Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is a global leader in pediatric research and care, seeking a Bioinformatics Analyst who is passionate about solving complex biological problems. The role focuses on analyzing and visualizing large-scale multiomics datasets while contributing biological insights to data interpretation and developing web-based tools for data sharing.
Responsibilities
- Curates, annotates and organizes various types of biomedical data (e.g., genomic, clinical, imaging, sequencing) in various formats (e.g., flat files, relational and non-relational databases)
- Collects and records appropriate metadata
- Ensures data are securely stored yet highly accessible to authorized users
- Executes pipelines for curating, processing and analyzing biomedical data of various types (e.g., genomic, clinical, imaging, sequencing)
- Utilizes existing software to support complex data management tasks (e.g., sequence alignment, variant calling, inter-sample comparison, patient matching/linkage)
- Utilizes web-based bioinformatics tools and public/proprietary relational databases
- Follows standard operating procedures
- Works in collaboration with both technology and scientific teams
- Interfaces with clinicians/researchers to collect requirements of basic to moderate complexity including user workflows
- Contributes to problem-solving and solution evaluation
- Contributes to the evaluation and development of software solutions to support basic to moderately complex data workflows
- Under general supervision, assists with implementation and testing efforts
- Effectively communicates the status of all efforts to necessary parties
- Utilizes project and time management skills to complete projects within specific timeframes
- Contributes to analyses and publications
- Generates reports and figures for publications
- Assists with materials for publications and scientific meetings
- Works closely with biostaticians on the production of publication and presentation materials
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- 0+ years of work experience in a related job discipline
- Master's or PhD in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Statistics, Biology, or a related field
- Proficiency in R or Python, GitHub, and Microsoft Office
- Experience with analytic frameworks such as Seurat or Scanpy
- Strong knowledge of web technologies including HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, and R Shiny
- Experience in database design and web application development
- Background in functional genomics and basic statistics
- Understanding of biological systems or disease mechanisms
- Strong problem-solving abilities
- Effective communication and collaboration skills
- Demonstrated time management and presentation capabilities
Company Overview
Cincinnati Children’s, a nonprofit academic medical center established in 1883, offers services from well-child care to treatment for the most rare and complex conditions. It was founded in 1883, and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://cincinnatichildrens.org.Company H1B Sponsorship
Cincinnati Children's has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 27 in 2026, 132 in 2025, 109 in 2024, 131 in 2023, 124 in 2022, 98 in 2021, 68 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.