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--></style></head><body lang=NO-BOK link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/150638/senior-engineer-two-positions#?p=0&reset=1"><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:purple'>https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/150638/senior-engineer-two-positions#?p=0&reset=1</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Two temporary position as senior engineer are vacant for three years, with a possibility of prolongation.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>The positions will be part of the Oslo bioinformatics<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Elixirteam. The Oslo bioinformatics<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Elixir<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>team is part of the Biomedical Informatics (BMI) research group at the Department of Informatics (IFI) at the University of Oslo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>The<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Elixir2 project is part of a European bioinformatics infrastructure program to ensure timely sustainable use of data and bioinformatics tools for life sciences.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ElixirNorway is jointly funded by the Norwegian Research Council and the partner universities and organizations until Oct 2021. A main goal is for the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Elixir<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Norway infrastructure to transform into a more permanent structure after that time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Project description<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>The two positions will be part of the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Elixir<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>development team at the University of Oslo (UiO), participating in the development and implementation of functionality for various national and international solutions provided by<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Elixir<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Norway, including:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Solutions for data management and analysis of sensitive data connected to the Nordic collaborative project Tryggve.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Participation in development of a national database of DNA variation in Norwegian individuals<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Development and maintenance of workflows related to High Throughput Sequencing (HTS) or Systems Biology, both within and outside an international Python-based end-user framework called Galaxy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Taking part in the development team of Python-based statistical genomics tools (The Genomic HyperBrowser, which is based on Galaxy, as well as tools and file formats for managing genomic datasets (the GTrack ecosystem).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Taking part of a national development team of main<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Elixir<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>infrastructure aimed at Norwegian researchers: National e-Infrastructure for Life Science (NeLS)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>The exact project allocations will be made after an overall evaluation of the qualifications and motivation of all members of the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Elixir<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>development team at UiO, after the positions have been filled.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>We are looking for both system developers and engineers, preferably with a background in bioinformatics, although this is not a requirement, as well as strong bioinformaticians with a solid computational experience/background.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Qualification requirements<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Relevant master degree or above in informatics or bioinformatics from college or university - relevant experience can weigh up for lack of formal education.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>Important Competence:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Professional software development experience in Python.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Solid competence in Java: Oracle Certified Professional/Associate, Java SE Programmer, or equivalent proven competence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Open source development, including git/GitHub-based version control<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Experienced user of Integrated Development Environments (IDE), e.g. PyCharm, IntelliJ, Eclipse<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Working experience with continuous integration: Jenkins, Travis CI, or similar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Experience in Test-Driven Development (TDD), Agile methodologies, Design Patterns, and System architecture<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Solid experience in Docker image building and container management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Experience in High Performance Computing (HPC): Slurm, HTCondor, PBS, or similar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Experience in High Throughput Sequencing-related analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Workflow development/design in High Throughput Sequencing/Systems Biology, etc., in e.g. CWL, Galaxy, or similar workflow engines<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Galaxy development and Galaxy community participation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Solid experience in Linux<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Excellent communication skills in English, both oral and written.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Preferred competence:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Professional experience with Spring: Core, AOP, Boot.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Statistics, Scientific programming, R, NumPy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Experience in other container platforms, e.g. Singularity and uDocker, and package management with Conda/BioConda.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Experience with code analysis tools: Checkstyle, or similar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Web front-end development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Database management and architecture<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Algorithm development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK'>______________________________ <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Eivind Hovig Dr.philos. Professor ehovig@ifi.uio.no <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Dept. of Tumor Biology, Inst. for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>& Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Phone: -47-22781778, Fax: -47-22781795 (http://radium.no/hovig)</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>