Data Analyst II
Spectraforce
Avon, Illinois
2 days ago
Job Description
Position Title: Data Analyst (App developer)
Contract: 6 months
Location/Site: Remote (Eastern time zone preferred)
Job Overview:
As a Data Analyst with a focus on App Development, you will play a crucial role in building applications that streamline data visualizations and empower bioinformatics and non-bioinformatics stakeholders. You will work closely with researchers to understand their needs and transform requirements into efficient, user-friendly software solutions. Your work will enable scientists to leverage data effectively, driving innovative research and development initiatives.
What are the top 3-5 skills, experience or education required for this position:
a. Advanced skills with R/Python including app development (preferred: Rshiny)
b. Experience with bioinformatics datasets (like BulkRNAseq, Proteomics, scRNAseq, CRISPR)
c. Interaction with databases (SQL)
d. Code management and documentation, usage of github.
Key Responsibilities:
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, bioinformatics, or a related field, with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Proven experience in app development and user interface design (preferred: Rshiny).
• Strong skills in requirements gathering and translating them into actionable software solutions.
• Proficiency in PostgreSQL or similar databases, with the ability to write complex queries.
• Expertise in Python and R for automation and data manipulation.
• Familiarity with bioinformatics data and bioinformatics data standards.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset, essential for partnering with diverse research teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with AWS
• Experience in API development
About Us: SPECTRAFORCE is one of the fastest-growing workforce solutions firms in the United States. As a diversity-owned business, we place human connection at the heart of everything we do, building strong relationships with both clients and candidates to fill roles successfully. Our teams in North and Central America and India serve more than 150 Fortune clients globally, leveraging custom AI technology to provide direct hire, executive search, nearshoring, offshoring, and project staffing solutions.
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
California Applicant Notice: SPECTRAFORCE is committed to complying with the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) effective January 1, 2023; and all data privacy laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. A Notice to California Job Applicants Regarding the Collection of Personal Information can be located on our website. Applicants with disabilities may access this notice in an alternative format by contacting NAHR@spectraforce.com.
LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer.
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $40.00/hr.
Contract: 6 months
Location/Site: Remote (Eastern time zone preferred)
Job Overview:
As a Data Analyst with a focus on App Development, you will play a crucial role in building applications that streamline data visualizations and empower bioinformatics and non-bioinformatics stakeholders. You will work closely with researchers to understand their needs and transform requirements into efficient, user-friendly software solutions. Your work will enable scientists to leverage data effectively, driving innovative research and development initiatives.
What are the top 3-5 skills, experience or education required for this position:
a. Advanced skills with R/Python including app development (preferred: Rshiny)
b. Experience with bioinformatics datasets (like BulkRNAseq, Proteomics, scRNAseq, CRISPR)
c. Interaction with databases (SQL)
d. Code management and documentation, usage of github.
Key Responsibilities:
- App Development: Design, develop and refactor applications that enhance the accessibility and usability of genomic data, integrating user feedback for continuous improvement.
- Understanding User Requirements: Engage with bioinformatics research scientists to gather and analyze requirements, translating them into technical specifications and application features.
- Enabling Team Success: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure applications are aligned with common data model standards and facilitate effective data management and querying.
- Process Automation: Utilize scripting languages to automate and optimize data processing/ingestion workflows, maintaining high standards of data quality and integrity.
- ETL Process Management: Develop and execute ETL processes that align with organizational standards, ensuring seamless integration of high-value datasets.
- Documentation and Collaboration: Maintain comprehensive documentation of development processes and version control to support collaboration and reproducibility.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, bioinformatics, or a related field, with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Proven experience in app development and user interface design (preferred: Rshiny).
• Strong skills in requirements gathering and translating them into actionable software solutions.
• Proficiency in PostgreSQL or similar databases, with the ability to write complex queries.
• Expertise in Python and R for automation and data manipulation.
• Familiarity with bioinformatics data and bioinformatics data standards.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset, essential for partnering with diverse research teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with AWS
• Experience in API development
About Us: SPECTRAFORCE is one of the fastest-growing workforce solutions firms in the United States. As a diversity-owned business, we place human connection at the heart of everything we do, building strong relationships with both clients and candidates to fill roles successfully. Our teams in North and Central America and India serve more than 150 Fortune clients globally, leveraging custom AI technology to provide direct hire, executive search, nearshoring, offshoring, and project staffing solutions.
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
California Applicant Notice: SPECTRAFORCE is committed to complying with the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) effective January 1, 2023; and all data privacy laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. A Notice to California Job Applicants Regarding the Collection of Personal Information can be located on our website. Applicants with disabilities may access this notice in an alternative format by contacting NAHR@spectraforce.com.
LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer.
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $40.00/hr.