Research Scientist – Bioinformatics Analyst

University of Colorado • Aurora, CO

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (CCBD) at the University of Colorado/Anschutz Medical Campus is seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual to manage and analyze data generated by Next-Generation DNA sequencers in conjunction with the experiments performed by our faculty. This is a great opportunity to quickly acquire new skills, develop and publish new tools and methods, analyze challenging datasets and be a co-author on multiple published studies.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited university with a Masters in Computational Biology, System Biology, Computer Science or related field
• Minimum of 3 years of programming language experience with Python, R, Java, Go, Bash, SQL, MySQL
• Minimum of 3 years of tools and library experience with Git, Linux, Scikit-Learn, Numpy, Pandas, Samtools, Bedtools, Bowtie2, STAR, Nextflow, Snakemake
• Must be willing and able to pass a national criminal background check

Nice To Haves

• Graduation from an accredited university with a PhD in Computational Biology, System Biology, Computer Science or related field
• Prior experience with brain cancer disease models
• Experience with stem cell biology and relevant assays (flow cytometric analysis and flow sorting of stem or progenitor population)
• Prior experience in chromatin biology

Responsibilities

• Work with emerging approaches for analyzing multi-omics data analysis and integration (15%)
• Perform robust data quality control and validation (15%)
• Analyze various types of sequencing data analysis (e.g. single cell sequencing, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, Hi-C-seq, bisulfite sequencing, whole-genome sequencing) (15%)
• Work closely with bench scientists to understand and help accomplish their research goals (12%)
• Integrate different types of genomics data and prepare concise presentations of computational results (12%)
• Design, implement, execute standard pipelines for routine genomics data analyses, and customized pipelines for collaborative research projects (11%)
• Perform robust data quality control and validation (10%)
• Perform other duties (such as meta-analyses of existing GEO deposited and other data sets) as assigned by faculty collaborators (10%)

Benefits

• Medical: Multiple plan options
• Dental: Multiple plan options
• Disability, Life, Vision
• Retirement 401(a) Plan: Employer contributes 10% of your gross pay
• Paid Time Off: Accruals over the year (based on percentage of time)
• Vacation Days: 22/year (maximum accrual 352 hours)
• Sick Days: 15/year (unlimited maximum accrual)
• Holiday Days: 11/year
• Tuition Benefit: Employees have access to this benefit on all CU campuses
• ECO Pass: Reduced rate RTD Bus and light rail service

What This Job Offers

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