Precision Medicine – Lead Cloud Engineer
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. We are now recruiting a Lead Cloud Engineer into a new role to help maintain, operate and scale the cloud infrastructure that will support the Barts Health Data Platform where data is both transformed for research and analysed by user projects within a Secure Data Environment (SDE). This is a role that will expose you to world-leading research relating to patient and health care data - implementing the NHS goal of using data to save lives. The Lead Cloud Engineer will be part of the Precision Medicine team within Informatics, helping to support researchers and clinicians to develop and implement exciting data analysis projects to personalise the treatment of patients.
Main duties of the job
We are being funded initially by Barts Charity to establish a precision medicine programme which will unleash the full research potential of NHS patient data while ensuring it is accessed responsibly, legally and ethically - with patient engagement from the outset.
We are using modern cloud technology to build the Barts Health Data Platform and its 'Secure Data Environment' (SDE) containing Barts Health patient data that complies with all necessary security and governance requirements. The SDE will need to be adaptable and usable for a range of different users supporting a range of analysis activities. The main duties of the Lead Cloud Engineer are to identify, investigate, implement and manage the cloud computing services and data management systems that comprise the SDE. In addition, the Lead Cloud Engineer will plan, design and organize customizations of the SDE for researchers and clinicians to support approved projects by working with teams of contractors. You will be continually evaluating the suitability and integrating open-source software and services into the SDE as required while ensuring the security of patient data.
Person Specification
Experience
* Substantial experience in leading the analysis of different complex technical/architectural solutions around unique cloud deployments.
* Experience in communicating complex technical solutions relating to securing sensitive patient data.
* Experience in adapting or formulating new technical strategies and policies.
* Experience in taking technical leadership around delivering a data and compute infrastructure on a public cloud provider.
* Experience in managing development projects of new custom services of at least £1M.
* Experience of monitoring, managing and optimising the costs incurred by different workloads in public clouds.
* Experience in leading discussions with end-users to understand and deliver on their requirements.
* Experience in establishing networking environments and monitoring cloud security.
* Experience of managing direct reports and working collaboratively with distributed technical teams.
* Experience in leading technical work within a team.
* Experience in developing and delivering technical training.
* Experience in leading architectural cloud design processes.
* Experience in interpreting complex policies into clear operational processes.
* Experience in using an agile methodology to deliver projects.
* Demonstrable scripting or programming skills (e.g., Python, BASH, Terraform, GitHub).
* Ability to use continuous integration and distribution pipelines (DevOps).
* Ability to code, deploy and debug complex software and infrastructure environments.
* Demonstrated ability to assimilate new ideas and work with problem owners.
* Experience in assembling long-term strategic technology plans for an IT service.
* Demonstrable experience of leading one's own work.
* Translating the requirements of NHS and ISO security practices into IT practices.
* Experience of working within a research organisation.
* Experience with utilizing high performance computing or other specialized compute resources.
* Experience with cloud-based analysis environments.
* Experience in handling healthcare datasets.
* Experience of working in technology-reliant organization through the process of change.
* Experience in API design and usage.
* Experience in open-source projects and development models.
* Experience with the Azure TRE or equivalent systems.
* Experience of working with external contractors, service providers or consultants.
Skills
* High level interpersonal and organization skills.
* Ability to analyze and interpret complex information and produce regular reports.
* Ability to lead in the development of technical design proposals.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Able to present complex or technical information clearly.
* Be an effective team player while being able to engage and lead technical teams.
* Able to support the researchers and clinicians.
* Ability to work with users to understand their complex IT needs.
* Ability to rapidly develop strong working relationships.
* Self-motivated, hardworking and able to organise tasks within a team.
* Willingness to work flexibly to achieve project demands.
* Able to use tools and applications in Windows and UNIX/Linux environments.
* Official certification or thorough knowledge of Cyber Essentials and ISO standards.
Knowledge
* Highly developed enterprise architecture and cloud architecture framework knowledge.
* Technical understanding of key scripting languages, cloud networking, data storage, security.
* Aptitude to design technical/security solutions.
* Understanding of digital health innovations.
* Awareness of emerging technologies and potential implications on business objectives.
Qualifications
* A university Masters qualification in Computer Science or a related subject or equivalent experience.
* Professional cloud and training certifications in Azure or equivalent public cloud provider.
* A postgraduate qualification in Computer Science or equivalent experience, ideally involving cloud computing.
Other
* Willingness to work occasionally outside normal hours to meet deadlines.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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