Labcorp is dedicated to bringing comprehensive genetic information into mainstream medicine to improve healthcare for billions of people. They are seeking a Clinical Bioinformatics Scientist II who will be responsible for evaluating clinically reportable variants, monitoring data quality metrics, and troubleshooting quality control failures in genetic testing processes.
Review and assess the veracity of specific genetic variants (SNVs and CNVs) in NGS or WGS data that are flagged for manual intervention
Review results from confirmatory assays that corroborate or refute calls made in the primary assay. This can lead to contradictory results between assays where the scientist will need to make the final decision
Troubleshoot quality control anomalies generated by automated pipelines at the sample and/or batch level
Triage stuck samples, variants, and reports
Support other production duties like requests from other teams, production on-call shifts, and program development
Work collaboratively with other teams such as bioinformatics, automation, engineering, clinical genomics, laboratory scientists, laboratory directors, and research scientists in a cross-functional manner
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a biological field (e.g., biology, microbiology, genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, biochemistry, etc.) and four years of relevant professional experience OR Master's Degree in a biological field (e.g., biology, microbiology, genomics, bioinformatics, biochemistry, etc.) and two years of relevant professional experience
Strong knowledge of genetics
Experience with NGS data analysis in either an academic or industry environment
Familiarity with IGV or other genome browsers
Knowledge of common NGS alignment, variant calling, and visualization tools
Familiarity with any of the following: Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), Python, R, SQL, or other programming languages, git, GitHub, or other version control systems, Project management software such as Jira, Asana, Monday, etc
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Able to work on a computer and look at a screen for long periods of time
Preferred
Familiarity and/or hands-on experience with NGS wet lab protocols, preferably in a production setting and academic knowledge may be sufficient
Benefit
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
STD/LTD
401(k)
Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO)
Tuition Reimbursement
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Labcorp specializes in providing physicians with laboratory tests.
