Platform Engineer (Cyber security experience)

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How often should we send you updates? Can we contact you from time-to-time about other items related to careers at Genomics England?, As a Platform Engineer (Security) within the Cyber Security squad, you will contribute to the standardisation of security best practices across Genomics England, using Automation and Configuration as Code to achieve this. Working closely with our Platform Engineers and Solution Architects, you will ensure the fast, smooth rollout of new designs and products, as well as assist with the deployment and maintenance of new security tools. You will also be responsible for automating security processes and ensuring AWS best practices are upheld across the Engineering Chapter ensuring AWS best practice throughout the Engineering Chapter.


• AWS Security Services (AWS Config, AWS Inspector, AWS Security Hub, AWS Guard Duty, AWS CloudTrail).
• Experience managing, building, and operation 3rd Party Security Software including: DarkTrace, CrowdStrike, CloudFlare.
• Knowledge of Terraform & Ansible.
• Experience with CI / CD - ideally GitLab CI.
• Previous experience working in a DevOps / Squad Culture.
• Good Scripting skills - Language here is not important but what is important is that candidates are comfortable with writing AWS Lambda's in a language of their choosing (i.e. Python or other) ., Qualifications are not essential but any AWS, Terraform or Ansible Certifications are always helpful!
For this role being Certified in 'AWS Certified Security - Specialty' (https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-security-specialty) would be highly desirable

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.

Salary from £71,000 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:
• 30 days' holiday (plus bank holidays), with additional days for long service awards
• A generous pension scheme of up to 15% combined contribution
• Life Assurance (3 x salary)
• Individual learning budgets for every colleague, a Blinkist account and a wide variety of courses on our portal
• A wide variety of wellness benefits including Gympass, a Headspace account, free weekly Yoga classes
• Enhanced maternity & paternity benefits
• Blended working arrangements
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