Sr. Bioinformatics Analyst

University of Miami; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Tuition remission

Job summary

The University of Miami's Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Department seeks a Senior Bioinformatics Analyst to work full-time on-site in Miami, FL. The role partners with research staff to extend bioinformatics capabilities and advance understanding of genetic variation in human health and disease.

You will develop and maintain data analysis pipelines, supervise data analysts, and contribute to genomic and clinical databases while ensuring compliance with university policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is required.
• Strong learning and adaptation abilities to new procedures and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains next generation data analysis pipelines.
• Assists in analysis pipeline and algorithms development and validation.
• Extracts features of interest from data relating to specific biological questions.
• Contributes to the development and maintenance of genomic and clinical databases.
• Performs statistical and integrative data analysis on genomics and clinical data.
• Supervises team members and other data analysts.
• Establishes standard operating procedures, documentation, and scripts to generate custom reports.
• Progresses material for bioinformatics tutorials and training courses.
• Tests the characterization and integration of diverse third-party bioinformatics algorithms.

Skills

Learning Agility

Teamwork

Technical Proficiency

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Job description

The Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Department is seeking a Senior Bioinformatics Analyst to work full-time, on-site in Miami, FL. The Senior Bioinformatics Analyst works with research staff to extend capabilities in bioinformatics and improve understanding of genetic variation in human health and disease. The Senior Bioinformatics Analyst also assumes responsibility for the development and maintenance of novel bioinformatics methods.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

• Develops and maintains next generation data analysis pipelines.
• Assists in analysis pipeline and algorithms development and validation.
• Extracts features of interest from data relating to specific biological questions.
• Contributes to the development and maintenance of genomic and clinical databases.
• Performs statistical and integrative data analysis on genomics and clinical data.
• Supervises team members and other data analysts.
• Establishes standard operating procedures, documentation, and scripts to generate custom reports.
• Progresses material for bioinformatics tutorials and training courses.
• Tests the characterization and integration of diverse third-party bioinformatics algorithms.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required

Experience: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status: Full time Employee Type: Staff

The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation. The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride. The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019. The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022. With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.