Cloud-Native Scientific Platform Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Oversee, enhance, and troubleshoot Nextflow pipelines designed for large-scale multi-omics workloads.

• Develop and sustain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins) for cloud infrastructure and scientific workflow deployments.

• Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).

• Architect and integrate AWS services such as EC2, S3, ECS, Batch, RDS, and KMS into production environments.

• Ensure the security, compliance, auditing, and reproducibility of scientific computing workloads.

• Support and enhance high-performance computing tasks across on-premises HPC clusters and AWS.

• Enhance the reliability and throughput of analytical workflows that process petabytes of data.

• Collaborate with researchers to convert scientific requirements into robust engineering solutions.

• Contribute to the design of microservices that facilitate scientific data exploration and visualization.

• Assist in building distributed systems that uphold FAIR data principles.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address complex engineering challenges from start to finish.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in DevOps, CloudOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering.

• Strong background in AWS services and cloud architecture.

• Proficient in Terraform.

• Expertise in Python programming.

• Solid understanding of Linux, with strong troubleshooting and automation skills.

• Capability to work with intricate systems in distributed environments.

• Familiarity with bioinformatics, genomics, or multi-omics workflows is a plus.

• Practical experience with operating Nextflow pipelines is advantageous.

• Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm is desirable.

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools is a plus.

• Understanding of FAIR data principles, GxP, and healthcare data standards is beneficial.

🏝️ Benefits

• Work within a globally recognized pharmaceutical leader.

• Directly contribute to drug discovery and research that impacts patients.

• Join a high-caliber engineering team tackling complex real-world challenges.

• Operate at the intersection of cloud technology, HPC, software engineering, and life sciences.

• Drive innovation using cloud-native technologies, microservices, and large-scale computing.

• Fully remote position available within the EU.

• Flexible B2B freelance contract.

• Engage in mission-driven work alongside world-class researchers.