Platform Engineer: AWS, Terraform, CI/CD & IaC

Genomics England; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 66,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote/hybrid working options

Flexible leave

Learning & development budgets

Pension & Life Assurance

Job summary

Genomics England is a global leader in enabling genomic medicine and research, supporting the NHS’s national whole genome sequencing service and the National Genomic Research Library.

We collaborate with a DevOps team to automate, scale and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS, maintain CI/CD pipelines, and enforce governance across teams. The role focuses on tooling, automation, and platform reliability in a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' experience as Platform/Cloud Engineer in a DevOps environment.
• At least 2 years' experience with AWS.
• At least 2 years' experience with Terraform for infrastructure automation.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD and IaC practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a DevOps team to drive automation and continuous improvement.
• Provide in-hours support for Platform Engineers and day-to-day codebase changes.
• Develop and maintain engineering Golden Path templates and enablement.
• Own and enhance AWS cloud infrastructure for scalability, security and reliability.
• Develop, maintain and optimise CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, Terraform and Ansible.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code to automate deployments and reduce manual effort.
• Contribute to cloud governance, cost management and security policies across teams.
• Build reusable platform components and standards to accelerate delivery.
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot platform issues to minimise downtime.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

Python scripting

IaC

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Job description

Genomics England is a global leader in enabling genomic medicine and research, supporting the NHS’s national whole genome sequencing service and the National Genomic Research Library.

We collaborate with a DevOps team to automate, scale and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS, maintain CI/CD pipelines, and enforce governance across teams. The role focuses on tooling, automation, and platform reliability in a hybrid working environment.