Bioinformatics Software Developer

Job ID: 245925565
Job date: 2017-01-12
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Company : Almac Group, Inc 

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Role : Technician 


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Job Description:
Working as part of the Bioinformatics team based in our global headquarters in Craigavon, you will provide support to Almac Diagnostics software development activities to maintain and expand bioinformatics programs/pipelines and clinical assay reporting & delivery tools.

As part of a busy team within a rapidly growing organisation, operating within a challenging industry you will benefit from the numerous personal and professional developmental opportunities available throughout the Almac group.

Essential Criteria:

-Educated to at least an MSc level in bioinformatics, computer science or a related discipline.

-Demonstrable computation and software development skills.

-Proficient coding skills in one or more development language (e.g. Matlab,Python, R/Bioconductor, Perl, C/C++/C#, etc.)

-Solid database development skills (e.g. SQL/PL-SQL,MySQL,Oracle).

-Working knowledge of Server Operating Systems (Windows/Linux/Unix).

-Knowledge of the key stages of software development lifecycle (requirements, design, development, testing, and maintenance).

-Experience handling & analysing genomic data e.g. Microarray, NGS, qPCR or other complex scientific datasets.

-Solid problem solving & logical thinking skills.

-Ability to understand complex business rules.

-Excellent interpersonal,communication (including written and spoken English).

Desirable Criteria: (The following criteria may be applied if a large pool of applicants exist)

-PhD in bioinformatics, computer science or a related discipline.

-Commercial experience within a biotechnology or pharmaceutical company.

-Familiarity with genomics and computational biology.

-Experience designing & developing FDA or CE-Mark certified software solutions to support clinical assay delivery.

-Knowledge of genomic data production platforms e.g. Illumina NGS, Affymetrix GeneChip®, qPCR high throughput platforms.

-Previous experience working within a quality system and/or regulatory experience/knowledge (e.g. CFR part11).


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Additional Info:
Integrated Drug Development from Research to Commercialisation.

Almac is a financially secure, privately owned organisation with over 3,300 employees located within the US and UK. 600+ companies worldwide, including all the market leaders, use our services, testament itself to the quality, innovation and efficiency of our business as proven over the past 30+ years.

Our vast range of services include:

Biomarker Discovery & Development: Pre-clinical biomarker discovery, through to full companion diagnostic development and clinical test delivery from our CLIA lab.

API Services & Chemical Development: Services for all stages of drug development for small molecules, potent and cytotoxic compounds and peptides.

Pharmaceutical Development: Developing clinical candidates into an optimum formulation and manufacturing drug product for all phases of clinical trial supply.

Analytical Services: Delivering comprehensive solutions supporting drug substance and product development programmes.

Clinical Trial Supply: Offering over 20 years experience in clinical supply, packaging, distribution and management.

Clinical Technologies: Providing interactive voice and web response technologies, flexible solutions for patient enrollment, electronic PROs and adaptive trials.

Commercial Services: Services for all drug products from manufacturing, testing and packaging to end-user distribution.

Career opportunities: http://www.almacgroup.com/careers

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