Data Analyst

Job Summary

Highly skilled bioinformatics analyst with expertise in scRNA-seq, bulk RNA-seq analysis, spatial transcriptomics, and multi-omics integration in cancer genomics

Responsibilities

The responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Developing Pathways

The candidate will be responsible for developing reproducible pipelines for differential expression, pathway enrichment, and immune deconvolution, supporting cancer biomarker discovery and drug response analysis. Proficiency in Python (pandas, TensorFlow, MATLAB), R, and SQL (including query optimization and indexing) is required, along with experience in data cleaning, signal preprocessing, and feature extraction, with emphasis on maximizing data fidelity and algorithmic efficiency.

Designing Programs

Designing and maintaining robust ETL frameworks (Pentaho, Airflow) and deploying solutions on cloud platforms (GCP, Docker, BigQuery), ensuring secure data integration and role-based access control.

Tracking Data

Demonstrate a track record across all stages of the data lifecycle, from collection and preprocessing to feature engineering, model development, training, evaluation, deployment, and the integration of interactive dashboards into unified front-end platforms.

Other

Other duties assigned.

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements

Bachelor's degree 3 years of experience in data analytics, information systems, and/or institutional research in higher education

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

ABILITIES
Ability to maintain confidentiality
Ability to use sound judgement and work independently
Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office and other computer software/databases

Shift/Salary/Benefits

Shift: Days/M-F (work outside of the normal business hours will likely be required of an employee in an exempt level position)
Pay Band: B12
Salary Range: $62,300.00/annually - $72,000/annually
Salary to be commensurate with qualifications of the selected candidate within the established range (generally minimum-midpoint) of the position
Recruitment Period: 10/9/25 - Until Filled
Augusta University offers a variety of benefits to full-time benefits-eligible employees and some of our half-time (or more) employees.
Benefits that may be elected could include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or Optional Retirement Plan), as well as earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays.
Also, our full-time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program.