Bioinformatics Analyst

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital•Memphis, TN

11d•$65,520 - $114,400

About The Position

We are seeking a motivated Bioinformatics Analyst to join our team. The successful candidate will support ongoing research efforts by modifying, operating, and maintaining data analysis pipelines under the guidance of senior analysts and scientists. This role will contribute to generating high-quality analysis results, preparing project reports, and performing custom analyses as needed. Job Responsibilities: Evaluate data for quality assurance and mine relevant (e.g., bioinformatics, biomedical, cheminformatics) databases. Perform basic analysis, algorithm implementation, programming, and quality check on data to be loaded into biomedical database. Assist in adopting new and improved tools and web-based applications. Assist in the evaluation of products and solutions pertaining to St. Jude's technology needs, in maintaining databases or data warehouse and project reports. Work with stakeholder s(e.g., HPFC, IS, vendors) to ensure tools are up to date and maintain databases. Perform other duties as assigned to meet the goals and objectives of the department and institution. Maintains regular and predictable attendance. Operate and refine existing bioinformatics or imaging analysis pipelines. Collaborate with senior analysts and scientists to generate analysis results and comprehensive reports. Perform custom analyses based on project requirements. Curate and manage databases to ensure data integrity and accessibility. Contribute to pipeline documentation and reproducibility efforts. Evaluate data for quality assurance and mine relevant (e.g., bioinformatics, biomedical, cheminformatics) databases. Perform basic analysis, algorithm implementation, programming, and quality check on data to be loaded into biomedical database. Assist in adopting new and improved tools and web-based applications. Assist in the evaluation of products and solutions pertaining to St. Jude's technology needs, in maintaining databases or data warehouse and project reports. Work with stakeholder s(e.g., HPFC, IS, vendors) to ensure tools are up to date and maintain databases. Perform other duties as assigned to meet the goals and objectives of the department and institution. Maintains regular and predictable attendance.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in bioinformatics, statistics/computer science (with a background in biological sciences) or related field.
Master's degree with no previous experience.
Minimum Requirement: 2+ years of relevant experience required.
Experience Exception: Master's degree and no experience.
Experience in at least one programming or scripting language and at least one statistical package, with R preferred.
Candidates should have prior experience in at least one of the following focus areas: Genomics / Single-Cell Analysis Single-cell data analysis Bash scripting, R, and Python Linux environments Database curation and management Conda environments and Nextflow Image-Based Analysis Image data analysis, including ML/AI applications SQL and database curation Bash scripting and Python Linux environments Conda environments

Responsibilities

Evaluate data for quality assurance and mine relevant (e.g., bioinformatics, biomedical, cheminformatics) databases.
Perform basic analysis, algorithm implementation, programming, and quality check on data to be loaded into biomedical database.
Assist in adopting new and improved tools and web-based applications.
Assist in the evaluation of products and solutions pertaining to St. Jude's technology needs, in maintaining databases or data warehouse and project reports.
Work with stakeholder s(e.g., HPFC, IS, vendors) to ensure tools are up to date and maintain databases.
Perform other duties as assigned to meet the goals and objectives of the department and institution.
Maintains regular and predictable attendance.
Operate and refine existing bioinformatics or imaging analysis pipelines.
Collaborate with senior analysts and scientists to generate analysis results and comprehensive reports.
Perform custom analyses based on project requirements.
Curate and manage databases to ensure data integrity and accessibility.
Contribute to pipeline documentation and reproducibility efforts.