BACKGROUND

RESPONSIBILITIES

REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent communication and problem-definition skills, to work with research groups that will use mining tools and with IT, bioinformatics, and statistical groups that will help implement them
• Broad range of technical skills, including:
• - Strong Perl programming skills are required, including object-oriented Perl.
• - Linux and Solaris experience
• Familiarity with at least one major toolset used for performing statistical analyses or generating data graphics, including but not limited to SAS, S+/R, Spotfire.
• Candidates must have significant scientific programming in one or more of the following areas: computational data mining, functional bioinformatics, high-throughput analysis and/or general sequence analysis.
• Experiencing building relational databases and applications that use them, with Oracle experience preferred.
• Experience with standard bioinformatics sequence analysis tools is desirable.
• Experience in building web-based applications or in at least one other object-oriented programming language is desirable.
• Ph.D. or M.S. or equivalent in Biology, Bioinformatics, or Computer Science or other related disciplines
• Experience in a research, agricultural, biotech or drug discovery environment specializing in high throughput genomics or high-throughput screening is highly desirable
• Experience leading projects in a cross-functional environment is desirable

SALARY & COMPENSATION

HOW TO APPLY