Description

Department:

Location:
Health Sciences Center
Time Type:
Full time
Worker Type:
Regular
Job Req ID:
R107890
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in a related field and four (4) years of relevant experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience. Grade 7 (Salaried)
Position Description:

The Data Analyst III in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics will serve as a Data Analyst for the Kentucky IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (KY INBRE).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Processing high-throughput data using the Bioinformatics Core pipelines on the KY INBRE Computer Cluster.
• Responsible for the analysis of large datasets using established and new bioinformatics tools and pipelines, statistical and machine-learning approaches and data visualization.
• Participate in collaborative research and provide regular progress reports.
• Participate in multiple research projects led by basic, translational, and clinical scientific teams and provide support for project-specific downstream analyses.
• Develop queries against online databases (TCGA, cBioPortal, PedcBioportal, KidsFirst, KEGG) web APIs to gather data for client projects.
• Handle bioinformatics-related technical challenges with new and creative thinking.
• Assist with support and training of new team members.

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in bioinformatics, genetics, molecular biology, or related field. Two or more years of hands-on experience with "-omics" level datasets and 5 or more years of research experience in molecular biology lab setting. 5+ years of biological and data science experience.
• Applied experience with NGS, proteomics or clinical data.
• Working knowledge of programming languages used in data science (e.g. Perl, R, Python, SAS, SQL, Matlab).
• Background in molecular biology
• Familiarity with cBioportal, TCGA, GTEx, ClinVar, or other biomedical databases
• Previous experience with NGS data.

Competencies

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in both independently and in a collaborative environment.
• Project Management - organized, task oriented, ability to delegate and follow up.
• Proactive - anticipates and plans for problems before they arise.
• Analytical- evaluating data and other information with the ability to choose the best solution and make recommendations.
• Flexible - ability to change directions as needed for the good of the department or organization.
• Service Excellence - responsive, informs constituents of process, pleasant to work with, educates and provides timely, accurate information.
• Organized - manages time effectively, keeps tasks appropriately prioritized. Critical Thinking - ability to think through issues and identify appropriate options.
• Work Ethic - motivated, diligent, industrious and persistent in the workplace, stays on tasks to completion, works at a fast pace to ensure optimal efficiency.
• Interpersonal - can build effective, strong working relationships with employees, colleagues, management and vendors through trust, communication, and credibility.
• Teamwork - ability to work with others, serve others, help others, lead others, mentor others, take directions from others in the interest of moving process and programs forward to the desired outcome.

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy. In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans. The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions. No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promotion.

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Assistance and Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 215 Central Avenue, Ste 205 - Louisville, Kentucky 40208.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at employment@louisville.edu or by phone 502-852-6258.