Bioinformatics Analyst Jobs
Bioinformatics Analyst jobs are open across pharmaceuticals, genomics research, clinical diagnostics, and biotech, from entry-level to senior and principal, with specializations in genomic data analysis, computational biology, and pipeline development. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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The Opportunity:
Serve as a Bioinformatics Business Analyst supporting the direction, evolution, and adoption of enterprise bioinformatics platforms and analytical tools. Apply deep bioinformatics domain knowledge to translate scientific and public health needs into clear, actionable platform requirements, roadmaps, and product features. Partner closely with product managers, enterprise architects, and engineering teams to ensure bioinformatics platforms are mission-aligned, scalable, and user-centered. Apply a bioinformatics lens to gather, analyze, and translate scientific and operational requirements into platform and product capabilities. Elicit and document use cases, user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional or non-functional requirements for bioinformatics tools and data platforms. Support development and refinement of product and platform roadmaps in collaboration with product managers and technical leads. Facilitate technical, functional, and operational discussions to bridge bioinformatics needs with implementable engineering solutions. Coordinate bioinformatics, data science, engineering, cloud, and infrastructure teams to ensure alignment and delivery. Participate in Agile ceremonies such as backlog refinement, sprint planning, scrum of scrums, or PI planning, to identify dependencies, risks, and priorities. Support platform governance by helping define KPIs, success metrics, and outcomes aligned to bioinformatics mission goals. Assist with product demonstrations, stakeholder briefings, and user engagement activities to support adoption and feedback. Track requirements and delivery progress using tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira. This position is located in Atlanta, GA.
Join us. The world can't wait.
You Have:
- 2+ years of experience analyzing bioinformatics workflows, data types, and analytical use cases such as genomics, sequencing data, pipelines, or surveillance analytics
- Knowledge of common bioinformatics, life sciences, public health data platforms, or analytical tools
- Knowledge of front-end or back-end technologies used for application development, including SQL, NoSQL databases, or web-based interactive user interfaces
- Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe delivery environments
- Ability to lead client and stakeholder discussions, ask the right questions, document clear requirements, and translate them into actionable implementation steps
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements
- Master’s degree
Nice If You Have:
- Experience working in a public health, life sciences, or research-focused environment
- Experience with the systems development lifecycle and modern data platform architectures
- Experience with business analysis processes, including translating scientific or technical requirements into user stories, use cases, and platform features
- Experience modeling business processes and requirements, using structured tools and techniques, including use-case scenarios, and integrating them with data and system architectural models and requirements
- Knowledge of big data, analytics, or bioinformatics platforms in a cloud environment
- Knowledge of cloud-based systems and data platforms
- Doctorate degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics, or a related field
- Agile or SAFe Certification
Vetting:
Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client.
Compensation
At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $61,900.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.Identity Statement
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Candidate AI Usage Policy
AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.
Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.
- Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
- Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
- Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
The Opportunity:
Serve as a Bioinformatics Business Analyst supporting the direction, evolution, and adoption of enterprise bioinformatics platforms and analytical tools. Apply deep bioinformatics domain knowledge to translate scientific and public health needs into clear, actionable platform requirements, roadmaps, and product features. Partner closely with product managers, enterprise architects, and engineering teams to ensure bioinformatics platforms are mission-aligned, scalable, and user-centered. Apply a bioinformatics lens to gather, analyze, and translate scientific and operational requirements into platform and product capabilities. Elicit and document use cases, user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional or non-functional requirements for bioinformatics tools and data platforms. Support development and refinement of product and platform roadmaps in collaboration with product managers and technical leads. Facilitate technical, functional, and operational discussions to bridge bioinformatics needs with implementable engineering solutions. Coordinate bioinformatics, data science, engineering, cloud, and infrastructure teams to ensure alignment and delivery. Participate in Agile ceremonies such as backlog refinement, sprint planning, scrum of scrums, or PI planning, to identify dependencies, risks, and priorities. Support platform governance by helping define KPIs, success metrics, and outcomes aligned to bioinformatics mission goals. Assist with product demonstrations, stakeholder briefings, and user engagement activities to support adoption and feedback. Track requirements and delivery progress using tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira. This position is located in Atlanta, GA.
Join us. The world can't wait.
You Have:
- 2+ years of experience analyzing bioinformatics workflows, data types, and analytical use cases such as genomics, sequencing data, pipelines, or surveillance analytics
- Knowledge of common bioinformatics, life sciences, public health data platforms, or analytical tools
- Knowledge of front-end or back-end technologies used for application development, including SQL, NoSQL databases, or web-based interactive user interfaces
- Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe delivery environments
- Ability to lead client and stakeholder discussions, ask the right questions, document clear requirements, and translate them into actionable implementation steps
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements
- Master’s degree
Nice If You Have:
- Experience working in a public health, life sciences, or research-focused environment
- Experience with the systems development lifecycle and modern data platform architectures
- Experience with business analysis processes, including translating scientific or technical requirements into user stories, use cases, and platform features
- Experience modeling business processes and requirements, using structured tools and techniques, including use-case scenarios, and integrating them with data and system architectural models and requirements
- Knowledge of big data, analytics, or bioinformatics platforms in a cloud environment
- Knowledge of cloud-based systems and data platforms
- Doctorate degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics, or a related field
- Agile or SAFe Certification
Vetting:
Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client.
Compensation
At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $61,900.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.Identity Statement
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Candidate AI Usage Policy
AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.
Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.
- Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
- Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
- Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in bioinformatics analyst jobs.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, or a closely related field
- Proficiency in Python and R for scripting, data wrangling, and statistical analysis
- Experience with next-generation sequencing data and standard alignment or variant-calling workflows
- Familiarity with Linux command-line environments and high-performance computing clusters
- Knowledge of biological databases such as NCBI, Ensembl, or UniProt
- Experience with workflow management tools such as Nextflow, Snakemake, or similar pipeline frameworks
Tips for Your Bioinformatics Analyst Job Search
Tailor your resume to pipeline tools
Hiring managers scan for specific tools before reading anything else. List every pipeline tool you've used, such as Nextflow, Snakemake, or Galaxy, with the context, not just the name. Generic 'bioinformatics experience' gets filtered out fast.
Showcase a reproducible analysis project
A portfolio entry that walks through a real genomic or proteomic analysis, with clean code and documented methods, signals more than a degree alone. Host it somewhere reviewers can actually open and run it, not just read about it.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists bioinformatics analyst openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Read job postings for the data types
A role working with single-cell RNA-seq is a different day-to-day than one focused on variant calling or metabolomics. Match your application language to the specific data types in the posting, not to bioinformatics in general.
Prep for a technical take-home assessment
Most hiring pipelines for this role include a scripting exercise, often in Python or R, using a small dataset. Practice cleaning messy genomic data, documenting your reasoning, and explaining your choices as if someone else will run your code.
Negotiate around publication and conference access
Salary isn't the only lever. Research budget, conference attendance, and authorship policies on internal publications are negotiable at many biotech and academic medical center employers, and they matter a lot for long-term career growth in this field.
Bioinformatics Analyst Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most bioinformatics analysts?
University of Oklahoma, Washington University in St. Louis, and Booz Allen Hamilton are hiring the most bioinformatics analysts right now, with openings concentrated in Oklahoma, Ohio, and Georgia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Pharmaceutical companies and genomics research organizations account for a significant share of active postings.
How many bioinformatics analyst jobs are remote?
About 50% of bioinformatics analyst openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting strong demand for computational talent that doesn't require on-site lab access. Roles focused on data pipeline development, software-side genomics tooling, and clinical data analysis tend to offer the most remote flexibility compared to positions tied to wet-lab collaboration.
How do you become a bioinformatics analyst?
Most bioinformatics analysts start with a degree in a quantitative life science, computer science, or a dedicated bioinformatics program. From there, building hands-on experience with sequencing data, scripting in Python or R, and working through publicly available datasets strengthens your profile. Contributing to open-source tools or publishing a reproducible analysis demonstrates applied skills that formal education alone doesn't show.
How do you get hired as a bioinformatics analyst with little experience?
Focus on building a concrete portfolio rather than waiting for more credentials. Work through public datasets from repositories like NCBI or the ENCODE project, document your methods, and share the code. Entry-level postings at academic medical centers and research universities often accept candidates who demonstrate analytical rigor and tool familiarity even without prior industry experience. Contract and research assistant roles are common entry points.
What does the bioinformatics analyst interview process look like?
The process typically starts with a recruiter screen, followed by a hiring manager conversation about your analytical background and tool experience. Most employers then assign a take-home exercise involving a small dataset, asking you to clean, analyze, and interpret it using Python or R. Final rounds usually include a technical presentation of your work and a panel interview with scientists or engineers from the team.
Where can I find and apply to bioinformatics analyst jobs?
You can find and apply to bioinformatics analyst jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. The listings cover roles at pharmaceutical companies, genomics labs, biotech startups, and academic medical centers at every experience level. Find the roles that fit your background and apply directly to each listing.
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