Bioinformatics Analyst
Bioinformatics Analyst
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The University of Miami/UHealth Department of SCCC has an exciting opportunity for a Full Time Bioinformatics Analyst to work at the UHealth medical campus.
CORE JOB SUMMARY
The Bioinformatics Analyst works with research staff to extend capabilities in bioinformatics and improve understanding of genetic variation in human health and disease. The Bioinformatics Analyst maintains and performs analysis with existing pipelines while assisting and benchmarking the development of novel methods.
CORE JOB FUNCTIONS
- Runs and maintains existing next generation data analysis pipelines.
- Extracts features of interest from data relating to specific biological questions.
- Contributes to the maintenance of genomic databases.
- Performs statistical and integrative data analysis on genomics and clinical data.
- Works along-side other team members and data analysts.
- Follows standard operating procedures documentation and scripts to generate reports.
- Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.
CORE QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
Bachelors degree in relevant field
Experience:
Minimum 1 year 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.
- Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion.
- Proficiency in computer software.
Department Specific Functions
No strict post-degree training experience is required; however evidence of motivation in computation immuno-oncology as evidenced by authorship of peer-reviewed publication(s) or 1-2 examples of analytic pipeline development and/or execution is preferred. Knowledge and training in single cell sequencing analysis is required. Interest and experience in NGS and other omics data analysis (RNA-seq ATAC-seq TCR-seq whole exome sequencing etc.) is desirable. Background in cancer research and immunology is preferred.
Department Specific Qualifications
Education:
- Masters degree or PhD in Computational Biology Bioinformatics or a related field. Alternatively the candidate may have an advanced graduate degree in Molecular Biology Immunology or a similar field with a strong hands-on bioinformatics component.
The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental tuition remission and more.
UHealth-University of Miami Health System South Floridas only university-based health system provides leading-edge 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 sub-specialties 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.
The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information.
Job Status:
Full timeEmployee Type:
StaffPay Grade:
A9Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
