Genomics England is a leader in genomic medicine and research, providing world‑first whole genome sequencing services and supporting a national genomic research library. We aim to embed genomics into everyday healthcare and enable immediate benefits for patients and researchers alike.
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Platform Engineer with strong AWS capability, confident in building and evolving scalable, secure infrastructure that supports complex, data‑heavy workloads in a modern engineering environment.
Responsibilities
- Designing, building and maintaining infrastructure across AWS and hybrid environments for use across bioinformatics pipelines and teams.
- Designing, building and maintaining platform capabilities that enable orchestration and execution of large‑scale genomic pipelines.
- Working closely with bioinformatics engineering squads to support Nextflow native workflows and pipeline modernisation.
- Automating deployment, infrastructure provisioning and operational processes using Terraform, Python, Bash and similar tools.
- Design, build and maintain new container management capabilities, providing secure container builds on demand for Nextflow processes (e.g., using tooling like Seqera Wave).
- Re‑imagining CI/CD pipelines and tooling, providing them as a service to the bioinformatics teams that leverage the platform.
- Implementing monitoring, logging and alerting capabilities and patterns to improve observability across distributed bioinformatics workflows that run on the platform.
- Configuring and managing HPC compute environments, both AWS and on‑prem, through tooling such as Seqera Platform.
- Troubleshooting platform and workflow issues across multiple layers, driving long‑term fixes.
- Supporting cost optimisation, performance tuning and capacity planning across AWS and on‑prem systems.
- Producing clear documentation and sharing knowledge across engineering teams.
- Helping embed DevOps ways of working across squads and enabling teams to operate with more independence.
Qualifications
Required
- Strong experience with AWS across compute, storage, networking and security.
- Solid Terraform experience for building and maintaining repeatable infrastructure.
- Strong scripting ability in Python, Bash or similar.
- Experience designing, implementing and supporting platform patterns & capabilities for consumption by stream/business‑aligned teams.
- Experience operating production‑grade platforms in complex distributed environments.
- Understanding of CI/CD tooling and DevOps practices such as GitLab CI or Jenkins.
- Comfortable working in data‑heavy, high‑throughput systems.
- Collaborative approach with confidence working across teams and influencing technical direction.
Nice to have
- Experience working in genomics, bioinformatics or healthcare data platforms.
- Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools such as Nextflow, Seqera Platform, Seqera Wave or equivalents.
- Exposure to HPC environments or large‑scale scientific compute workloads.
- Understanding of regulated or security‑sensitive environments, particularly Software as a Medical Device.
- Experience working in a Platform Team as defined in Team Topologies.
- Experience contributing to platform modernisation or evolution programmes.
Salary and Closing Date
Salary From: £71,300 pa. Closing Date: Tuesday 12th May @ 23:00 (UK time).
Benefits
- Generous leave: 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, additional leave for long service, and option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually (approval required).
- Family‑friendly: blended working arrangements, flexible working, enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave benefits.
- Pension & financial: defined contribution pension (Genomics England double‑matches up to 10%, you can contribute more if you wish), life assurance (3x salary) and a Give As You Earn scheme.
- Learning & development: individual learning budgets, support for training and certifications, and reimbursement for one annual professional subscription (approval required).
- Recognition & rewards: employee recognition programme and referral scheme.
- Health & wellbeing: subsidised gym membership, a free Headspace account, and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, eye tests, flu jabs.
Equal Opportunities and Diversity Commitment
Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities and provide a non‑discriminatory working environment. We strive to remove barriers in our recruitment processes and to be flexible with interview arrangements where needed.
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