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:

Bachelor’s 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 Florida's 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. We're the challenge you've 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.

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