Bioinformatics Analyst III

Lensa; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading career site is seeking a Computational Biologist/Bioinformatics Scientist for a 3-month assignment. The role focuses on developing new cancer therapies and requires strong expertise in bioinformatics, statistical modeling, and collaboration within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Experience in NGS analysis required.
• PhD or relevant master's/bachelor's degree is necessary.
• Familiarity with HPC clusters and cloud computing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for developing bioinformatics methods and statistical models.
• Integrate large datasets to derive biological insights.
• Communicate findings to project teams.

Skills

NGS analysis

R

Python

Data visualization

Good communication skills

Education

PhD in bioinformatics or related field

Master’s degree with 3-5 years of experience

Bachelor’s degree with 6-8 years of experience

Job description

Lensa is the leading career site for job seekers at every stage of their career. Our client, US Tech Solutions, is seeking professionals. Apply via Lensa today!

Duration: Length of the assignment: 3 months

M-F, 9-5 (flexible)

• The Genomic Research Center Computational Oncology group (GRC-CO) is seeking a highly motivated computational biologist/bioinformatics scientist to play an integral role in a multi-disciplinary team focused on developing new therapies for the treatment of cancer. GRC is a center of excellence for bioinformatics, functional genomics, human genetics, and genomic medicine.
• The GRC works across all R&D as well as other areas such as process sciences and corporate strategy.
• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment to contribute to oncology discovery and clinical development programs (including therapies based on antibody-drug conjugates, small molecule inhibitors, protein degraders, etc.).
• They will be responsible for formulating scientific questions into coherent analytical efforts, developing rigorous statistical modeling and bioinformatics methods, integrating large scale multi-modal datasets to derive quantitative biological insights, and communicating scientific findings to project teams.
  
  

Top 5 Skills/requirements This Person Is Required

• Required Skill 1: NGS analysis (RNAseq, WES, CRISPR screen etc.)
• Required Skill 2: R and python
• Required Skill 3: experience with HPC clusters, cloud compute, docker containers/apptainers or similar
• Required Skill 4: data visualization (ggplot2, plotly, etc.)
• Required Skill 5: good communication skills
  
  

Years Of Experience, Education, And/or Certification Is Required

• PhD. Degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, statistics, mathematics, computer science, genomics, cancer biology, immunology, or a related field.
• Master’s degree with typically 3-5 years of experience.
• Bachelor’s degree with typically 6-8 years of experience.
  
  

Nice To Have (but Not Required)

• oncology background, especially in cancer biology, tumor dependencies, signaling pathways
• Predictive modeling, machine learning, statistics
• Rshiny, data visualization dashboard development
• Version control, github, shell
• Strong publication record
• Support of programs in early to late stage discovery drug pipeline.
• Prior research work in oncology bioinformatics analysis , either in academia or industry
  
  

About US Tech Solutions

US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com.

US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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