Bioinformatics Specialist at the Center for Personalized Diagnostics

University of Pennsylvania
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia
www1.pennmedicine.org/personalized-diagnostics/

Description

The Center for Personalized Diagnostics (CPD) at the University of Pennsylvania is seeking bioinformaticians.

Further information and the instruction to apply can be found at goo.gl/S9my41 or at www.pennmedicine.org/careers under Job ID #: 64595


Qualifications

A qualified candidate will be strongly motivated individual with following qualifications:

* Ph.D. or Master’s degree in bioinformatics, computational or physical sciences or a related field with at least 1 year of practical experience in next-generation sequencing data analysis.
* Solid programming and debugging skills in Python, or other high-level programming environments.
* Experience in Illumina sequencing data and bioinformatics pipelines.
* Experience in the use of bioinformatics software, packages, and databases, preferably in the cancer genomics area.
* Familiarity with build systems, version control and other standard development tools.
* Proficiency in shell programming and high performance cluster computing.
* Demonstrated experience in design and implementation of SQL and/or nonSQL databases (MongoDB or other) is a plus.
* Ability to work both independently and a team environment of a rapidly evolving genomic diagnostic center.
* Excellent time management as well as oral and written communication skills. Good organizational skills.


Start date

As soon as possible

How to Apply

www.pennmedicine.org/careers under Job ID #: 64595


Contact

Robert Faryabi or Ashkan Bigdeli
Ashkan.Bigdeli@uphs.upenn.edu