Bioinformatician

• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building: Allan Rosenfield
• Salary Range: $85,000 - $105,000

Position Summary

The Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and the Mailman School of Public Health is hiring for the position of Sr. Programmer Analyst, in Bioinformatics, to join one of the world’s largest and most advanced center for basic and translational science, with a global network of researchers, focused on microbial surveillance, discovery and diagnosis in humans and wildlife.  The successful candidate will be part of a team that works on development and maintenance of pipelines for New York State CLIA certification of microbial diagnostic assays, high throughput serology, microbiome analysis, large-scale studies on autism and chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis with focus on understanding host response mechanisms using high-throughput protein arrays, RNA-Seq, proteomics and metabolomics platforms, and data integration of multi-omics platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide bioinformatics support for multi-omics analysis in a large and dynamic laboratory - 50%
• Provide support for projects related to microbial detection and discovery - 30%
• Manage databases and data - 10%
• Contribute to publications and research grants - 5%
• Perform other related duties as assigned - 5%  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, bioinformatics, related field or equivalent in training and education with at least four (4) years of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD degree in computer science, bioinformatics, or related field with at least 2 years of related experience. Knowledge of statistical and machine learning techniques is a plus.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

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