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Permanent position as informatician (overingeniør)

Arbeidsgiver: Oslo Universitetssykehus HF - Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Ho
Stillingstittel: Permanent position as informatician (overingeniør)
Frist: 10.06.2015
Ansettelsesform: Fast

Will you join us in transforming medical genetics into an information science?

High-throughput sequencing (HTS) is a recent technology that allows for fast and cost-effective characterisation of DNA. This has already marked a watershed in medical genetics and is paving the way for highly personalised treatment of patients in medicine in general. At OUS, we are rapidly expanding our diagnostic offer using this technology and are now looking for a new collegue to build vital parts of our core IT-infrastructure.

Tasks

You will work on helping us build/maintain high-performance computing infrastructure for HTS data.
Further develop and scale a large database of genetic variation, in a highly interdisciplinary environment and a growing team of 8 bioinformaticians.
Please contact the people below for any inquieries if you are interested:
Section manager Beate Skinningsrud, uxskib@ous-hf.no (+47) 22119945 / 45850163.
Bioinformatician Tony Håndstad, tony.handstad@medisin.uio.no (+47) 90609379.

Qualifications

Higher education in informatics or related disciplines.
Knowledge of and interest in planning, building, and supporting HPC infrastructures.
Proficient with Linux and in system administration.
Experience with programming (e.g. Python).
Knowledge of managing and scaling systems/DBs to handle very large data volumes.
Experience with modern database systems (e.g. PostgreSQL)
Excellent Norwegian or English oral/writing skills

Language

English
Norwegian

Personal qualities

Fast learner, motivation and ability to take initiative.
A knack for data analysis, and an interest in data security and in learning genetics.
Reliable and structured, works well with others in interdisciplinary settings.
The personal suitability of a candidate will be given consideration in the selection process.

We offer

Full or part time (%): 100%
Permanent position in a very interesting and extremely fast-developing field
Varied tasks, an opportunity to initiate usage of HPC in the health care system
Flexible hours and salary depending on qualifications
Skilled and nice colleagues who love their job
For more details, see http://goo.gl/lZ6qHQ
The Department of Medical Genetics is Norway's largest genetical department with 200 employees. The position on offer is organised under Section of Laboratory Diagnostics. The section has several HTS instruments from Illumina and is also co-located with the Norwegian Sequencing Centre (NSC), which is a national core facility for sequencing in research. The department has a good working environment and a welcoming atmosphere.

Om arbeidsgiveren

Oslo University Hospital is a highly specialized hospital in charge of extensive regional and local hospital assignments. As Scandinavia's largest hospital, we carry out more than 1.2 million patient treatments each year. The hospital has a nationwide responsibility for a number of national and multi-regional assignments, and has several national centers of competence. Oslo University Hospital is responsible for approximately 50 percent of all medical and health care research conducted at Norwegian hospitals, and is a significant role player within the education of a large variety of health care personnel.

Sektor: Offentlig
Sted: Ullevål, 0450 Oslo
Bransje: IT,; Helse og omsorg
Stillingsfunksjon: IT utvikling / Utvikler (generell)