Senior Cloud Administrator - HGI

Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges.

About the Role:

Join our prestigious team at the Wellcome Sanger Institute as a Senior Cloud Administrator and help us harness the power of the cloud by administering and developing for a Google Cloud Platform - based Trusted Research Environment (TRE): https://github.com/wsi-hgi-tre.

This dynamic role offers a mix of independent work and team collaboration, directly engaging with scientific researchers. You’ll be responsible for ensuring smooth day-to-day operations of our TRE. As you progress, you will contribute code to our automation toolkit, which helps us stay on top of both routine and large operational tasks.

You will be responsible for:

To maintain and administer our cloud-based environments, in particular, the Trusted Research Environment (TRE); ensure it remains secure; respond to the needs of end-users in a timely and professional manner.

About Us:

Our team’s mission is to streamline data pipelines and deliver ground-breaking scientific data.

Find out more about how we provide access to state-of-the-art analysis methods: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/group/human-genetics-informatics-hgi/.

About You:

If you're passionate about enabling secure access to cutting-edge analysis methods, this opportunity is for you. Whether you're a recent graduate or an experienced professional, we welcome your fresh perspectives and cloud administration experience.

Take advantage of this opportunity to be part of ground-breaking research! 

Essential Skills:

Knowledge of Cloud environments (GCP, AWS or OpenStack)  

Knowledge of virtualization/containerisation technologies (Docker, Singularity)  

Familiarity with provisioning frameworks (Terraform, Ansible)  

Familiarity with the Linux command line (Bash, Make)  

Additional information:

Salary: £44,890 - £53,330 (dependent on skills and experience) 

Contract: Fixed, 2 years 

Application: Apply by sending a CV and cover letter (explaining why you want to work with us in this particular role, what specific qualities you can offer and how you meet the essential skills required for the role)

Closing date: 24th May 2024

Reach out to Sendu Bala (sb10@sanger.ac.uk) for more information.

Hybrid Working at Wellcome Sanger:

We recognise that there are many benefits to Hybrid Working; including an improved work-life balance, with more focused time, as well as the ability to organise working time so that collaborative opportunities and team discussions are facilitated on campus. The hybrid working arrangement will vary for different roles and teams. The nature of your role and the type of work you do will determine if a hybrid working arrangement is possible.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

We aim to attract, recruit, retain and develop talent from the widest possible talent pool, thereby gaining insight and access to different markets to generate a greater impact on the world. We have a supportive culture with the following staff networks, LGBTQ+, Parents and Carers, Disability and Race Equity to bring people together to share experiences, offer specific support and development opportunities and raise awareness. The networks are also a place for allies to provide support to others.

We want our people to be whoever they want to be because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work. That’s why we’re committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at Sanger Institute. We will consider all individuals without discrimination and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, where everyone can thrive.

Our Benefits:

We are proud to deliver an awarding campus-wide employee wellbeing strategy and programme. The importance of good health and adopting a healthier lifestyle and the commitment to reduce work-related stress is strongly acknowledged and recognised at Sanger Institute.

Sanger Institute became a signatory of the International Technician Commitment initiative In March 2018.  The Technician Commitment aims to empower and ensure visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability for technicians working in higher education and research, across all disciplines.