Bioinformatician
London, Colindale, Birmingham, Leeds or Liverpool, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Hybrid / WFH Options
UK Health Security Agency
laboratory services and has oversight of the bioinformatics function to support whole genome sequencing. Main duties of the job Contribute to day-to-day running and maintenance of the software and computer systems delivering existing UKHSA Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) pipelines. Contribute to expanding deployment of existing WGS pipelines to additional computational platforms (external cloud) Support the identification and sharing … of best bioinformatics practice Contribute to refactoring existing WGS software components Develop tested, validated, and versioned software components for WGS analyses, incorporate into and validate new WGS pipeline versions Satisfy support requests logged through helpdesk Analyse data from projects to which you are assigned, accepting responsibility for generating reports within agreed timelines. Lead preparation of reports, posters and publications arising … Interaction with external scientific computing experts to deliver appropriate technologies through external cloud-based resource and utilising UKHSA computing infrastructure. Interactions with collaborating centres (Oxford University, EBI) to deliver software process for analysing WGS data. Essential criteria: Degree in Bioinformatics or a related life science and postgraduate training in Bioinformatics Familiar with Linux/Unix Knowledge of Next Generation Sequencing More ❯
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
Salary: £31997.00 - £43552.00 a year
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