Platform Engineer

Genomics England; Kippax; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare technology provider in Kippax is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to innovate cloud infrastructure using AWS. The role involves collaborating with a DevOps team to enhance automation, manage CI/CD pipelines, and implement Infrastructure as Code. Candidates should possess strong AWS and Terraform skills, with the ability to mentor others in cloud best practices. The position offers a blended working model, competitive salary starting from £76,500, and generous benefits, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment.

Benefits

30 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Enhanced family leave benefits

Defined contribution pension scheme

Subsidised gym membership

Individual learning budgets

Qualifications

• Experience with cloud governance principles and multi-account AWS environments.
• Strong understanding of automation tools like Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Experience mentoring teams in cloud best practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a DevOps team to enhance automation and efficiency.
• Own and improve AWS-based infrastructure for scalability and security.
• Troubleshoot and debug platform issues to ensure seamless operations.

Skills

Experience with AWS

Terraform knowledge

Experience with CI/CD pipelines

Scripting proficiency

Education

AWS Certification (desirable)

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Are you passionate about automation, cloud technology, and solving complex engineering challenges? As a Senior Platform Engineer at Genomics England, you'll have the opportunity to design, build, and optimise innovative cloud infrastructure using AWS and the latest automation tools. You won't just maintain systems - you'll innovate, collaborate, and drive meaningful change! In this role, you'll work in a high-impact environment, ensuring our platforms are scalable, secure, and efficient. From fine‑tuning CI / CD pipelines to proactively automating solutions, your expertise will shape the future of our technology. We believe in empowering engineers, fostering an inclusive culture, and giving you the autonomy to make a real impact.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a supportive DevOps team to drive automation, efficiency, and continuous improvement.
• Own and enhance cloud‑based infrastructure on AWS, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability.
• Develop, maintain, and optimise CI / CD pipelines using Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, and GitLab CI / CD.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate deployments and reduce manual effort.
• Contribute to the development and enforcement of cloud governance frameworks, including security, cost management, and compliance policies across teams.
• Support the wider organization in cloud adoption by building reusable platform components, templates, and standards that accelerate application team delivery while maintaining platform consistency.
• Proactively monitor system performance, identify potential issues, and introduce automation for resilience.
• Troubleshoot and debug platform issues, ensuring seamless operations and minimal downtime.
• Influence engineering decisions in a collaborative and inclusive environment that values diverse perspectives.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS, with certifications being a plus.
• Strong knowledge of Terraform for infrastructure automation.
• Familiarity with automation tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Desirable experience working within organisations with a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE).
• Strong understanding of cloud governance principles, including cost optimisation, tagging strategies, and security best practices in multi‑account AWS environments.
• Experience enabling and mentoring application teams in cloud best practices, promoting a self‑service model while maintaining architectural and operational standards.
• Hands‑on experience with CI / CD pipelines and DevOps best practices.
• Proficiency in scripting and working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Experience collaborating in a DevOps or squad‑based culture.

Qualifications are not mandatory; however, AWS, Terraform, or Automation certifications are welcome and highly beneficial.

Genomics England partners with the NHS to provide whole genome sequencing diagnostics. We also equip researchers to find the causes of disease and develop new treatments— with patients and participants at the heart of it all. Our mission is to continue refining, scaling, and evolving our ability to enable others to deliver genomic healthcare and conduct genomic research. We are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government, and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody.

Equal Opportunities

Genomics England's policies of non‑discrimination and equity will be applied fairly to all people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being pregnant or recently becoming a parent, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, whether full or part‑time or employed under a permanent or a fixed‑term contract or any other relevant factor. Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity, respect and integrity of all parties. Our People policies outline our commitment to inclusivity. We aim to remove barriers in our recruitment processes and be flexible with our interview processes. Should you require any adjustments that may help you fully participate in the recruitment process, we encourage you to discuss this with us.

Culture

We have four key behaviours that represent what we would like Genomics England to feel like and the culture we want to encourage, in order for us to achieve our mission. These behaviours help us all work well together, deliver on our outcomes, celebrate our successes and share feedback with each other. You can read about these and other aspects of our culture here.

Blended Working Model

Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility that hybrid working can bring. We expect most people to come into the office a minimum of twice each month. However, this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. There is no expectation that people will return to the office full time unless they want to, however, some of our roles require full‑time on‑site attendance, e.g., lab teams, reception team.

Salary and Benefits

Salary From: £76,500

• Generous Leave: 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays, additional leave for long service, and the option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually (approval required).
• Family‑Friendly: Blended working arrangements, flexible working, enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave benefits.
• Pension & Financial: Defined contribution pension (Genomics England double‑matches up to 10%, however you can contribute more if you wish), Life Assurance (3× salary), and a Give As You Earn scheme.
• Learning & Development: Individual learning budgets, support for training and certifications, and reimbursement for one annual professional subscription (approval required).
• Recognition & Rewards: Employee recognition programme and referral scheme.
• Health & Wellbeing: Subsidised gym membership, a free Headspace account, and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, eye tests, flu jabs.