Junior Bioinformatics Scientist, Bureau of the Public Health Laboratory
Core
Conduct bioinformatics analyses for sequencing data to support public health efforts in disease control, outbreak tracking, and pathogen identification.
Role type
Junior Bioinformatics Scientist (City Research Scientist II)
Builds
Genomic data visualization tools, dashboards, and automated pipelines for public health diagnostic testing.
Domain
Public Health / Genomics / Next Generation Sequencing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Linux command line, BASH shell scripting, R, Python, SQL, Next Generation Sequencing Analysis (NGSA), genome annotation, multi-core server automation, containerization, workflow languages
Preferred skills
C, Java, public health genomics research experience, Docker-based pipelines
Technologies
SQL, Docker, Linux, BASH, R, Python, C, Java
Responsibilities
Assist with developing tools for pathogen identification and variant analysis; conduct literature reviews on scientific and epidemiological research; collaborate on genomics data management; draft written protocols and maintain software design records; write original manuscripts for publication; maintain quality assurance and control of HTS data.
Seniority
Junior, hands-on IC
