Infectious Disease Bioinformatics Scientist

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora's LabPLUS Auckland is seeking a Bioinformatician / Molecular Scientist to advance infectious disease diagnostics by integrating bioinformatics with molecular testing. You will develop and validate bioinformatics pipelines, analyze NGS data, and contribute to assay development, verification and quality management under ISO 15189 standards.

The role collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to translate complex genomic findings into actionable clinical insights

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Bioinformatics or related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in analysis of NGS data.
• Proficiency in Linux environments and scripting languages such as Python, R, Bash.
• Experience developing and maintaining bioinformatics workflows and data analysis pipelines.
• Knowledge of ISO 15189 and accreditation standards; ability to communicate results to clinical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimise, validate and maintain bioinformatics pipelines for genomic and molecular diagnostic applications.
• Analyse, interpret, and report next-generation sequencing (NGS) data and other molecular diagnostics data.
• Support Molecular Infectious Diseases testing services through data analysis and laboratory-based activities.
• Interpret and communicate complex genomic findings to laboratory and clinical stakeholders.
• Monitor emerging bioinformatics tools and technologies relevant to infectious disease diagnostics.

Skills

NGS analysis

Bioinformatics pipelines

Python

R

Linux

Scripting

Communication

Education

Master's in Bioinformatics

PhD in Bioinformatics

Job description

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora's LabPLUS Auckland is seeking a Bioinformatician / Molecular Scientist to advance infectious disease diagnostics by integrating bioinformatics with molecular testing. You will develop and validate bioinformatics pipelines, analyze NGS data, and contribute to assay development, verification and quality management under ISO 15189 standards.

The role collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to translate complex genomic findings into actionable clinical insights