Job ID: 23974
Date Posted: 08/08/2013
Location: 44 Binney St, Boston
Job Family: Bioinformatics
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
FLSA Status: Exempt

Job Summary

Located in Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute brings together world renowned clinicians, innovative researchers and dedicated professionals, allies in the common mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS and related diseases. Combining extremely talented people with the best technologies in a genuinely positive environment, we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all ages; we conduct research that advances treatment; we educate tomorrow’s physician/researchers; we reach out to underserved members of our community; and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals.

The mission of the Center for Cancer Genome Discovery (CCGD) at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is to facilitate genome discoveries in a many human cancer types by basic and translational research. The CCGD has established technology platforms to assist researchers in both genome-wide and gene-focused efforts such as next-generation sequencing, genotyping, somatic mutation detection and copy number analysis. We strive to be at the cutting-edge of cancer characterization, utilizing novel technologies and adapting existing technologies for the advancement of cancer research. Technologies are selected and developed with a view to discovery-oriented ventures, as well as translational medicine and clinical relevance.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

The incumbent will work within the informatics platform to develop and maintain bioinformatics capabilities for genome research in Cancer. More specifically, the responsibility of this position includes:

- General system administration various Linux servers including ensuring regular backups, managing user accounts, installing new software packages, etc.

- Maintenance of existing internal and external websites using the Perl-Catalyst framework

- Lead the development of new internal web applications for the review and reporting of next-generation sequencing results using the Apache-Struts framework.

Additional duties may include, but are not limited to: assist in running our automated Next Generation Sequencing analysis pipelines, development of cron jobs to automate running and post-run cleanup of analysis pipelines, and adding additional functionality to these pipelines.

Job Qualifications

Skills and Qualifications

· MS in bioinformatics, computer science or BA/BS and 1-3 years relevant experience.

· Demonstrated experience in Java and Perl (object-oriented) in a UNIX/Linux environment.

· Previous experience with either Catalyst or Apache Struts 2 is required. Experience with both is strongly preferred.

· Prior experience generating automated reports from data stored in a MySQL database is required. Experience developing and optimizing databases is preferred.

· Excellent communication and effective problem-solving skills; and ability to interact with multidisciplinary staff in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate should be able to work independently, prioritize and manage a variety of tasks, and shift priorities rapidly.

Schedule

Full time: 40 hours

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer – committed to diversity and inclusion in our workforce.

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