[BBC] Software developers / sys admins

[Anna Leinfelt]

Karolinska Institutet, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology

Are you looking for a position where your work makes life-changing,
real-world impact?

We are now looking for 1-2 software developers / sys admins who can help us
bring genomics-based technologies to routine clinical use in Sweden.

The *Clinical Genomics *unit is a national research infrastructure at
SciLifeLab in Stockholm. Together with caregivers in Sweden, we aim to make
advanced clinical tests based on massively parallel DNA sequencing an
integrated part of the routine diagnostics in the healthcare sector. Our
mission is to ensure that the diagnostics offered in Sweden is at the
international forefront. Clinical Genomics today consists of 12 employees
and works in close collaboration with other researchers at SciLifeLab and
with the healthcare system. We have a technical state-of-the-art capability
to carry out NGS, including MiSeq, HiSeq 2500 and HiSeq X instrumentation
and an automated library preparation capability.

We are now looking for talented, highly motivated bioinformaticians to join
the team.

Those appointed will be expected to work with clinicians, geneticists,
software developers, programmers and molecular biologists.

We can offer a creative environment where the mission is to improve the
patient management by moving towards personalised medicine, exciting work
tasks, and a team spirit aiding us to more quickly achieve our common
goals. On the technical level our work is highly competitive at the
international level; we actively work to test the boundaries and develop
our bioinformatic tools and services further.

You are a careful and detail oriented person, not afraid of taking
responsibility, and you appreciate working with the latest technology in a
rapidly developing field. You have a strong desire to further develop the
service offerings and solve problems where and when they arise.

Primary duties

   - Automation and surveillance of data transfers and analysis pipelines
   - Development and maintenance of internal information databases
   - Development and maintenance of solutions for visualizations of
   processes and results
   - Development of tools supporting clinical decision making

General qualifications (software developers and sys admins)

   - Excellent programming skills in foremost Python
   - Git and version control
   - Solid UNIX competency, Bash
   - Familiar with databases, both SQL and alternatives
   - Fluency in English
   - Personal qualifications that enhance collaboration internally and
   externally / team spirit, excellent communication skills

Additional meriting qualifications for software development position

   - Familiar with software testing, meriting if continuous integration,
   Travis CI
   - Web development, HTML5 including JS, REST APIs. Meriting if Bootstrap,
   Flask experience
   - Agile development, pair programming
   - Open source development experience

 Additional meriting qualifications for sys admin position

   - Cluster management, highly meriting if SLURM
   - Hardware acquisition
   - Automation of data transfers and analysis pipelines
   - Ansible provisioning
   - Interest in Docker/container technologies
   - Functional languages, low level languages, Java

Application deadline is Oct 30, 2015. Please apply early; interviews will
be held throughout the application period.

The positions are full time. A probationary period of 6 months will be
applied.

The application is to be submitted through the MyNetwork system. In your
application letter, please also clearly explain your motivation for
applying for one of the positions.

The position will formally be at the Department of Microbiology, Tumour and
Cell biology at KI. All work is carried out at SciLifeLab.

Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) is a national center for
large-scale life science research. Our aim is to enable researchers in
Sweden to decipher molecular mechanisms relating to health and environment.
Karolinska Institutet is one of the world´s leading medical universities.
Its mission is to contribute to the improvement of human health through
research and education. Karolinska Institutet accounts for over 40 per cent
of the medical academic research conducted in Sweden and offers the
country´s broadest range of education in medicine and health sciences.
Since 1901 the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has selected the
Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine.

Pursuant to the regulations of the Swedish National Archives, applications
are kept on file for two years after the appointment has gained legal
force. The regulations do not apply to attachments that have been printed
or otherwise published.

Karolinska Institutet strives to provide a workplace that has approximately
the same number of women and men, is free of discrimination and offers
equal opportunity to everyone.

For temp agencies and recruiters, and to salespersons: We politely, yet
firmly, decline direct contact with temp agencies and recruiters, as well
as those selling additional job announcements.
Type of employmentProbationary periodWorking hoursFull timeFirst day of
employmentAccording to agreementSalaryMonthly salaryNumber of positions1Working
hours100%CitySolnaCountyStockholms länCountrySwedenReference number
2-3386/2015Contact

   - Valtteri Wirta, valtteri.wirta at scilifelab.se

Union representative

   - Cecilia Björkdahl, SACO , 08-524 872 65
   - Torbjörn Laggar, OFR, 08-524 862 12
   - Gunnar Stenberg, SEKO, 08-524 880 75

Published23.Sep.2015Last application date30.Oct.2015 11:59 PM CET
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