Genomics AWS Solution Architect – Secure & Scalable Systems

Genomics England; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday

Hybrid working model

Learning budgets & certifications

Pension & Life Assurance

Health & Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Genomics England is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to lead AWS-based architecture across Use Research Data platforms. You will balance long-term technical direction with practical delivery, shaping roadmaps and guiding teams through secure, scalable solutions for genomic data use and processing.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, science, data and security colleagues to translate complex research needs into robust options, ensuring governance and security requirements are

Qualifications

• Experience designing solutions in AWS environments at scale.
• Ability to balance long-term technical direction with delivery.
• Experience contributing to architecture governance forums.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and design of solutions within the Use Research Data service, ensuring secure, scalable, resilient outcomes.
• Architect solutions across application, data, infrastructure, integration and security domains.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, scientists, data specialists and security teams to translate problems into effective options.
• Shape technical roadmaps balancing immediate delivery with long-term direction.
• Document architectures and decisions for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provide architectural oversight from discovery to live service and contribute to governance forums.

Skills

AWS architecture

Security by design

Data governance

TOGAF

Architecture governance

DevOps CI/CD

Stakeholder collaboration

Documentation

Education

Postgraduate qualification in genomics or bioinformatics

Tools

Abacus

Nextflow

Job description

Genomics England is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to lead AWS-based architecture across Use Research Data platforms. You will balance long-term technical direction with practical delivery, shaping roadmaps and guiding teams through secure, scalable solutions for genomic data use and processing.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, science, data and security colleagues to translate complex research needs into robust options, ensuring governance and security requirements are