RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Pathogen Informatics team at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is looking to recruit an enthusiastic Bioinformatics Support Engineer

We are seeking to recruit a Bioinformatics Support Engineer to work within the Pathogen Informatics team at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. The Pathogen Informatics team is responsible for providing informatics support to members of the Pathogen Variation program, external collaborators, and visiting workers. The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator and problem solver with strong interests in biological data and providing a high level of customer service. The candidate will work as part of a team of seven software developers and bioinformaticians, and will act as front line support for requests from members of the Pathogen program. The candidate will be responsible for monitoring and responding to user issues submitted to the helpdesk, managing and performing software installations, ensuring smooth running of data through automated analysis pipelines, performing submissions and updates to public data repositories (EBI and NCBI), and where appropriate assigning requests and bug reports to other developers in the team.

The team is based on the principles of agile development and strongly promotes open source software development using Github for all software projects. This position is an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to work in a dynamic informatics support team with opportunities to gain significant experience in areas such as next-generation sequencing technologies, advanced unix, bash scripting, software version control, software development practices, and bioinformatics analysis tools.

REQUIREMENTS:
Essential Skills:

• MSc or equivalent experience in Bioinformatics or Computer Science discipline
• Demonstrable experience of using UNIX / LINUX
• Demonstrable experience of scripting in either Perl or Python
• An ability to learn quickly on the job with excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Must be self-motivated and proactive with ability to manage own workload effectively
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• The ability to explain technical issues, effectively, to non-technical users

PREFERENCES:
Ideal Skills:

• Experience of providing front-line technical support within a scientific environment
• Knowledge or experience of submitting data to public repositories e.g. ENA/NCBI
• Experience with software package management systems and installation processes
• Knowledge or experience of running software on a compute farm or cluster
• Knowledge or experience with new sequencing technology data

COMPENSATION:
Salary range GBP 31033 to GBP 39142 pa plus excellent benefits

Our Benefits include: Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, Group Income Protection, Healthcare scheme, Childcare Vouchers, Nursery and 25 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays. We also have a gym, two cafes, a nursery, dining facilities, and a free campus Bus service. Our thriving Sports and Social Club provides many opportunities to meet with people working across the campus.

ABOUT US:
The Sanger Institute is one of Europe's leading genome research institutes. Funded primarily by the Wellcome Trust, we use high-throughput genomics-based techniques to carry out research into the causes of human and animal diseases. The Pathogen Variation programme is conducting large-scale next-generation sequencing experiments to understand the origin, transmission and evolution of pathogens, as well as phenotypic experiments to dissect pathogen biology. The Pathogen Informatics team play a key role in the the delivery of many of these large-scale bacteria, parasite and virus projects.

The Institute is located near Cambridge on the stunning Wellcome Trust Genome Campus. This growing and dynamic site is the British hub of genomic science. It hosts the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), the Centre for Therapeutic Target Validation, a Biodata Innovation Centre and will soon host Genomics England Limited's 100,000 Genomes Sequencing Centre. It is an excellent environment in which to work and collaborate with researchers on campus and around the world and benefit from cross-fertilisation of ideas.

HOW TO APPLY:
Application link: https://jobs.sanger.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=1764&p_web_page_id=253746

Please include a covering letter and CV with your application.

DEADLINE:
Closing date for applications is 20th March 2016, however applications will be considered and reviewed on an on-going basis and therefore the post may be filled before the deadline.