Platform Engineer

Genomics England; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Remote working abroad up to 30 days

Pension & Life Assurance

Learning budgets

Employee recognition programme

Job summary

Genomics England is seeking a Platform Engineer to join the Cloud Platform Team in a mission-critical environment. You will own and enhance AWS infrastructure, automate deployments with GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, and Ansible, and contribute to cloud governance and enablement across the organisation.

The role emphasizes scalability, security, and efficiency, with collaboration across DevOps and engineering chapters to promote best practices, coaching, and future-ready cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in Platform/Cloud Engineer or similar DevOps role.
• 2+ years with AWS.
• 2+ years using Terraform for infrastructure automation.
• Familiarity with automation tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Desirable experience in a Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE).
• Understanding of cloud governance, cost optimisation, tagging strategies, and security in multi-account AWS environments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with DevOps team to drive automation and continuous improvement.
• Provide in-hours support to Platform Engineers with day-to-day changes to codebase.
• Develop and maintain Engineering Golden Path templates for enablement.
• Own and enhance AWS-based infrastructure ensuring scalability, security, and reliability.
• Develop and optimise CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI/CD) with Terraform and Ansible.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code to automate deployments.
• Contribute to cloud governance, security, and cost policies across teams.
• Build reusable platform components, templates, and standards for application teams.

Skills

Automation

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD

Python

IaC

DevOps

Security

Cost optimisation

Education

Computer Science or Engineering degree

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Job description

This role sits in our high impact Cloud Platform Team within our Scalable Tech business service; the team currently consists of 6 to 7 Cloud Platform Engineers and forms part of our Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE). We own and operate the AWS Organisation and Landing Zone and are responsible for designing, implementing and promoting cloud best practices across our 100+ in house engineering community. Engineers in the CCoE are responsible for hands on technical, end to end delivery of platform improvements and initiatives. As a Platform Engineer in the team, you will also be expected to contribute to the Engineering Chapter through enablement, coaching and strategy, working closely with your team and the wider engineering community across the business to help Genomics England build a future-ready cloud platform that will stand the test of time. This is an engineering role in a truly mission-critical environment, ensuring our platforms are scalable, secure, and efficient. From fine-tuning CI/CD pipelines to proactively automating solutions, your knowledge and expertise will really shape the future of our technology; we believe strongly in empowering engineers, fostering an inclusive culture, and giving you the autonomy to make a real impact. Everyday responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with a supportive DevOps team to drive automation, efficiency, and continuous improvement.
• Provide in-hours support to fellow Platform Engineers with day-to-day changes to our codebase.
• Develop and maintain Engineering Golden Path templates and contribute to engineering enablement across the wider organisation.
• Own and enhance cloud-based infrastructure on AWS, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability.
• Develop, maintain, and optimise CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, alongside Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure automation.
• 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 organisation 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.Minimum 2 years' experience as a Platform Engineer, Cloud Engineer or similar role within a DevOps environment.
• A minimum of 2 years' commercial experience with AWS. Relevant certifications would be an advantage.
• A minimum of 2 years' experience with Terraform for infrastructure automation.
• Familiarity with automation tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Desirable experience working within an organisation with a Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE).
• Understanding of cloud governance principles, including cost optimisation, tagging strategies, and security best practices in multi-account AWS environments.
• An interest in enabling and mentoring application teams in cloud best practices, promoting a self-service model while maintaining architectural and operational standards.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, particularly GitLab CI/CD, and DevOps best practices.
• Proficiency in scripting, including Python, alongside Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices to automate deployments, optimise infrastructure and support CI/CD pipelines.
• Qualifications are not mandatory. However, AWS, Terraform or automation certifications are welcomed and would be considered an advantage.
• Computer Science or Relevant Engineering Degree as a recent Graduate would also be beneficial (though not a requirement)
• Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we're continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including:
• Generous Leave: 30 days' holiday, plus bank holidays, plus additional leave for long service, and also 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 (3x 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.

If you have at least 2 years' solid commercial experience as a Platform Engineer, building and improving complex cloud platforms, and you're passionate about AWS, automation and engineering best practice, we'd love to hear from you. Join Genomics England and help shape the cloud platforms that are powering the future of genomic healthcare!

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 Culture | Genomics England, 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 2 times 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. Our office locations are: Canary Wharf, Cambridge and Leeds.

Equal opportunities and our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background. Genomics England's policies of non-discrimination and equity and 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 to be flexible with our interview processes. Should you require any adjustments that may help you to fully participate in the recruitment process, we encourage you to discuss this with us.