VARITE is looking for qualified Scientist III
WHAT THE CLIENT DOES?A global, research-driven pharmaceutical company that focuses on developing innovative medicines in areas such as human pharmaceuticals, animal health, and biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing.
WHAT WE DO?Established in the Year 2000, VARITE is an award-winning minority business enterprise providing global consulting & staffing services to Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies. With 850+ global consultants, VARITE is committed to delivering excellence to its customers by leveraging its global experience and expertise in providing comprehensive scientific, engineering, technical, and non-technical staff augmentation and talent acquisition services.
Job Title: Scientist IIILocation: This is a remote role (east coast preferred) working 40 hours per week.Contract Duration: 12 monthsPay Rate Range: $50.00 - $53.57/hr on W2 Work Authorization: Only USC or GC
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL DODuties:As an active team member of the Computational Innovation department, the successful candidate will contribute to oncology drug discovery research through in silico data driven approaches. You will leverage multi-modal omics data analysis and collaborate with biologists to solve scientific challenges to advance drug discovery programs.
Duties and responsibilities:- Support Oncology drug development efforts
- Identify, learn and apply emerging technologies in data science and its applications to Client cancer therapeutics discovery and development.
- Apply and develop innovative analysis approaches when standard methods are not adequate
- Identify and process publicly available and internally generated datasets using statistical and bioinformatics techniques to create meaningful biological insights
- Follow relevant scientific literature to ensure use of optimal methods and understand emerging practices across the field
- Interpret, report, and present analysis results, with a high level of integrity and ethics, to biologists and collaborators.
- Ensure FAIR data analysis with clear documentation and reproducibility
Skills:- Programming experience with Python and R for bioinformatic data analysis in unix-like systems.
- Proficiency in working with bulk and single cell NGS data
- Experience with any of these topics is a plus: oncology or immunology knowledge, spatial transcriptomics, methylation, or liquid biopsy data analysis, public oncology database datasets (TCGA, GTEX, Human cell atlas, CZ CELLxGene Client, Human tumor atlas network, etc)
- Proficiency in working with high performance computing clusters (HPC)
- Proficiency in biological pathway analysis
Education:- PhD degree from an accredited institution with experience in computational sciences or a related scientific discipline (e.g., Computer sciences, Computational Biology, Genomics, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences)
BENEFITS: We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, well-being, and financial security of our employees and their families. Eligible employees may receive:
- Health Insurance: Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement Plans: Participation in a company-sponsored retirement savings plan.
- Legal Service Plans: Offering access to attorneys for legal advice and representation.
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VARITE is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.