• -- Programmer Analyst/Bioinformatics ---

RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) – one of the world's most advanced academic centers for research in infectious disease surveillance, diagnosis and discovery has an immediate opening for Programmer Analyst position on its Bioinformatics team. The successful applicant will provide bioinformatics support for ongoing research in pathogen detection and discovery on projects related to infectious disease surveillance and discovery in humans and wildlife.

The candidate is expected to demonstrate the following skills:

• At least 2-3 years of experience in writing pipelines and analysis of next generation sequencing data. The candidate should possess basic knowledge of data QC, mapping, de-novo assembly, BLAST and understanding of algorithms behind them.
• Good problem solving skills.
• Ability to work on a variety of new projects and take a hands-on approach to move them forward.
• Knowledge of 16s rRNA data using Qiime for microbiome analysis is a plus.
• Coursework in genetics and molecular biology as well as practical knowledge of major bioinformatics tools and resources: NCBI, UCSC etc.
• The position requires the ability to work in Unix environments consisting of high performance clusters. Understanding of multi-threading tools (SGE, MPI), resource management and allocation would be a big plus.
• At least 2-3 years of academic or industrial experience working with scripting languages, such as Shell, Perl, or Python or R. Desired qualifications include: applied mathematics/statistics/biostatistics background and experience in object-oriented programming.
• The candidate will perform other duties as assigned.

The individual should be highly motivated. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. Columbia offers a comprehensive and attractive benefits package (Benefits Highlights for Officers 2015 - http://hr.columbia.edu/files_humanresources/imce_shared/2015-FO-BH.pdf)

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide bioinformatics support for ongoing research in virus detection and discovery in a large and dynamic laboratory – 85%
• Contribute to publications and research grants – 10%
• Perform other related duties as assigned – 5%

REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum Qualifications:
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics or Computer Science and at least three years of related experience.

The candidate selected for this position is required to undergo a full background check prior to a final offer of employment being made.

Preferred Qualifications:
Master's Degree with 1-2 years of experience or equivalent.

HOW TO APPLY:
All applications must be submitted via Columbia's online hiring system: https://jobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=146598

• -- Sr. Programmer Analyst/Bioinformatics ---

RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) – one of the world's most advanced academic centers for research in infectious disease surveillance, diagnosis and discovery has an immediate opening for an experienced individual for a Sr. Programmer Analyst position on its Bioinformatics team. The successful applicant will provide bioinformatics support for ongoing research in pathogen detection and discovery on projects related to infectious disease surveillance and discovery in humans and wildlife.

The candidate is expected to demonstrate the following skills:

• At least four years of experience in writing pipelines and analysis of next generation sequencing data especially from Illumina platform. The candidate should also be well versed in data QC, mapping, de-novo assembly and BLAST as well as understanding of algorithms behind them.
• Basic knowledge of genetics and molecular biology as well as practical knowledge of major bioinformatics tools and resources: NCBI, UCSC etc.
• Knowledge of 16s rRNA data using Qiime for microbiome analysis is a plus.
• The position requires the ability to work in Unix environments consisting of high performance clusters. The candidate should have a good understanding of multi-threading tools (SGE, MPI), resource management and allocation.
• At least two to three years of academic or industrial experience working with scripting languages, such as shell, Perl, Python or R. Desired qualifications include: applied mathematics/statistics/biostatistics background.
• The candidate will perform other duties as assigned.

The individual should be highly motivated; salary would be competitive and commensurate with experience. Columbia offers a comprehensive and attractive benefits package (Benefits Highlights for Officers 2015 - http://hr.columbia.edu/files_humanresources/imce_shared/2015-FO-BH.pdf)

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide bioinformatics support for ongoing research in virus detection and discovery in a large and dynamic laboratory – 80%
• Contribute to publications and research grants – 15%
• Perform other related duties as assigned – 5%

REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum Qualifications
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics, or Computer Science and at least four years experience in bioinformatics.

The candidate selected for this position is required to undergo a full background check prior to a final offer of employment being made.

Preferred Qualifications:
Master's degree with 3 years of related experience

HOW TO APPLY:
All applications must be submitted via Columbia's online hiring system:
https://jobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=146606

POLICY:
Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.