Life Sciences Application Specialist

• Full time, term until 31st December 2030
• Join the Sydney Informatics Hub (SIH) and help deliver cutting-edge bioinformatics solutions that enable world-class life sciences research across the University
• Base Salary $131,108 - $147,858 + 17% superannuation 

As the Life Sciences Application Specialist, you will play a leading role in enabling world-class life sciences research at the University of Sydney. Working within the Sydney Informatics Hub (SIH) Platforms Team, you will combine expertise in bioinformatics, molecular life sciences and research computing to develop scalable, reproducible applications and workflows that help researchers tackle complex scientific challenges.

You will collaborate with researchers, SIH colleagues, ICT teams and national research infrastructure partners to deliver innovative bioinformatics solutions across high-performance computing, GPU and cloud environments. Through the development of shared tools and services, specialist technical advice, researcher training and community engagement, you will help shape the future of the Sydney Research Cloud ecosystem while building computational capability across the University's research community

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• develop and deliver scalable bioinformatics applications, workflows and services across HPC, GPU and cloud environments that support life sciences research
• partner with researchers to translate scientific objectives into practical, reproducible computational solutions and analysis pipelines
• provide specialist advice on bioinformatics tools, computational biology approaches, data management and research computing resources
• maintain and enhance shared software environments, reference datasets, workflow resources and bioinformatics infrastructure
• design and deliver training, documentation and user support that strengthens researcher capability and promotes best practice
• contribute to the ongoing evolution of the Sydney Research Cloud through service development, technology evaluation and collaboration with internal and external partners

• postgraduate qualifications in bioinformatics, computational biology, life sciences, computer science or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of training and experience
• demonstrated experience developing and deploying bioinformatics pipelines and workflows using technologies such as Nextflow, Snakemake and software containers
• strong knowledge of bioinformatics and molecular biology, including experience working with genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics or other large-scale omics datasets
• experience supporting and maintaining bioinformatics infrastructure, open-source software tools and large-scale research data environments
• strong technical expertise in Linux-based environments, high-performance computing, cloud computing and scripting using Python and shell languages
• proven ability to deliver technical projects, engage effectively with researchers and stakeholders, and communicate complex concepts through training and support activities

You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to be eligible to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.

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For a confidential discussion about the role, or if you require reasonable adjustment or any documents in alternate formats, please contact Kaler Recruitment Operations by email to kale.claffey@sydney.edu.au