Bioinformatics Scientist - Boston, United States - Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Children's Hospital

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Boston, United States

3 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

75050BR

Information Services-Research Computing

Job Posting Description

Research Computing at Boston Children's supports basic, translational, and clinical research by providing researchers with access to digital tools and technologies. Our computing environment consists of highperformance computing clusters, virtual machines, PetaBytescale highperformance storage and cloud platforms. We work with BCH scientists to develop solutions in support of cuttingedge research ranging from lattice lightsheet microscopy to CryoEM, genomics, and informatics.
The Bioinformatics Scientist shall be responsible for:
With supervision and direction, completing assignments in the required timeframe while consistently adhering to standard operating procedures and best practices; adapting to a changing environment, resolving problems associated with assignments and seeking supervisor assistance when needed.
Participating and/or coleading Research Computing 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.

To qualify you must have:

Extensive knowledge of the use of bioinformatics computations in highperformance computing environments, including opensource bioinformatics software and pipelines to support diverse bioinformatics analyses such as singlecell RNAseq, bulk RNAseq, ChIPseq, 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 highperformance computing clusters. Cloud computing tools would be a bonus.
Strong publication record. Ability to effectively convey messages through written communication that are tailored to target audiences; meeting discussions and oneonone 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.

Boston Children's Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension and discounted rates on T-passes.

Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.

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