Job ID:
Job date: 2018-06-03
End Date: 2018-08-02
Company : Simons Foundation Country : United States Role : Technician
Job date: 2018-06-03
End Date: 2018-08-02
Company : Simons Foundation Country : United States Role : Technician
Job Description:
The Simons Foundation in New York City is seeking a Bioinformatics Engineer to develop and support whole exome sequencing and genome sequencing data analysis pipelines in both research and operational modalities. This position will report to the director of data and analytics in the informatics group and will work with other engineers and analysts in the informatics group, as well as with clinical and basic research teams at the foundation. Main Functions and Responsibilities:
Additional Info:
THE SIMONS FOUNDATION'S DIVERSITY COMMITMENT Many of the greatest ideas and discoveries come from a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds and experiences, and we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment. The Simons Foundation provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic disposition, neurodiversity, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category under federal, state and local law.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
The Simons Foundation in New York City is seeking a Bioinformatics Engineer to develop and support whole exome sequencing and genome sequencing data analysis pipelines in both research and operational modalities. This position will report to the director of data and analytics in the informatics group and will work with other engineers and analysts in the informatics group, as well as with clinical and basic research teams at the foundation. Main Functions and Responsibilities:
- Design, develop and operate computational pipelines for next generation sequencing data.
- Work on both large-scale projects and small custom tasks that span a wide variety of analysis problems
- Develop new and/or improve upon existing algorithms for variant detection (SNPs and indels) and structural variant detection (CNVs, inversions and translocations) for clinical research purposes.
- Develop and maintain a knowledge base of variants and annotations discovered in processing of samples
Qualifications
Required:- Doctoral degree in bioinformatics, computational sciences or related field.
- Education or research experience in bioinformatics
- Experience with next-generation sequencing data
- Experience in Linux/Unix cluster environment
- Advanced programming skills in Python/Java
- Strong background in algorithm development, statistical methods, machine learning and distributed computing.
- Extensive knowledge of computational genomics and experience with high-throughput data analysis
- Outstanding personal initiative and the ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Familiarity with C++, Perl, Matlab and R
- Familiarity with databases—relational and noSQL—cloud computing and web services
Requeriments :
Skills :
- Bioinformatics
- Cloud Computing
- genomic
- Lunix/Unix
- Machine Learning
- Next Generation Sequencing
- NoSQL
- Programing in C++
- Programing in Python
- Programing Skills
- Programming in Java
- Programming in Matlab
- Programming in PERL
- Programming in R
- Statistics
Areas :
Additional Info:
THE SIMONS FOUNDATION'S DIVERSITY COMMITMENT Many of the greatest ideas and discoveries come from a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds and experiences, and we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment. The Simons Foundation provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic disposition, neurodiversity, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category under federal, state and local law.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]