Bioinformatician I

Beth Israel Lahey Health • Boston, MA

2d

About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Carries out data management and bioinformatics analysis activities of spatial transcriptomics datasets of brain tissues to support the Mavrikaki lab. Datasets are relevant to brain aging. Job Description:

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
• 1-3 years related work experience required.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze next generation sequencing datasets including RNA-Seq, Exome/Whole Genome Sequencing.
• Must be able to apply existing algorithms in the analysis of such data, and if necessary, derive novel programs.
• Experience in R/Bioconductor, bash scripting and working in a Linux/ HPC environment preferred.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications.
• May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.
• Ability to make decisions that are guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation.
• May make recommendations for solving problems of moderate complexity and importance.
• Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge and skills based on general precedents.
• Ability to follow precedents and procedures.
• May set priorities and organize work within general guidelines.
• Seeks assistance when confronted with difficult and/or unpredictable situations.
• Work progress is monitored by supervisor/manager.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.
• Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
• Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.
• Ability to work collaboratively in small teams to improve the operations of immediate work group by offering ideas, identifying issues, and respecting team members.
• Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving.
• Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
• Work requires periods of close attention to work with out interruption.
• Concentrated effort of up to 4 hours without break may be required.
• Work routine is fairly consistent, but employee needs to be able to use judgment to respond to events several times a week.
• No substantial exposure to adverse environmental conditions.
• NHCW: No patient contact.
• Close work (paperwork, visual examination), Monitor Use, Visual monotony, Visual clarity > 20 feet, Visual clarity <3 feet, Conversation, Monitoring Equipment, Telephone.
• Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally in carrying, lifting, pushing, pulling objects.
• Sitting most of the time, with walking and standing required only occasionally.
• Requires constant keyboard use, frequent sitting, walking, standing, power grasping using both hands.

Responsibilities

• Implements bioinformatic pipelines for the analysis of high throughput data, including RNA-Seq, exome, and whole genome sequencing data (essential)
• Assists in the design, development, and maintenance of databases, repositories, and resources.
• Designs, implements, and performs data management and quality control procedures as necessary for routine and special projects. (essential)
• Designs and implements novel methods for data analysis and integration (essential)
• Writes scripts and programs for data processing and data acquisition from online repositories. (essential)
• Keeps analysis logs, creates explanatory files (e.g. README files), and follows best practice for the repeatability of analyses (essential)
• Provides reports and creates tabular and graphic summaries of analyses in a form suitable for inclusion in manuscripts for publication in peer reviewed scientific journals as well as for presentation at scientific meetings. (essential)
• Travels to project specific administrative and or national clinical meetings and presents findings.
• Attends project team meetings as needed (essential)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level