Hybrid Bioinformatics Specialist — Genomics & Tools

Placements24; Durban; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical aid

Provident fund

Performance incentives

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Bioinformatics Specialist to join a leading biotechnology firm in Durban. The role blends remote work with in-office collaboration, focusing on translating wet-lab insights into computational analyses across genomics, proteomics, and systems biology.

You will develop pipelines, analyze large omics datasets, and contribute to publications while staying current with bioinformatics tools and cloud platforms. A strong programming background and teamwork are essential.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in a quantitative field (bioinformatics, computational biology, CS, or statistics).
• Proven experience analyzing genomic, transcriptomic, or proteomic data.
• Proficient in Python or R with bioinformatics libraries.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement computational pipelines for high-throughput data (NGS).
• Perform statistical analysis of omics datasets (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics).
• Design and build databases for biological information storage and management.
• Develop scripts and tools to support research workflows.
• Collaborate with biologists and researchers to design experiments and interpret results.
• Visualize complex data to communicate findings to diverse audiences.

Skills

Python

R

Bioinformatics

Data analysis

Education

Master's or PhD in Bioinformatics or related

Tools

BLAST

Ensembl

UCSC Genome Browser

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Bioinformatics Specialist to join a leading biotechnology firm in Durban. The role blends remote work with in-office collaboration, focusing on translating wet-lab insights into computational analyses across genomics, proteomics, and systems biology.

You will develop pipelines, analyze large omics datasets, and contribute to publications while staying current with bioinformatics tools and cloud platforms. A strong programming background and teamwork are essential.