Job Description

Job Summary:

In accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values, and strategic directions of Provincial Health Services Authority, patient safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone at PHSA. As such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.

The Computational Biologist will participate in the analysis of sequencing data by developing, refining and adapting bioinformatics tools for a high-throughput processing pipeline. The Computational Biologist will also participate in the development and maintenance of the production databases, which provide tracking of all of the laboratory and bioinformatics analysis pipelines at the GSC. Additionally, the Computational Biologist will assist in the packaging and distribution of developed tools and analysis results to the scientific community, and will be contributing to the preparation of scientific publications.

Qualifications:

Education, Training and Experience

• Graduation from a recognized Bachelor of Science Program in Computer Science or equivalent with significant computer science components.
• Two (2) years of recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience acceptable to the GSC Group Leaders.

• Demonstrated expertise in database programming and database design.
• Demonstrated ability in Python.
• Experience designing and/or maintaining a relational database including knowledge of SQL or PostgreSQL, and with ORMs.
• Experience with REST API development.
• Experience with front-end web development (AngularJS, React).
• Functional knowledge of distributed version control systems, such as GIT.
• Experience developing software as part of a team, familiarity with Agile development and ticketing systems.
• Comfortable working in an Unix environment, including experience with shell scripting and common command-line tools.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills including the ability to work effectively with others in a team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to efficiently organize work assignments and establish priorities.

Provincial Health Services Authority