Systems Implementation Consultant (1 Year FTC)

Company Description

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.

Job Description

We are currently recruiting for a Systems Implementation Consultant to join us here at Genomics England!

Working closely with the Group Product Manager, this person will contribute to the operational and strategic direction of our research service. This person will use their technical breadth to influence and shape key decisions such as “build vs buy”.

Largely, they will focus on identifying opportunities at the data level and will collaborate with data specialists to help review resources and bring new ideas to fruition. They will also be responsible for assessing new cloud based products and analytics tooling. This may include supporting discussions with vendors and third party providers.

We are looking for someone who can unpack challenges with minimal or limited information. They will need to work across different teams and squads to find solutions and support implementations.

Ideally, this person will have a background in data engineering with an understanding of public cloud and the SDLC.

The role is a 1 year fixed term contract.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and guidance to the group product manager across areas of data, cloud, and software development
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and drive solutions that align with the strategic aims of the research environment
• Provide expert guidance on architectural decisions, including build vs. buy considerations, leveraging technical prowess and industry knowledge
• Support discussion with technology vendors and third party providers to assess tooling and products against our requirements
• Utilise technical insight to influence and shape key decision regarding technology solutions and implementations

Requirements

• A track record of supporting successful technical implementations or product builds (ideally, within a research or scientific environment)
• Ability to navigate complex technical landscapes and make strategic decisions
• Strong communication skills to effectively engage with diverse stakeholders and drive consensus
• Experience working with third party technology vendors
• Ideally, a working knowledge of the following technologies: Cloud infrastructure (AWS), Serverless, ECS/ EC2, databases, application and monitoring services (DataDog), data management tools (Semarchy), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), APIs

Qualifications

Ideally, a Master’s degree or equivalent experience working in data, biostatistics, informatics or data analysis or engineering.

Additional Information

Salary from: £97,000

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

Talk to our Talent Team and find out how a career with Genomics England will benefit you.

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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 is contrary to our virtues, undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity, respect and integrity of all parties.

Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility. We expect most people to come into the office 2 times each month as a minimum. However, this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. For some people this is 1 day a quarter, for others it is several days a week. There is no expectation that staff will return to the office full time unless they want to. The exception would be some of our roles that would require you to be on site full time e.g., lab teams, reception team.

Our teams and squads have, and will continue to, reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit, beyond the minimum. Our office locations are Canary Wharf, Cambridge and Leeds.

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As part of our recruitment process, all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application, as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare.