| Location: Hyde Park Campus Job Description: - Maintains lab's computational software.
- Provides technical support for lab's computational software.
- Performs reproducible genomic data analysis.
- Provides internal support for computational software and workflows.
- Designs and implements research that focuses on investigation of human genome function in healthy and disease cohorts.
- Performs integrative statistical analysis of genome-wide genomic datasets.
- Writes and implements efficient and effective code and pipelines for data processing and analysis.
- Coordinates work with other scientists in the laboratory and collaborating effectively on joint research projects.
- Downloads and organizes data repositories.
- Recognizes abnormal results and troubleshooting analytic pipelines to correct problems.
- Adapts existing procedures to current work needs and making significant contributions to analysis methodology.
- Summarizes results and assists in interpreting findings.
- Presents findings at internal and external venues, and in written publications.
- Assists in supervising laboratory trainees.
- Assists in grant writing.
- Analyzes moderately complex data sets for the purpose of extracting and purposefully using applicable information.
- Provides professional support to staff or faculty members in defining the project and applying principals of data science in manipulation, statistical applications, programming, analysis and modeling.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Preferred Qualifications Education: - Bachelor degree in statistics, computer science, genetics, bioinformatics, computational biology, population genetics or a field of study relevant to the research being conducted.
Technical Skills or Knowledge: - Proficient using languages such as Java, Perl, Python, R or PHP.
- Skillful with Linux and/or Unix.
- Working knowledge with cloud computing.
- Excellent in project management.
Preferred Competencies - Knowledge of regulatory policies and procedures.
- Analytical skills.
- Problem-solving skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Organizational skills.
- Verbal and written communication skills.
- Work independently and as part of a team.
- Train others.
- Version control experience.
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