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• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Salary Range: $80,000-$135,000

Position Summary

The Precision Genomics Laboratory (PGL), a partnership between the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, and the Institute for Genomic Medicine (IGM), at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) has an opening for a Senior Clinical Bioinformatics Scientist to work in a fast-paced, clinical environment. The laboratory has a strong focus in constitutional diagnostics to support personalized medicine initiatives. The selected candidate for this exciting effort will focus on creating and maintaining robust, clinical-quality pipelines for processing next-generation sequencing data. The position includes supporting laboratory operations and participation in new assay development and test validation.

Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining Bioinformatics pipelines in a CAP/CLIA clinical environment.
• Optimize performance and reliability of clinical analysis pipelines.
• Design, implement, and test novel and reproducible NGS analysis methods.
• Migrate processes from R&D to production and support clinical production needs.
• Implement and document processes for regulatory purposes.
• Work closely with colleagues in the IGM to help ensure alignment of research-based bioinformatics activities with clinical bioinformatics, direction where appropriate.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent in education and experience, plus three years of experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of relevant experience, preferably in a molecular diagnostic laboratory/ company. 
• Experience working in CAP-CLIA clinical lab is strongly preferred.
• A PhD in Bioinformatics, Medical Informatics, Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience with clinical documentation and CAP guidelines for test validation, etc.
• Experience with Illumina Dragen software.

Other Requirements

• Demonstrated experience with building and maintaining pipelines for next generation sequencing analysis.
• Extensive knowledge of at least one language: Python, Java or Perl as well as Bash or other functional scripting languages.
• Experience designing relational database schemas and query optimization.
• Experience with high performance computing environments and/or cloud-based environments. ??
• Ability to work well together in cross-functional and interdisciplinary teams of scientists and engineers.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
• The incumbent must be able to interact in a professional manner with individuals at all levels, and should be organized, dedicated, and be driven by a desire to provide high quality patient care.

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