DevOps Engineer – Galaxy on AWS for FAIR Data

Earlham Institute; Norwich; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

The Earlham Institute in Norwich, UK, invites applications for a DevOps Engineer (BioFAIR Methods Commons) to deploy and maintain the national UK Galaxy service on AWS within the Data Science Group.

You'll develop public cloud architecture, CI/CD pipelines, RESTful API support, and production observability, collaborating across the BioFAIR project. A degree in CS/SE/Bioinformatics or equivalent is required, with production-grade deployment experience. This is a full-time, 2-year contract.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Bioinformatics or related quantitative field.
• Experience deploying and administering web applications or complex multi-user platforms in production.
• Excellent communication, teamwork and organisational skills; ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, maintain and integrate the production-grade national UK Galaxy service on AWS.
• Develop skills in public cloud architecture and automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop RESTful APIs and ensure production service observability.

Skills

Public cloud architecture

CI/CD pipelines

RESTful API development

Observability

Communication

Teamwork

Organisation

Education

BSc/MSc in Computer Science or related field

Job description

The Earlham Institute in Norwich, UK, invites applications for a DevOps Engineer (BioFAIR Methods Commons) to deploy and maintain the national UK Galaxy service on AWS within the Data Science Group.

You'll develop public cloud architecture, CI/CD pipelines, RESTful API support, and production observability, collaborating across the BioFAIR project. A degree in CS/SE/Bioinformatics or equivalent is required, with production-grade deployment experience. This is a full-time, 2-year contract.