ABOUT THE GROUP

The Holmes lab works in evolutionary bioinformatics and computational bioengineering. We are building probabilistic tools for reconstructing the ghosts of Genomes Past, along with Web 2.0 applications for browsing their Present and designing their Future.

We are a small group of computationally savvy programmers, looking for a full-time experienced Linux systems administrator who is also interested in developing & applying bioinformatics algorithms. We're all varying shades of Unix geek, so we don't need our hands held, but are looking for someone to manage our 40U rack and help us build machines that dream of DNA.

DESCRIPTION

The Holmes lab seeks an experienced system administrator to help us build & maintain infrastructure for computational biology research (specifically high-throughput genome analysis including detection & phylogeny of noncoding RNAs, transposons & other genetic elements).

As well as "typical" sysadmin tasks involving maintenance of intranet & internet services (basic flavors of email, HTTP, DNS, source code control, etc.) the job will call for the development & application of custom software for the comparative analysis of whole genomes. This will include e.g. adaptation of automated build tools for the construction of bioinformatics pipelines; use of probabilistic modeling software for profiling genomic features; and assisting the development of "Web 2.0" tools for genomic databases (wikis, blogs, forums, Ajax, etc.)

BACKGROUND and PREFERENCES:
see http://biowiki.org/SysAdminJob for details

RESPONSIBILITIES and REQUIREMENTS:
see http://biowiki.org/SysAdminTasks for details

LOCALE

Berkeley, CA, USA

COMPENSATION

$58K-$106K, excellent medical/dental/etc. benefits

HOW TO APPLY

contact biowiki.jobs[at]gmail.com

DEADLINE

position open until filled