Bioinformatics Analyst
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Position Summary:
The Canadian Center for Computational Genomics (C3G) is a bioinformatics core facility that offers bioinformatics services supporting the McGill Genome Centre and the wider genomics community. Within C3G, the Technological Development team’s main objective is to test new technologies and develop the analytical workflows required to support them. This includes development of our internal workflow management system GenPipes, as well as supporting external software tools from the wider bioinformatics community. Projects currently or previously supported by the team include Genome Canada’s HostSeq and VirusSeq initiatives, the Terry Fox Research Institute’s Marathon of Hope (MoH) Initiative, the Pan Canadian Genomic Library (PCGL), as well as the upcoming Canadian Precision Health Initiative (CPHI).
The Bioinformatics Analyst position corresponds to junior members of the team with expertise in large-scale genomic analyses, software development using R and Python, and High-Performance and Cloud computing. This position will provide an opportunity to focus on workflow development for long-read, pan-genome and graph genome approaches, as part of C3G’s efforts to continue innovating and incorporating new services as a bioinformatics core facility.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Use and develop analysis pipelines using in-house and third party tools or algorithms, and incorporate them into specialized analysis workflows, with a focus on long-reads, pan-genome and graph genome approaches.
- Develop bioinformatics solutions for the analysis of complex genomic datasets, including long-reads sequencing and novel approaches such as graph genomes and multi-genome references.
- Contribute to the development of GenPipes our open-source workflow management solution, focusing on the development of new workflows and deployment to cloud infrastructure in an effort to expand our services as a bioinformatics core facility.
- Update, test, and extend bioinformatics tools and software methods used or developed at the C3G.
- Actively contribute to the Technical Development group efforts to create Standard Operating Procedures and perform on-demand analyses.
- Provide detailed reports with analysis results and descriptions of methods used.
- Contribute to problem-solving discussions.
- Provide regular internal reports regarding the progress of projects (oral presentations).
- Stay informed of the most relevant bioinformatics practices in genomics, specifically in the context of long-reads and multi-genome references.
- Lecture in bioinformatics training workshops organized by the center.
- Manage several analysis projects at the same time.
Other Qualifying Skills and/or Abilities
- Undergraduate degree in the field of genomics or bioinformatics and 3 years related experience, post-graduate diploma (M.Sc. or Ph.D.) is an asset.
- Extensive experience programming in R, Python and Bash
- Experience using High-Performance Computing environments
- Experience with Cloud Computing environments is an asset
- Scientific publications in the field of bioinformatics or genomics are an asset
- Comfortable presenting analyses in a research context (e.g. seminars, symposia, conferences)
- Bilingual English/French, spoken and written.
As one of Montreal's Top Employers, here is what we offer:
- Competitive benefits package (Health, Dental, Life Insurance) (if eligible)
- Defined contribution pension plan (with employer contribution up to 10%) (if eligible)
- Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA)
- Competitive vacation policy
- Two (2) personal days
- Two (2) floating holidays
- Nine (9) "Summer Fridays" - paid days off between the St-Jean Baptiste holiday and Labour Day
- Paid time off over the December holiday period
- Tuition waiver for regular employees and their dependents
- Up to two (2) days of remote work per week where the position permits
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Knowledge of English: McGill University is an English-language university where day to day duties may require English communication both verbally and in writing. The level of English required for this position has been assessed at a level #4 on a scale of 0-4.
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