[Next-Generation Sequencing Book]
  • [Photo] Linda Romano • November 15, 2014

    BACKGROUND

    BioReference Laboratories is the lab of choice for many in the Northeast. Serving the greater New York Metropolitan Area, the company offers routine clinical tests, including Pap smears, pregnancy tests, cholesterol checks, and blood cell counts. Through its GenPath business unit, it also performs more sophisticated "esoteric" testing in areas such cancer pathology and molecular diagnostics. It gets most of its orders (about 3.5 million per year) from doctors' offices, collecting specimens at about 50 patient centers scattered throughout its service area in New York and New Jersey. Our laboratory service in the New York Metro area is our core business, but it has expanded beyond those geographical boundaries through acquisitions, particularly in the area of specialty testing.

    As a full service clinical laboratory, we are constantly looking for new technologies and new methodologies that will help us grow. People are our most important asset as we continue to grow and drive advances in technology.

    RESPONSIBILITIES

    We are seeking a Bioinformatics Systems Administrator to join the lately established Bioinformatics Department in support of our rapidly expanding genomics and next-gen-sequencing (NGS) programs. The successful candidate will work closely with the corporation's IT Infrastructure department to support the CLIA certified Genomics Program. He/she will be primarily responsible for:
    1. Monitoring and maintaining the up-time of high-performance computing cluster and bioinformatics software systems, including laboratory information management systems (LIMS), NGS analytical pipelines and software systems supporting laboratory data review and clinical report generation, etc.
    2. Tracking and updating internal records concerning software versions, updates, operational exceptions and resolutions in compliance to various regulations (CLIA, CAP etc.)
    3. Ensuring NGS data are properly backed up and archived according to established data management policies

    The Bioinformatics Systems Administrator position will provide opportunities for the successful candidate to:
    1. Work on the cutting-edge of the NGS-based clinical diagnostics field and cope with exciting advancement in the field
    2. Work with a variety of operation systems and database servers
    3. If time allows, participant in web and Linux-scripting software development to support R&D activities and 24/7 clinical production software systems

    This is a daytime job but occasional on-call services during afterhours in order to support the 24/7 of CLIA laboratory operations are needed.

    REQUIREMENTS

    Minimum Qualifications:
    • Four-Year Degree Required, Preferably in Computer Science, Information Systems, Bioinformatics or Closely Related Majors
    • Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills
    • Technical skills in Linux OS Administration and Patching (RHEL/CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu), HPC cluster management (SLURM and SGE), Software Compiling, Software Installation, Software Version Control (Git and SVN), Open-Source Database Administration (MySQL and PgSQL), and Linux Shell Scripting
    • Good Understanding to computing, Storage and Networking Hardware
    • Knowledge and Skills in any of the Following Not Required but a Plus: Knowledge in Bioinformatics and NGS Data Analysis / Data Management; Scripting Languages such as Python, Ruby and R; Skills in Web Development.

    HOW TO APPLY

    Please visit http://www.jobs.net/jobs/bioreference/en-us/job/United-States/Bioinformatics-Systems-Administrator/J3F10C74ZW0FH2NYZW0/

    POLICY

    BioReference Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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