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Bioinformatics Application Specialist – ABLeS Program, Australian BioCommons Job at University of Melbourne in Parkville, United States

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Date: 2021-11

Posted 11 November, 2021

Excellent opportunity to broaden your engagement experience and build new collaborations with bioinformatics and infrastructure stakeholders in this role of national importance.

Founded in 1853, the University of Melbourne is Australia’s #1 university, and is consistently ranked amongst the leading universities in the world. We are proud of our people, our commitment to research and teaching excellence, and our global engagement.

About Melbourne Bioinformatics

Melbourne Bioinformatics is hosted at the University of Melbourne within the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences in Parkville. Experts in software development and bioinformatics support researchers with research design and grant applications, advising on computing options, engaging in deep research collaborations, developing bioinformatics algorithms and software, creating and delivering both online and hands-on bioinformatics training, and running the MSc (Bioinformatics) course, as well as supervising PhD students.

About the Role

The Bioinformatics Application Specialist will be directly involved in coordinating and supporting high profile research collaborations across Australia that will need to utilise various bioinformatics analyses and infrastructures to produce valuable data assets.

This exciting role will involve:

Engagement and coordination with bioinformatics and infrastructure stakeholders from various organisations engaged with ABLeS (universities, museums, zoos, herbaria, Bioplatforms Australia and computational infrastructure providers).

Directly assist researchers and communities to deploy, debug, optimise and enhance their software and workflows

Liaise with and coordinate across experts within infrastructure providers to deploy and optimise required tools, pipelines and other technologies

Coordination and standardisation of software and data-related aspects and informatics workflows across projects, and between projects where relevant

About You

You will be an excellent communicator who has experience with bioinformatics tools, methods, data analyses and data management in at least one specialist area. Ideally, you will further have:

PhD, or equivalent demonstrated experience in a relevant discipline

Demonstrated experience across cloud and high-performance computing environments

Demonstrated experience in bioinformatics workflow engines (e.g. nextflow), containers (docker, singularity) and software management technologies and methodologies (e.g. git)

Demonstrated experience in supporting researchers and groups in bioinformatics on various infrastructures

Benefits of Working with Us

In addition to having the opportunity to grow and be challenged, and to be part of a vibrant campus life, our people enjoy a range of rewarding benefits:

Flexible working arrangements and generous personal, parental and cultural leave options

Competitive remuneration, 17% super, salary packaging and leave loading

Free and subsidised health and wellbeing services, and access to fitness and cultural clubs

Discounts on a wide range of products and services including Myki cards and Qantas Club

Career development opportunities and 25% off graduate courses for staff and their immediate families

To find out more, please visit https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers.

Be Yourself @ UoM

We recognise that our employees are at the core of all our successes and achievements. We value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community, and we encourage and celebrate diversity. We promote inclusive behaviour, and we actively seek to learn from each other. Indigenous Australians are strongly encouraged to apply for our roles.

Join Us!

If you feel this role is right for you, please submit your application including a brief cover letter, your resume and your responses against the selection criteria* (found in the Position Description) for the role.

*For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria

Should you require any reasonable adjustments with the recruitment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]. We look forward to receiving your application!
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