Pharmaceutical - Bioinformatics Scientist - Toronto, Canada - Amaris Consulting

Amaris Consulting

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Toronto, Canada

4 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Who are we? :

Amaris Consulting is an independent technology consulting firm providing guidance and solutions to businesses. With more than 1,000 clients across the globe, we have been rolling out solutions in major projects for over a decade - this is made possible by an international team of 7,600 people spread across 5 continents and more than 60 countries.

Our solutions focus on four different Business Lines:
Information System & Digital, Telecom, Life Sciences and Engineering.

We're focused on building and nurturing a top talent community where all our team members can achieve their full potential.

Amaris is your steppingstone to cross rivers of change, meet challenges and achieve all your projects with success.

Brief Call:
Our process typically begins with a brief virtual/phone conversation to get to know you The objective? Learn about you, understand your motivations, and make sure we have the right job for you

Interviews (the average number of interviews is - the number may vary depending on the level of seniority required for the position).

During the interviews, you will meet people from our team:
your line manager of course, but also other people related to your future role.

We will talk in depth about you, your experience, and skills, but also about the position and what will be expected of you.

Of course, you will also get to know Amaris:
our culture, our roots, our teams, and your career opportunities

Case study:
Depending on the position, we may ask you to take a test. This could be a role play, a technical assessment, a problem-solving scenario, etc.

We look forward to meeting you

Job description:

We are looking for dynamic consultants to grow our
Life Science Team in
Toronto. Your experience, knowledge, and commitment will help us to face our client's challenges.

You will be supporting different projects through your expertise as a
Pharmaceutical - Bioinformatics Scientist.

Your main responsibilities:

Provide handson bioinformatics data analyses and troubleshooting of bioinformatics pipelines
Implement innovative algorithms for mínimal residual disease and cancer early detection
Collaborate with wetlab scientists and bioinformaticians to develop new assay methodologies
Work with external collaborators of Roche and provide bioinformatics support for them
Present and communicate team activities/project results across multiple functions in the organization

Qualifications:

4 to 6 years of experience
Documented experience with sequencing/genomic data analysis (NGS), especially in the area of highthroughput sequence analysis
Proficient in general bioinformatics tools including tools for sequence alignment, variant analysis, and database queries
Proficient in Python and R
Proficient working in a Linux HPC environment
Handson experience in workflow management system (e.g. Nextflow, Snakemake)
Working understanding of biological concepts and experimental methods commonly used in molecular biology and interest to learn more
Excellent communication, advanced English reading, writing, listening and speaking skills; Responsible and reliable, goal and task oriented