Boston Children's Hospital · 5 hours ago

Senior Bioinformatics Scientist

Boston, MA

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

1+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Providing computational support services to Boston Children's Hospital scientists and clinicians by applying a wide range of bioinformatics tools, methods and technologies.

With minimal supervision and direction, completing highly complex assignments in the required timeframe; consistently adhering to and Promoting standard operating procedures and best practices; maintaining and upgrading a wide range of Research Computing tools, methods, and technologies, migrating data, documenting changes, and adjusting internal processes; resolving highly complex problems associated with assignments and seeking supervisor assistance when needed.

Routinely leading, co-leading, or participating in complex bioinformatics projects with other members from the BCH research community; setting goals and objectives for projects and demonstrating achievement of those goals and objectives;

Training staff and researchers; effectively tailoring presentations; developing, implementing and maintaining knowledge management systems.

Qualification

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BioinformaticsHigh-performance computingSingle-cell RNA-seqChIP-seqPythonRSQLGitScientific workflow toolsTraining developmentTechnical documentationProject management

Required

Minimum of 4-year Bachelor's degree in STEM.

A minimum of one year of position-specific experience, which might potentially include experience acquired through MSc or Ph.D. studies.

Extensive knowledge of the use of bioinformatics computations in high-performance computing environments, including open-source bioinformatics software and pipelines to support diverse bioinformatics analyses such as single-cell RNA-seq, bulk RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, methylation, etc.

Extensive knowledge of technologies used in support of biomedical research, such as programming languages (R and Python), databases (SQL), version control (Git), scientific workflow tools and high-performance computing clusters.

Ability to resolve a wide range of complex Research Computing assignments in support of biomedical research.

Ability to routinely lead complex projects and coordinate project teams; readiness to seek advice and guidance when needed and to operate effectively in collaboration with scientists and clinicians.

Ability to follow, improve and create technical documentation and standard operating procedures.

Strong publication record.

Ability to effectively convey messages through written communication that are tailored to target audience; meeting discussions and one-on-one verbal communications are clear and effective; ability to conduct effective meetings, to present in departmental and hospital forums, and to develop training instructions and manuals.