Bioinformatics Analyst

Company: The University of Miami
Location: Miami
Posted on: January 27, 2023

Job Description:

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The Department of Hussman Institute has an exciting opportunity for a Full Time Bioinformatics Analyst. 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.

JOB FUNCTIONS

• Running and maintaining massively parallel sequencing data workflows primarily related to Alzheimer disease whole genome sequencing including raw sequencing data QC, alignment, variant calling, filtering, and annotation.
• Working with external collaborators including sequencing centers, analysis groups, and long-term data repositories to organize data storage, transfer, and processing.
• Coordinate bioinformatics procedures and storage requirements of internal high throughput genomics data.
• Work within the bioinformatics group to provide support for various Alzheimer disease research projects by interfacing with the sequencing cores and project analysts.
• Follow existing standard operating procedures and create carefully documented scripts to generate analysis reports as necessary.
• Generally applying existing pipelines to solve bioinformatics challenges, which includes troubleshooting, problem-solving, gathering requirements, analysis of the problem, and designing and implementing solutions to resolve issues.
• Exploring alternative pipelines and implementation including cloud computing solutions for whole genome sequencing analysis.
• Assisting with IT and Bioinformatics needs for data storage management including file management and data archiving.
• Participating in weekly Alzheimer and bioinformatics team and individual meetings to update progress
• Run and maintain existing next generation data analysis pipelines.
• Assist senior bioinformatics analysts in pipeline and algorithm development and validation.
• Extract features of interest from data relating to specific biological questions.
• Contribute to the maintenance of genomic and clinical databases.
• Performs statistical and integrative data analysis on genomics and clinical data.
• Work 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.
  
  QUALIFICATIONS
  
  Education:
  
  Bachelor's Degree in relevant field required
  
  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.
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    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.
    
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    Job Status:
    Full time
    
    Employee Type:
    Staff
    
    Pay Grade:
    r7

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