Bioinformatics Analyst, Cancer – New York Genome Center – New York, NY

Job Description:
Position Description

Analyze cancer sequencing data using established pipelines;

Contribute to the development of novel pipelines for cancer genomics;

Establish and perform appropriate QC measures;

Implement, maintain and document data analysis pipelines and workflows;

Benchmark new tools for cancer sequencing data analysis and propose improvements;

Collaborate with internal and external researchers on interpretation of sequencing data;

Present results in written or oral reports for bioinformatics scientists and internal researchers;

Collaborate with bioinformatics scientists in preparing manuscripts and external presentations.

Position Requirements

MS with 2+ years work/research experience in bioinformatics, computer science, biology, biochemistry or similar;

1+ years demonstrated exposure to NGS data analysis; experience using standard NGS analysis software (including samtools, GATK, Picard, bedtools, etc);

Experience in cancer genomics; experience with somatic variant calling a plus;

Programming skills in R, Python, Perl, BASH or similar;

Programming skills in C++ or Java a plus;

Experience working in a Linux environment;

Experience using an SGE cluster preferred;

Experience working with TCGA, COSMIC, 1000 Genomes, ENCODE, or GTEx data a plus;

Training in statistics or machine learning a plus;

Team oriented with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Required Skills

Required Experience

Requeriments :

• M.Sc. or higher Degree in Bioinformatics
• M.Sc. or higher Degree in Computer Science

Skills :

• Bioinformatics
• Biology
• Lunix/Unix
• Machine Learning
• Programing in C
• Programing in C++
• Programing in Python
• Programing Skills
• Programming in Java
• Programming in PERL
• Programming in R
• Statistics

Areas :

• Bioinformatics

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