Senior Scientist - Bioinformatician (Data Analysis)

  • MHRA
  • Jan 28, 2026
Full time Engineering

Job Description

Job Overview

Senior Scientist - Bioinformatician (Data Analysis) - full time permanent - South Mimms, Hertfordshire. Hybrid working: at least 8 days/month onsite, up to 12 days depending on business needs.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead design, development and delivery of scalable NGS bioinformatics pipelines (Nextflow, Python, R).
  • Manage cloud based bioinformatics infrastructure (Google Cloud Platform) ensuring reproducibility, governance and MHRA quality systems compliance.
  • Perform quality control, statistical analysis and biological interpretation of multi modality NGS data in collaboration with cross functional teams.
  • Mentor junior bioinformaticians, contribute to publications, grant proposals and integrate emerging technologies.
Required Qualifications
  • MSc or equivalent in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology or related discipline.
  • Extensive experience delivering large scale bioinformatics analysis using cloud computing environments.
  • Proficiency in Bash, Python, R, Nextflow and containerisation (Docker, Singularity, GitHub).
  • Strong project management skills and ability to communicate complex genomic data to diverse audiences.
Preferred Experience
  • Hands on pipeline development for genomics, transcriptomics, metagenomics, microbiome profiling and single cell analysis.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) and Unix/Linux environments.
  • Previous leadership of analytical components in multi stakeholder projects.
Assessment Method

A=Application, T=Test, I=Interview, P=Presentation - assessment will follow Civil Service Success Profiles.

Contact and Application

Closing date: 9 February 2026. Applications open online. For questions, email .