Bioinformatician II Cancer Center

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation•Wake Forest, NC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Bioinformatician II provides bioinformatics support to faculty and staff in biostatistics and bioinformatics and collaborates with cancer center investigators on quantitatively oriented research. The role supports genomics, proteomics, imaging, and related studies through data handling, analysis, processing pipelines, and visualization. The position designs and develops bioinformatics analysis and visualization software tools and web applications, develops and applies computational algorithms to biomedical studies, and performs timely, accurate analyses of high-throughput data. It also maintains, supports, and documents shared tools, web pages, and datasets; assists with relational databases for storing data and analysis results; and works with researchers to define and implement bioinformatics tools. Advanced analyses are performed under the supervision of faculty and senior biostatisticians and bioinformaticians. Other related duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Master's degree in bioinformatics, mathematics, biomathematics, computer science, engineering, or a related scientific discipline, or a bachelor's degree with three years of experience in statistics.
Experience in software development and database development.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Familiarity with resources and tools relevant to research in genomics, proteomics, imaging, bioinformatics, and related disciplines.
Understanding of the fundamentals of modern biology and bioinformatics.
Experience in computer programming, including Java, Perl, C/C++, and database programming.
Knowledge of statistics and experience conducting statistical analyses.
Experience with bioinformatics tools and public databases.
Knowledge of CPR, fitness testing, and exercise physiology.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in bioinformatics, mathematics, biomathematics, computer science, engineering, or a related scientific discipline is strongly preferred.
Experience in software development and database development is strongly preferred.
Familiarity with resources and tools relevant to research in genomics, proteomics, imaging, bioinformatics, and related disciplines is strongly preferred.
Understanding of the fundamentals of modern biology and bioinformatics is strongly preferred.
Experience in programming with Java, Perl, Python, and R and in database programming is strongly preferred.
Knowledge of cancer biology is strongly preferred.
Experience with bioinformatics tools and public databases is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide bioinformatics support for faculty and staff in biostatistics and bioinformatics.
Collaborate with cancer center investigators and assist in developing genomics, proteomics, imaging, and other quantitatively oriented studies using innovative data handling, analysis, processing pipelines, and visualization methods.
Design and develop bioinformatics analysis and visualization software tools and web applications.
Develop and apply computational algorithms to biomedical studies involving genomic, proteomic, expression, imaging, and related data.
Perform timely and accurate bioinformatics analyses to support researchers in high-throughput data analysis.
Maintain, support, and document shared tools, web pages, and datasets for computational analysis.
Assist in developing and maintaining relational databases for data and analysis results.
Work with researchers to define and implement bioinformatics analysis tools.
Assist with advanced analyses under the supervision of faculty and senior biostatisticians and bioinformaticians.
Perform other duties related to the work described.