[Next-Generation Sequencing Book]
  • [Photo] Michelle Quintana • February 7, 2016

    DESCRIPTION

    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 is seeking an experienced individual for a Sr. Programmer Analyst position on its Bioinformatics team. The successful applicant will join a large and dynamic laboratory consisting of approximately 65 personnel at Columbia and a global network of researchers who work on projects related to infectious disease surveillance and discovery in humans and wildlife as well as autism and chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis.

    The candidate is expected to demonstrate the following skills:
    • At least two to three years of experience in bioinformatics, writing pipelines and analysis of next generation sequencing data from Illumina and other sequencing platforms. The candidate is expected to have basic knowledge of 16s rRNA data analysis using Qiime software for microbiome studies.
    • The candidate should have good knowledge of NGS data quality control, mapping software such as Bowtie, BWA or STAR, de-novo assembly software and alignment programs such as BLAST and USEARCH, with a solid 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)
    • 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, Python, Perl and R. Desired qualifications include: applied biology/mathematics/statistics/biostatistics background.
    • The candidate will perform other duties as assigned.
    The individual should be highly motivated and enjoy work in a fast paced environment. Salary will be competitive and commensurate with experience. Columbia offers a comprehensive and attractive benefits package (Benefits Highlights for Officers 2015 - http://hr.columbia.edu/benefits/bib)

    Duties and Responsibilities:
    Provide bioinformatics support for microbiome analysis in a large and dynamic laboratory - 40%
    Provide support for projects related to viral detection and discovery - 40%
    Manage databases - 5%
    Contribute to publications and research grants - 5%
    Assist with training personnel - 5%
    Perform other related duties as assigned - 5%

    Minimum Qualifications:
    Requires a bachelor's degree in bioinformatics, or computer science and at least four years of experience in bioinformatics.

    Preferred Qualifications:
    Master's degree with 2 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=152003

    POLICY

    Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

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