Platform Engineer - London

• 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, with a goal of providing secure container builds on demand for Nextflow processes
• Re-imagining our 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
• Configure and manage 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

Technologies:

• AWS
• Bash
• CI/CD
• DevOps
• GitLab
• Support
• Jenkins
• Python
• Security
• Terraform
• Cloud
• Fabric

• 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

At Genomics England, we are a global leader in enabling genomic medicine and research, dedicated to creating a world where everyone benefits from genomic healthcare. We support the NHSs national whole genome sequencing service and run the National Genomic Research Library. We offer competitive salaries starting from £71,300 per annum, generous leave policies, family-friendly benefits, a supportive learning and development environment, and a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. Join us in a pivotal phase of evolution within our computational genomic interpretation pipelines platform, where you can directly influence the future of genomic healthcare.