Sr Bioinformatics Analyst
Sr Bioinformatics Analyst
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The University of Miami/UHealth Department of SCCC has an exciting opportunity for a full time Sr. Bioinformatics Analyst to work in the UHealth Medical campus in Miami FL.
CORE SUMMARY
The Senior Bioinformatics Analyst works with research staff to extend capabilities in bioinformatics and improve understanding of genetic variation in human health and disease. The Senior Bioinformatics Analyst also assumes responsibility for the development and maintenance of novel bioinformatics methods.
CORE JOB FUNCTIONS
1. Develops and maintains next generation data analysis pipelines.
2. Assists in analysis pipeline and algorithms development and validation.
3. Extracts features of interest from data relating to specific biological questions.
4. Contributes to the development and maintenance of genomic and clinical databases.
5. Performs statistical and integrative data analysis on genomics and clinical data.
6. Supervises team members and other data analysts.
7. Establishes standard operating procedures documentation and scripts to generate custom reports.
8. Progresses material for bioinformatics tutorials and training courses.
9. Tests the characterization and integration of diverse thirdparty bioinformatics algorithms.
10. Adheres to University and unitlevel policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be allinclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.
CORE QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Bachelors Degree in relevant field. Masters or PhD preferred in bioinformatics applied mathematics or large data analysis.
Experience: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience
Knowledge Skills and Attitudes:
Skill in collecting organizing and analyzing data.
Ability to recognize analyze and solve a variety of problems.
Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions.
Rscripting and/or pearl scripting skills required.
Exceptional computer skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proficiency in MaxQuant Sequest Mascot and Proteome Discoverer software tools.
Selfstarter diligent individual contributor as well as delightful to work in a team environment.
Desire to apply proteomics towards improving quality of life and improving cancer diagnosis and care.
A strong publication record is desired but not required.
Department Specific Functions:
As a Sr. Bioinformatics Analyst you will be responsible for the bioinformatics and data analytics needs of the PSR. You will be actively involved in massspectrometry based proteomics data generation processing quality assurance analytics and visualization.
Organize maintain and version control FASTA formatted databases for protein and peptide ID searches. Manipulate RNAseq data for searching against mass spectrometrybased protein and peptide mass and intensity data. Perform searches to translation m/z and intensity data in the amino acid sequence information and assemble that data into proteinbased results. Perform statistical analysis on label free quantitation SILAC and mass barcode (TMT) results to generate volcano plots and results in other visualization space(s).
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The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental tuition remission and more.
UHealthUniversity of Miami Health System South Floridas only universitybased health system provides leadingedge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center we are proud to serve South Florida Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and subspecialties and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching research and patient care. Were the challenge youve been looking for.
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Job Status:
Full timeEmployee Type:
StaffPay Grade:
A11Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
