System developer to NGI-Stockholm Core Sequencing Facility - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm has grown to become one of Europe’s leading technical and engineering universities, as well as a key centre of intellectual talent and innovation. We are Sweden’s largest technical research and learning institution and home to students, researchers and faculty from around the world. Our research and education covers a wide area including natural sciences and all branches of engineering, as well as architecture, industrial management, urban planning, history and philosophy.

The School of Biotechnology offers a curriculum that reflects the multidisciplinary nature of Biotechnology, integrating theoretical and applied science in undergraduate and graduate courses. The school has six departments with about 300 employees, located at AlbaNova University Center in Stockholm and Science for Life Laboratory in Solna. The Biotechnology research within the school is internationally well recognized.

Job description

The National Genomics Infrastructure (NGI, https://ngisweden.scilifelab.se/about) is the largest technological platform at SciLifeLab. It is a national resource that offers a state-of-the-art infrastructure for massively parallel DNA sequencing and SNP genotyping, available to researchers all over Sweden. We hope to enable world leading research by enabling access to cutting edge genomics technologies, in addition to providing guidelines and support for sample collection, study design, protocol selection and bioinformatics analysis.

We are looking for a system developer to join our production team to develop and maintain informatics solutions handling the production’s internal data flow. A background in biological sciences is not required. Examples of typical duties include:



System administration of core IT systems

Coordination of software deployments and maintenance of analysis servers

Automation of data transfers and analysis pipelines

Maintenance and development of internal information databases

Visualizations of processes and results

Surveillance of data transfers and analysis pipelines

Qualifications

Required:

Degree in computer science/system development or corresponding competence

Excellent programming skills, experience with Python, alternatively Perl, Java or C/C++

Experience with version control software, such as git, subversion etc.

Experience of using Linux/UNIX systems

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Excellent skills in spoken and written English

Meriting

Experience of Ansible deployments

Experience in using computational clusters (HPC and/or Cloud)

Experience in web application development and database administration

Experience of using LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems)

Interest or experience in bioinformatics, sequencing and working with large volumes of data (e.g. NGS data)

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