Senior Genomics Data & Bioinformatics Lead

University of Queensland; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 107,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Salary packaging

Hybrid work option

On-campus childcare

Job summary

University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience in Brisbane invites applications for a Principal Research Technician, based at the St Lucia Campus. This full-time fixed-term role supports Professor Yengo’s Snow Fellowship Research Program, delivering scalable statistical genetics and bioinformatics analyses on large genomic and biobank datasets.

You will lead pipeline development, curate datasets with governance, supervise junior staff, and contribute to publications and

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualifications in Genetics/Genomics.
• Demonstrated expertise across the research cycle including data QC and reporting.
• Advanced programming in R or similar language; robust workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable statistical genetics and bioinformatics pipelines for large-scale genomic datasets.
• Provide specialist analyses and contribute to research methodologies and protocols.
• Curate research datasets with governance and ethics compliance.
• Supervise and develop junior staff; contribute to publications and collaborations.

Skills

Genetics/Genomics

R programming

Bioinformatics workflows

Statistical genetics

Leadership

Education

Postgraduate qualifications in Genetics/Genomics

Tools

R

Job description

University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience in Brisbane invites applications for a Principal Research Technician, based at the St Lucia Campus. This full-time fixed-term role supports Professor Yengo’s Snow Fellowship Research Program, delivering scalable statistical genetics and bioinformatics analyses on large genomic and biobank datasets.

You will lead pipeline development, curate datasets with governance, supervise junior staff, and contribute to publications and