If you are interested in our company activities and would like to work with us, please send your CV to dart 'AT' diversityarrays.com.

As for specific requirements we have currently the following job positions opened:

IT specialist (with sequence analysis expertise)

We are looking for a new IT staff member who has experiences in bioinformatics and sequence analysis tools. This position will require strong programming skills. Final salary will depend on candidate's experience. This is a Canberra-based, full time, one year contract with a very high possibility of extension.

Requirements:

• Proven experience  and extensive knowledge in the field of sequence analysis (including NGS platforms)
• Good programming skills (preferred languages are Perl, R and C)
• Good knowlegde of Linux systems
• Good ability to communicate with future users and to document the work
• Good organisational skills

Additional (optional) advantages we will consider:

• Understanding of web services and CGI programming
• Practical knowledge of efficient storage of big data volumes (such as sequence data)
• Previous experiences or work in the area of statistical analysis
• Knowledge of SQL
• Knowledge about bioinformatics applications for plant breeding

Responsibilities:

• Development of our company core applications
• Communication with future users to identify their needs
• Implementing and integrating new features / algorithms into a larger, working system
• Maintenance, testing and debugging of the created systems
• Development of documentation for developers and users
• Help-desk for application users

Opportunities:

• Work in an interesting, multinational (multilingual) environment
• Gain new experiences in the areas of bioinformatics, plant breeding and image / GIS analysis
• Getting involved in a high volume data management system
• Possibility to explore areas of non-standard statistical analysis

If you wish to apply please contact Grzegorz Uszynski (IT Manager) here