Job Description:
You will be an integral part of an enthusiastic and dedicated team of scientists, engineers working towards development and validation of innovative scientific solutions applying unique bioinformatics solutions to Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data. Your job is to develop and test customized analytical solutions, which leverage current Ion Torrent(TM) software frameworks for measuring gene expression using targeted NGS panels for clinical diagnostics applications. In addition, you will have the opportunity to develop potentially novel algorithms, which may be packaged into R&D analytical modules. Job Responsibilities:
Additional Info:
CTG is the most reliable IT services provider, built on 50 years of meeting our commitments to make technology work for clients and deliver real business value. CTG provides industry-specific IT strategy, services, and solutions that address the business needs and staffing challenges of clients in high-growth industries, including major technology companies, large corporations, and government entities located in North America and Western Europe. CTG's greatest asset is its people, and as such we are committed to providing employees programs and processes to support their performance, hone their skills, and advance in their careers. This commitment is reflected by CTG being named a Best Places to Work Company by Modern Healthcare (since 2013) in North America, and a Best Places to Work Company in the United Kingdom (2013), Belgium (since 2007), and Luxembourg (since 2011). CTG will consider for employment all qualified applicants including those with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable local, state, and federal laws. CTG is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and strong advocate of workforce diversity. Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Disability/Veteran.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
You will be an integral part of an enthusiastic and dedicated team of scientists, engineers working towards development and validation of innovative scientific solutions applying unique bioinformatics solutions to Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data. Your job is to develop and test customized analytical solutions, which leverage current Ion Torrent(TM) software frameworks for measuring gene expression using targeted NGS panels for clinical diagnostics applications. In addition, you will have the opportunity to develop potentially novel algorithms, which may be packaged into R&D analytical modules. Job Responsibilities:
- Using current companies analytical software workflows, design analytical strategies with fully defined metrics to evaluate performance of custom NGS assays targeting specific gene targets and generating gene expression profiles.
- Modify and integrate any panel specific parameter customizations while developing a testing schema to be employed for assay validation, which includes all relevant variant calling metrics as defined, by you and the clinical diagnostics team.
- Requires regular communication with Ion Torrent(TM) software teams and clinical diagnostics teams.
- Requires frequent data analysis / software development summaries to be presented to and reviewed by the team and coordinate with various stakeholders in system/primary/secondary/tertiary analysis to drive issues to resolution
- 3 years of working experiences in bioinformatics field will also be considered.
- Strong knowledge of sequence analysis and bioinformatics tools and public databases, e.g. IGV, BLAST, Ensembl, NCBI, UCSC Genome browser, OMIM, COSMIC etc.3 years of Software development skills and experience.
- Strong development skills Python/Perl
- Product development and / or industry experience in a multi-disciplinary Biotech environment is a plus. Knowledge of gene expression profiling/clustering algorithms, visualization and R-Bioconductor packages is highly desirable.
- Experience with Software production tools (IDE, source control, and document tracking) and Test Management (HP QC, JIRA) is a plus.
- Must have the ability to communicate effectively with scientists, engineers and software developers and be detail oriented and self-driven.
Requeriments :
- M.Sc. or higher Degree in Bioinformatics
- M.Sc. or higher Degree in Computer Science
- Master's Degree in Engineering
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Additional Info:
CTG is the most reliable IT services provider, built on 50 years of meeting our commitments to make technology work for clients and deliver real business value. CTG provides industry-specific IT strategy, services, and solutions that address the business needs and staffing challenges of clients in high-growth industries, including major technology companies, large corporations, and government entities located in North America and Western Europe. CTG's greatest asset is its people, and as such we are committed to providing employees programs and processes to support their performance, hone their skills, and advance in their careers. This commitment is reflected by CTG being named a Best Places to Work Company by Modern Healthcare (since 2013) in North America, and a Best Places to Work Company in the United Kingdom (2013), Belgium (since 2007), and Luxembourg (since 2011). CTG will consider for employment all qualified applicants including those with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable local, state, and federal laws. CTG is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and strong advocate of workforce diversity. Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Disability/Veteran.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]