<html><body><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div><div id="zimbraEditorContainer" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="1"><div><div>Full job advertisement + how to apply? See <a href="https://career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=20584&company=C0000956575P" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=20584&company=C0000956575P</a> </div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>Job description</strong></div><br><div>The PLAZA platform for comparative, evolutionary, and functional genomics is a data resource that integrates gene and genome information. It offers a wide variety of tools to end-users through a web interface, in order to help speed up both small-scale and large-scale data analyses. Multiple independent instances of the platform exist, where each instance either focuses on a different phylogenetic clade/group of species, or uses improved gene annotations and genome assemblies compared to previous instances.</div><br><div>To scale up the building of these instances, <strong>we are looking for a software developer to help with moving the PLAZA platform to cloud-based systems</strong>:</div><ul><li>you assist in the building of new PLAZA instances in the cloud using real-world scenario's (e.g. different collaborators and research communities)</li><li>you help implementing quality checks on user-provided data and unit-tests to check the status and validity of newly build PLAZA instances</li><li>you implement configuration and administration utilities for other end-users, in order to allow those end-users to build PLAZA instances themselves</li><li>You will be integrated in a dynamic research group (Comparative Network Biology lab - http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/cnb/), under the supervision of the primary developers of the PLAZA platform. Furthermore, you will have regular contacts with academic and industrial collaborators to explore novel technologies and boost new developments.<br></li></ul><br><div><strong>Your profile</strong></div><ul><li>You have a degree in computer science, bioinformatics, (bio)engineering or equivalent</li><li>You are fluent in English</li><li>You have proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g. Java, Python, …) and one scripting language (e.g. Python, Perl, …)</li><li>You have hands-on experience with Linux/Unix environments and BASH scripting</li><li>You have a good working knowledge of relational databases and SQL</li><li>Knowledge of web development technologies (PHP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS), experience in virtualization technologies (e.g. Docker, Singularity)and experience in workflow technologies (e.g. Nextflow) are highly recommended skills</li><li>Experience in working with life-science data, experience with automated deployment tools (e.g. Puppet, Ansible, etc.) and version control experience (e.g. GIT) are desirable skills but not required<br></li></ul><br><div><strong>Admission requirements</strong></div><br><div>You hold a Master’s degree or equivalent degree and you submit a transcript of your degree. For diplomas awarded outside the European Union, a certificate of equivalence (NARIC) must be submitted</div><div>You apply online through the application tool by the application deadline and you submit all the required documents by the application deadline</div><div> </div><br><div>The admission requirements need to be fulfilled by the application deadline. </div><br><div><strong>What we offer</strong></div><br><div>We offer a contract of indefinite duration in function class A with a salary in accordance with the UGent salary scales 7.1 to 9.2, determined by your relevant experience at the level of the position.</div><div>Remuneration (100% occupancy rate): min. € 21.278,78 – max. € 40.955,09; indexed gross monthly salary (at 174,10 %): min. € 3.087,20 – max. € 5.941,90.</div><div>All Ghent University staff members enjoy a number of benefits, such as a wide range of training and education opportunities, 35 days of paid leave, bicycle commuting reimbursement, ecocheques, etc. A complete overview of all our fringe benefits (in Dutch).</div><br><br><div><strong>Selection procedure</strong></div><br><div>Our selection procedure consists of a cv-screening, an assessment (at Master’s level) and a selection interview with a selection committee. We will keep you informed of your application status.</div><div>As Ghent University maintains an equal opportunities and diversity policy, everyone is encouraged to apply for this position. If you have a functional impairment, please let us know (selecties@ugent.be) so we can make the necessary adjustments.</div><br><div>For more information regarding the selection procedure, please contact the Recruitment Office by emailing selecties@ugent.be. Please do not send your application by email, use the online application tool. For more information regarding the job description, please contact professor Klaas Vandepoele at +32 9 331 38 22 or Klaas.Vandepoele@psb.vib-ugent.be.</div><br><br></div><br><div><div style="border-top: 2px solid rgb(59, 182, 187); width: 15px; height: 15px; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"> <b>Klaas Vandepoele</b> - Professor <br> Comparative Network Biology<p> <b>VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology</b><br> Ghent University<br> Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 71 - 9052 Ghent - Belgium<br> Tel. +32(0)9 331 38 22<br> <a href="http://www.psb.ugent.be/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.psb.ugent.be</a> </p> <p><font color="#41b7b9"><b>Genome editing, cutting-edge technology for a sustainable agriculture</b></font></p> <p> <img id="banner" src="https://psbzim02.psb.ugent.be/home/signature@psb.ugent.be/Briefcase/PUBLIC/footer.png" saveddisplaymode="" style=""> </p></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>