Bioinformatics Analyst

Under the supervision of the lead data scientists and Bioinformatics Director, initiate and complete established data processing pipelines while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements., * Work with our Bioinformatics Director to research, design, develop and test new next-generation-sequencing (NGS) bioinformatics pipelines.

• Ensure proficiency in all routine bioanalytical pipelines and data processing algorithms used in the Laboratory of Personalized Genomic Medicine (PGM).
• Facilitate data transfer onto shared server or encrypted external hard?drives for clinical review by directors, researchers or clinicians.
• Perform backup, storage and purging of sequencing files (e.g., copying, transferring and filing; periodic clearing out of analytical servers).
• Monitor backups of data generated by various instruments across the laboratory.
• Work with senior staff and central IT to establish protocols regarding, and participate in the monitoring, documentation and quality assurance of the above listed activities.
• Strategize with leadership to ensure data management and any future bioinformatics developments in PGM adheres to strict regulatory oversight.
• Perform other informatics/bioinformatics tasks as determined by laboratory leadership.

• Bachelor?s degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, mathematical science, or data science or equivalent in education and experience, plus three years of related experience., * Advanced knowledge of commonly used bioinformatics tools and algorithms, writing pipelines for analysis of NGS datasets generated using Illumina sequencing platforms.
• Strong programming and analytical skills.
• Thorough understanding of NGS experimental design, data quality control, genome annotations from major bioinformatics resources (EMBL, NCBI),
• High proficiency in scripting languages such as Shell, Python, Perl, and R in an academic or industrial environment., * Knowledge of programming languages: Bash, R, Perl, Python
• Operating Systems: Linux and Windows system