Software Application Specialist (Data management) for Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS

POST: Software Application Specialist for “Data Management in the Life Sciences”

START DATE:  As soon as possible

 APPLICATION DEADLINE: As soon as possible

EMPLOYMENT FRACTION:  Unspecified

 JOB REFERENCE: Software Application Specialist for “Data Management in the Life Sciences”

CITY: Basel  

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Center for Information Sciences and Databases (C-ISD) is seeking a Software Application Specialist in the area “Data Management in the Life Sciences” for supporting biology research at D-BSSE and in collaborations with other Swiss research groups. The position is initially limited to 1 year, with the possibility of further extension. C-ISD is an interdisciplinary bioinformatics group building up computational tools ranging from biological databases to reusable framework components enabling and supporting data management and analysis in life science research. C-ISD is a member group of the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.

Primary responsibilities of the position will be in the area of software installation, configuration and extension of C-ISD’s data management framework openBIS, giving presentations and software training, providing helpdesk support, and managing customer relationships. The position requires close interaction with researchers, an understanding of their lab and data workflows, solution-oriented thinking and the ability to channel back their feedback to the software development team. You will work as liaison in an agile team of senior interdisciplinary experts, bridging the gap between wet lab biologists, bioinformaticians and software engineers.

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

The successful candidate will have experience in working with life science data, programming skills (preferably in Python and Javascript), a good overview knowledge of molecular biology, wet lab work and data analysis, and a working knowledge in Linux. He or she needs to be able to master complex software configurations and present complex software topics to biologists in a comprehensible way. The candidate should have a master in bioinformatics, biology, computer science or a related field. Practical work experience in data management and data analysis is a definitive advantage. In addition to the analytical abilities, this position requires an open, communicative personality, team player skills and a can-do attitude to successfully support scientific research and collaborations within and beyond ETH Zurich.

Please send your application to

Please submit your application (including an up-to-date CV) online at www.jobs.ethz.ch. (Search for “CISD“.)

For further information please contact bernd.rinn@bsse.ethz.ch

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