Bioinformatics System Development Engineer

GENEWIZ from Azenta Life Sciences; SOUTH PLAINFIELD (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the life sciences sector is seeking a Bioinformatics System Development Engineer to enhance their innovative bioinformatics data systems. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in system development, automation, and managing large-scale data solutions. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a collaborative and progressive environment, contributing directly to impactful projects in the biotechnology field.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of relevant industry work experience in bioinformatics or genomics data systems
• Understanding of cloud and on-premises IT solutions
• Experience with Git version control and Docker operations

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain bioinformatics data systems.
• Contribute to automated data ingestion and analysis systems.
• Collaborate with teams to develop production data management systems.

Skills

Proficiency in Python

System performance optimization

Security best practices

DevOps and SysOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Bioinformatics, or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

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At Azenta, new ideas, new technologies and new ways of thinking are driving our future. Our customer focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo with novel thinking and collaborative work relationships.

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Job Description

At Azenta, new ideas, new technologies and new ways of thinking are driving our future. Our customer-focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo with novel thinking and collaborative work relationships.

Azenta Life Sciences is a global leader in the life sciences space with headquarters in Burlington, MA, and offices and operations worldwide. We are a market leader in automated bio sample management solutions and genomic services across areas such as drug development, clinical and advanced cell therapies for the industry's top pharmaceutical, biotech, academic and healthcare institutions globally. We provide unparalleled capabilities with our lab analysis, sample management and storage services, informatics software, and consumables, with the largest installed base managing over 1 billion samples globally.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• A core member of the Bioinformatic Systems team, whose responsibility includes the design, development, testing, deployment, & maintenance of cloud, on-prem, and/or hybrid bioinformatics data systems.
• Directly contribute to the development and maintenance of automated data ingestion, analysis, and delivery systems, primarily for bioinformatics and genomics data.
• Design and validate production-grade, i.e., robust, secure, scalable, and cost-efficient infrastructures for various large-scale bioinformatics and genomics data applications.
• Develop and validate efficient and maintainable deployment-automation solutions for various bioinformatic systems.
• Collaborate with internal and external team members in the development of production data management systems.
• Maintain production-grade codebase and documentation.
• Mentor & train junior team members.

Qualifications:

• Minimal bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences, Software Engineering, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or an equivalent field. Advanced degrees and relevant professional certifications a bonus.
• Subject matter expert in DevOps, SysOps, data system design, and/or analysis automation concepts and best practices.
• At least 5 years of relevant industry work experience in developing production-grade bioinformatics or genomics data systems, e.g., data ingestion, data management, data analysis, and/or data delivery.
• Thorough understanding of key components of a data system, including storage, computational, network, security, etc.
• Firm grasp of advantages and disadvantages of cloud and on-premises IT solutions.
• Strong knowledge of system performance optimization strategies, and system security best practices.
• Proficiency in AWS development, deployment, monitoring, and automation.
• Associated or Professional level AWS Certifications preferred but not required.
• Proficiency in Python programming language.
• Proficiency in designing and developing database-based applications (e.g., PostgreSQL and/or MySQL based).
• Proficiency in developing and deploying applications for Linux OS.
• Proficiency in IT automation tools like Terraform, Ansible, and/or CloudFormation.
• Proficiency with Git version control.
• Proficiency with Docker concepts and operations (e.g., building Docker Image, commonly used Docker Image optimization techniques, and deploying applications via Docker).
• Familiar with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process, and the associated testing, documentation, & deployment best practices.
• Familiar with Conda operations.
• Understand software documentation best practices, and demonstrable good software documentation habits and abilities.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills, and team player.

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