Associate Data Analyst - Bioinformatics Operations

Position Title: Associate Data Analyst - Bioinformatics Operations

Classification: Exempt

Reports to: Sr. Director of Data Engineering & Bioinformatics

Primary Objective: The Associate Data Analyst - Bioinformatics Operations supports day-to-day data operations across Champion Oncology's bioinformatics and data engineering workflows.

DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND PRODUCTIVITY EXPECTATIONS:

• Organize, track, and maintain structured biological and analytical datasets across shared storage and cloud environments.


• Execute and monitor secure data transfers between internal systems, cloud platforms (e.g., AWS), collaborators, and clients, validating data integrity and completeness.


• Run standardized bioinformatics pipelines (e.g., WES, RNA‑seq, proteomics) using established workflows and frameworks such as Nextflow.


• Monitor pipeline execution, review logs, identify common failure modes, and escalate issues as needed.


• Perform defined quality control checks on pipeline outputs and compile run summaries, QC metrics, and delivery checklists.


• Prepare organized output packages for downstream analysis or client delivery.


• Collaborate with bioinformaticians, DevOps engineers, and other Data Team members and contribute to documentation, runbooks, and SOPs supporting data and pipeline operations.