Bioinformatician II- Center for Advanced Genomic Technology

Strength Through Diversity

Ground breaking science. Advancing medicine. Healing made personal.

Roles & Responsibilities: 

A full-time position is available in the Center for Advanced Genomics Technology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. The Center (CAGT) focuses on technology adoption, research and development to create high-throughput diagnostics and innovative IP. CAGT has applied WGS, single cell genomics, genome-editing and targeted genomics approach towards a better understanding of genomic variation for higher resolution human disease diagnostics in cancer and inherited disease, alongside infectious disease surveillance using both long and short-read sequencing techniques. 

You will collaborate with the interdisciplinary team of CAGT and many research collaborators on projects related to bioinformatics, big data science and systems biology.  Ideal candidates will bring expertise, humility and a strong intellectual curiosity to our overall mission of democratizing access to genetic information.

• Managing large datasets collected from multiple sequencing platforms
• Automating data processing pipelines
• Applying machine learning to identify patterns in large and complex datasets
• Developing novel statistical strategies and algorithms
• Data visualizations
• Generate and pursue novel ideas to improve and draw insights from multi-omics long read and single cell genomics platforms

• M.S. in Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics, Computational Biology, or Genomics. Alternately, M.S. in a discipline requiring strong computational and analytical skills supplemented with some biology exposure. Ph.D in a related field preferred. Those with a Bachelors degree and additional post-graduate experience are considered.
• 2+ years post-graduate experience in a research environment, including the manipulation of large biological datasets.
• Advanced knowledge of genetics and/or statistical analysis software and online resources. Experience in programming environments such as MatLab, R statistical package, BioConductor, Perl and C++.
• Strong interest in working on data-intensive biomedical research problems
• Extensive experience in RNA-Seq, Whole Exome/Genome analyses, Single Cell Genomics
• 4 Years experience in bioinformatics
• Experience with statistical analyses, machine learning
• Extensive knowledge of programming in Python, R, LSF/Slurm schedulers, GCP/AWS
• Knowledge of molecular and cell biology

Preferred:

• Experience shipping code in a clinical production environment
• Experience applying machine-learning techniques to real world problems.
• Experience with development in a cloud computing environment
• Drive innovation in the junction between software and genetics
• Help change the business and product approach in genomics R&D

 

 

 

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:  

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to professional advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

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“About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, every