Institution/Company: Atlantic Cancer Research Institute http://www.atlanticcancer.ca/en/
Location: Moncton, NB
Job Description:
Position: Research Associate- Production Bioinformatics
Reports To: NGS platform manager
Salary: Commensurate with level of experience
Hours: 37.5 Hours per Week
Status: Full-Time
The Atlantic Cancer Research Institute (ACRI) is seeking a Production Bioinformatician for the Next-Generation Sequencing team. The Bioinformatician functions in an intermediate technical role that requires an individual with proven skills in both biology and computing, and who is dedicated to supporting a multidisciplinary team of scientists, laboratory technicians, and informatics professionals. The Production Bioinformatician will provide support for the management and analysis of next-generation sequencing data and the operation of a high-throughput production sequencing data analysis pipelines in ACRI.
The responsibilities include:
- Perform initial stage analysis on next-generation sequencing data transforming data from sequence to information meaningful for biologists;
- Continuous interaction with the production development team to ensure that the NG sequencing software pipeline is consistently, reliably, efficiently and correctly processing data;
- Ensure that data is managed efficiently, securely, and without loss or corruption through its lifecycle;
- Provide bioinformatics support and training to end-users (research laboratory staff, remotely located collaborative users);
- Responsible for researching, planning, implementing, and testing bioinformatics software tools that meet the analysis needs for specific collaborative projects;
- Development and support of tools and protocols for data deposition to external repositories that meet release cycles and publication requirements;
- Work with 3rd party software vendors to characterize and resolve problems with production software systems;
- Responsible for documenting and communicating pipeline processes and building the team knowledge base;
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in related discipline, with demonstrated experience in the skill set;
- Must have advanced skills in Unix shell programming environment; Proficiency with some scripting language (Perl, Python etc.) required;
- Experience with statistical and graphical software packages (R) and associated bioinformatics libraries is essential;
- IT knowledge (HPC and data storage) is desirable;
- Must have excellent communications (in one of NB’s official language – French/English) and interpersonal skills;
- Experience supporting a high availability production software environment;
- Experience providing end-user software support, diagnosing and resolving end-user issues;
- Experience working in a multidisciplinary team environment;
- Experience with the Life Technologies Ion Torrent and Ion Proton, Oxford Nanopore MinIon sequencing platforms is highly desirable;
To apply send CV and letter of interest to: reneem@canceratl.ca
