Genomics Data Analyst — Bioinformatics & Pipelines

GenomeWeb; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Columbia University in New York, NY, seeks a Staff Associate I in the Department of Systems Biology to support large-scale genomic data analysis and computational tools for a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities include analyzing genome sequencing data, maintaining bioinformatics pipelines, ensuring QC, and managing genomic datasets, with emphasis on coding and non-coding variant annotation using Python-based tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computational biology or a similar major.
• Four years experience in projects with data science or machine learning as a core component preferred

Responsibilities

• Analyze genome sequencing data in genetic studies of human diseases.
• Maintain and optimize foundational bioinformatics pipelines and workflows for genomics analysis, especially annotation for coding and non-coding variants.
• Maintain and optimize quality control procedures.
• Manage genomic datasets.

Skills

Genome annotation

Analytical thinking

Data analysis

Noncoding variant understanding

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computational biology

Tools

Python

Job description

Columbia University in New York, NY, seeks a Staff Associate I in the Department of Systems Biology to support large-scale genomic data analysis and computational tools for a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities include analyzing genome sequencing data, maintaining bioinformatics pipelines, ensuring QC, and managing genomic datasets, with emphasis on coding and non-coding variant annotation using Python-based tools.