weill Cornell Medicine is also affiliated with Houston Methodist.

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