Data Manager for the Data Analytics Platform, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research

We are looking for a motivated Data Scientist with experience in data management to support the work of the Data Analytics Platform at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR) to start July 1, 2024, or after agreement.

About us
The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR) was established in 2010 to conduct fundamental research on metabolism. The Center has around 260 employees, consisting of 21 research groups and 5 technology platforms, who work in a vibrant international research environment with a focus on interdisciplinary collaboration. Our researchers share a common purpose as they seek to transform the basic understanding of the mechanisms involved in metabolic health and disease, and to accelerate this knowledge toward new prevention and treatment strategies. The Center’s research has resulted in seminal discoveries as to how genes, hormones, and environmental factors influence metabolic health and disease throughout life. You can read more about us here: www.cbmr.ku.dk.

The Data Analytics Platform sits at the heart of CBMR and consists of seven full-time employees. The Platform supports CBMR research by providing expertise and support for data management and processing to scientists. In total, we integrate data from >500,000 biological samples and our measurements include information on genetic variation and other omics data, anthropometrics and biochemical measurements. The Data Analytics Platform also operates a high-performance compute cluster. Read more about the platform at https://cbmr.ku.dk/research-facilities/data-analytics/

Your job
Your tasks will include supporting our scientists, in the management of the data from various origins. You will work closely together with bioinformaticians and researchers at multiple levels. We expect you to expand and integrate our current phenotypic database with other heterogeneous data sources, such as genotyping data and data from the Danish registries. This will include documentation and basic quality control of the data variables. Further to this, you will develop web-based applications enabling users to query the data as well as to ingest new information. Additional tasks can include running or supporting computing tasks on the in house compute cluster or using cloud resources.

Your profile:

Essential criteria:

• Master’s degree or higher in computer science, bioinformatics or a similar field
• Solid experience in maintaining and designing databases
• Development of web applications
• Excellent programming skills with an object-oriented language
• Experience with code version control
• Strong collaborative skills; ability to share knowledge and expertise, and support to a multidisciplinary team
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
   

Desirable criteria:

• A strong interest in learning more about the life science area
• Familiarity with research data and/or GDPR
• Competent in the Unix shell and with experience in an HPC environment
• Practical experience with R and/or other statistical tools
• Familiarity with cloud computing
• Insight in the area of health and life science data

Place of employment
The place of employment is the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Maersk Tower, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. We offer creative and stimulating working conditions in a dynamic and international research environment.

Terms of salary and employment
The employment as Data Scientist (AC-TAP FU) is a full time and limited to three years. The start date is July 1, 2024, or after agreement. Employment will be in accordance with the provisions of the collective agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations). The monthly salary will be based on the number of years of work experience (seniority) with the possibility to negotiate a salary supplement based on prior experience and qualifications.

Questions
For further questions about the job description and qualifications, please contact Tobias Richter (Data Analytics Platform Lead) at tobias.richter@sund.ku.dk. For questions regarding the recruitment procedure, please contact SUND HR CBMR at SUND-HR-CBMR@sund.ku.dk 

Application
Your application in English should include:

• Motivation letter
• Curriculum vitae incl. possible publications

Please submit your application by clicking on “Apply Now” below. Only online applications will be accepted.

Application deadline: 12 May 2024, 23.59 CET

We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline, and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

The University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.