SPECTRAFORCE hiring Bioinformatics Analyst III in North Chicago, Illinois, United States

Title: Bioinformatics Analyst III

Duration: 12 Months

Location/Site: 100% Remote

Pay Rate: $51/hr. – $56/hr. on w2

Job Description

Services Overview:

Services include support of computational research priorities associated with oncology discovery programs. This variably entails querying public cancer genomics resources for mutation/expression distributions, assessing normal expression, interpreting germline associations between targets and relevant diseases, and assessing internally generated proteomic/transcriptomic datasets. Services also include informing discovery peers on computational opportunities for ongoing programs, providing feedback on experimental design, and communicating results to diverse scientific backgrounds.

Qualifications

  • A Ph.D. OR a Master’s degree with at least one year of industry work experience OR a bachelor’s degree with eight years of experience in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, engineering, or cancer biology is required.
  • Oncology experience is required.
  • Experience processing omics (transcriptomics, proteomics, genotypes, etc.) or other high-dimensional data is required.
  • Strong understanding of principles behind raw data processing and downstream analysis for common NGS data types.
  • Familiarity with public genomics data repositories (Genomic Data Commons, SRA/GEO, ENA/EBI, TCGA, GTEx) a plus.
  • R is required, Python is a plus.
  • Experience with Linux, on-premise HPC, or AWS is required.
  • Exceptional communication and collaboration skills are required.
  • Prior experience in the pharmaceutical industry or a related field is preferred.
  • What hours and days will this person be working? M-F 40 hrs
  • What are the top 5 skills/requirements this person is required have?
  • Required Skill 1: Next-generation sequence analysis
  • Required Skill 2: Oncology
  • Required Skill 3: Statistical analysis/modeling in R
  • Required Skill 4: Data visualization
  • Required Skill 5: Genomics
  • What years of experience, education, and/or certification is required? A Ph.D. OR a Master’s degree with at least one year of industry work experience OR a bachelor’s degree with eight years of experience in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, engineering, or cancer biology is required.
  • What is a nice to have (but not required) regarding skills, requirements, experience, education, or certification? Prior work in oncology discovery R&D
  • What is the environment that this person will be working in (i.e. group setting vs individual role)? Group setting
  • Does this position offer the ability to work remotely on a regular basis or is it an on-site role? If remote opportunity exists, what are the options (i.e. 1 day remote, 4 days on-site)? Fully remote is an option
  • Other notable details about the environment from the hiring manager about this role Highly interactive computational group embedded within well-resourced genomics research organization
  • What positions/background experience do you feel are successful in this role. Prior academic research experience, prior research core experience, prior industry experience

Below is the brief introduction of SPECTRAFORCE, the benefits we offer and the disclaimers:

Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams.

We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 130 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation.

SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people (and clients) can reach their highest potential. Our entire workflow and teams are trained to cultivate the joy of NEWJOBPHORIA® with candidates and employees throughout their engagement with SPECTRAFORCE. www.spectraforce.com

Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, and hospital indemnity insurances. Additional benefits SPECTRAFORCE offers to the eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCEoffers unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCEis an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at nahr@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.

Note: The Company is committed to complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) effective January 1, 2020; and all data privacy and laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. A Notice to California Job Applicants Regarding the Collection of Personal Information can be located on our website. Applicants with disabilities may access this notice in an alternative format by contacting NAhr@spectraforce.com

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