Jobs in London - Platform Engineer (we have office locations in Cambridge, Leeds and London) • UK

Company: Genomics England

UK

Job DescriptionAre you a proven and experienced Platform Engineer, confident across AWS and keen to build and evolve scalable, secure infrastructure that supports world-class genomic research. Here at Genomics England, we’re pushing the boundaries of science and tech to transform patient outcomes - and our platform underpins all of it. You’ll design, build and optimise the core infrastructure that keeps our teams moving fast and reliably, from automating deployments to fine-tuning how we run high-throughput workloads at scale, all while championing DevOps ways of working!We’re entering a key phase of engineering growth, simplification and technical evolution, so it's a really great time to get involved here, shape and build things, and to bring your ideas to the table. What you'll be doing day-to-day:Designing, building and maintaining infrastructure across AWS and on-prem environmentsLeading on CI/CD tooling and release automation - keeping delivery smooth, safe and fastTroubleshooting platform issues across the stack and driving long-term fixesImplementing proactive monitoring, logging and alerting - focused on spotting issues earlySupporting high-throughput workloads, including HPC clusters and storage-heavy pipelinesDriving infrastructure growth planning and cost optimisation alongside performance tuningAutomating everything you reasonably can using Terraform, Python, Bash or similarCreating clean, useful documentation and sharing knowledge across the wider teamPromoting DevOps culture across squads and enabling engineering teams to move independently What you’ll bring:Deep hands-on experience with AWS services across compute, storage, networking and securityStrong Terraform skills (or similar IaC tooling) for repeatable, secure buildsSolid scripting capability - Python, Bash or similarProven experience running and scaling production-grade infrastructureExperience with CI/CD tooling (GitLab CI, Jenkins etc) and DevOps best practiceFamiliarity with on-prem/hybrid systems, including HPC or data centre estatesA clear, collaborative approach and confidence influencing platform decisions Nice to haves:Experience mentoring engineers or leading on cross-team initiativesExposure to lean experimentation, evaluating new tech or platform toolingUnderstanding of genomics, data-heavy workloads or regulated environments (a bonus, not a must)