Cloud and Database Scientist Bioinformatics (m/w/d)

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the setup and configuration of scalable AWS infrastructure, focusing on compute and storage solutions.
• Contribute to the creation and analysis of a clinical “big data” database.
• Work with interdisciplinary teams to create seamless data acquisition interfaces from sequencing facilities, public data sources, and clinical samples.
• Transition existing pipelines while ensuring version control and addressing challenges such as large data volumes and environment dependencies.
• Build and maintain both production and development environments, utilizing critical tools like Nextflow, Conda, and Matlab.
• Automate workflows, containerize applications, and enhance interfaces to create a dynamic and efficient computational ecosystem that supports research teams.

Profile:

• PhD degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or related field
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with HPCs, cloud infrastructure management and databases
• Strong knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) experience, including AWS Parallel Server, VPC networking, S3, EC2, RDS, and EFS
• Strong knowledge of AWS Cloud resources management and optimization
• Strong knowledge of Terraform and containerization technologies (Docker/Singularity)
• Experience with SLURM and workflow management systems (Nextflow)
• Proficient in scripting languages (Python, SQL)
• Experience with version control systems (Github)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

Sprachanforderungen:

• A Letter of reference is required to be considered for this position
• All documents must be submitted in English