Job ID: 1003441
Job date: 2018-06-23
End Date: 2018-07-21
Company : Quadram Institute Country : United Kingdom Role : Programmer | Research Scientist
Job date: 2018-06-23
End Date: 2018-07-21
Company : Quadram Institute Country : United Kingdom Role : Programmer | Research Scientist
Job Description:
Applications are invited for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join the Bioinformatics team as a scientific programmer at the Quadram Institute Bioscience (QIB), in Norwich, UK. The Bioinformatics team works to maintain and develop bioinformatics resources in support of world leading food genomics research programmes. We work with huge genomic datasets, performing bioinformatics analysis using an open stack cloud and a high performance compute cluster and developing novel software methods to push the boundaries of research. This role will involve building robust pipelines using Galaxy and writing scalable software applications in Python. To tackle these Big Data problems you will have big resources at your disposal such as: over 1,000 CPUs, over 1 PetaByte of storage and machines with TeraBytes of RAM. We offer the chance to work with world leading, cutting edge technologies both in IT and computational biology and give you the opportunity to broaden your skills using open source technologies within a bioinformatics context. You will gain experience of working with Big Data and cloud computing, supporting up to 150 world class food science researchers and have the opportunity to work with researchers on publishing new methodologies. The Ideal Candidate: Ideal candidates will have a degree in computing, computational biology, bioinformatics or a related computational subject, a strong proficiency in Linux, and an ability to program in at least one programming language to an advanced level. They will also have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as the post will involve working with staff across the Institute.
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Location: Norwich Salary: £39,150 to £47,850 per annum depending on qualifications and experience Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent Placed on: 22nd June 2018 Closes: 21st July 2018 Job Ref: 1003441 Salary on appointment for the software developer post will be £39,150 - £47,850 per annum depending on qualifications and experience. The post is permanent and applications are welcomed from candidates seeking full time, part time or flexible working arrangements. For further information and details of how to apply, please visit our website https://jobs.quadram.ac.uk or contact the Human Resources team on 01603 450462 or nbi.recruitment@nbi.ac.uk quoting reference 1003441. We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sectors of society. The Institute supports equality of opportunity within the workplace and expects all employees to share and display these values. To support our commitment, we have a range of family, faith and diversity friendly working arrangements to help all staff achieve excellence in their area of work. As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee to offer an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for this vacancy. About the Quadram Institute: The Quadram Institute is a new interdisciplinary research institute at the forefront of a new era in food and health research. It brings together clinical and non-clinical scientists in a new state-of-the-art building due for completion in 2018. It is based on the Norwich Research Park, one of the largest centres of life sciences in Europe, and home of the John Innes Centre, The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, The Earlham Institute and the University of East Anglia. (https://quadram.ac.uk/). The closing date for applications will be 21st July 2018. The Quadram Institute Bioscience is a registered charity (No. 1058499) and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
Applications are invited for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join the Bioinformatics team as a scientific programmer at the Quadram Institute Bioscience (QIB), in Norwich, UK. The Bioinformatics team works to maintain and develop bioinformatics resources in support of world leading food genomics research programmes. We work with huge genomic datasets, performing bioinformatics analysis using an open stack cloud and a high performance compute cluster and developing novel software methods to push the boundaries of research. This role will involve building robust pipelines using Galaxy and writing scalable software applications in Python. To tackle these Big Data problems you will have big resources at your disposal such as: over 1,000 CPUs, over 1 PetaByte of storage and machines with TeraBytes of RAM. We offer the chance to work with world leading, cutting edge technologies both in IT and computational biology and give you the opportunity to broaden your skills using open source technologies within a bioinformatics context. You will gain experience of working with Big Data and cloud computing, supporting up to 150 world class food science researchers and have the opportunity to work with researchers on publishing new methodologies. The Ideal Candidate: Ideal candidates will have a degree in computing, computational biology, bioinformatics or a related computational subject, a strong proficiency in Linux, and an ability to program in at least one programming language to an advanced level. They will also have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as the post will involve working with staff across the Institute.
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Location: Norwich Salary: £39,150 to £47,850 per annum depending on qualifications and experience Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent Placed on: 22nd June 2018 Closes: 21st July 2018 Job Ref: 1003441 Salary on appointment for the software developer post will be £39,150 - £47,850 per annum depending on qualifications and experience. The post is permanent and applications are welcomed from candidates seeking full time, part time or flexible working arrangements. For further information and details of how to apply, please visit our website https://jobs.quadram.ac.uk or contact the Human Resources team on 01603 450462 or nbi.recruitment@nbi.ac.uk quoting reference 1003441. We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sectors of society. The Institute supports equality of opportunity within the workplace and expects all employees to share and display these values. To support our commitment, we have a range of family, faith and diversity friendly working arrangements to help all staff achieve excellence in their area of work. As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee to offer an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for this vacancy. About the Quadram Institute: The Quadram Institute is a new interdisciplinary research institute at the forefront of a new era in food and health research. It brings together clinical and non-clinical scientists in a new state-of-the-art building due for completion in 2018. It is based on the Norwich Research Park, one of the largest centres of life sciences in Europe, and home of the John Innes Centre, The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, The Earlham Institute and the University of East Anglia. (https://quadram.ac.uk/). The closing date for applications will be 21st July 2018. The Quadram Institute Bioscience is a registered charity (No. 1058499) and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]