Platform Engineer (Cyber security experience)

Genomics England
London
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Company DescriptionGenomics 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 DescriptionAs 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.  Skills and Experience for Success: 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.Hands-on experience monitoring, detecting, analysing, and investigating cyber threats.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) . QualificationsQualifications are not essential but any AWS, Terraform or Ansible Certifications are always helpful!  For this role being Certified in ‘AWS Certified Security – Specialty’ ((url removed)) would be highly desirable Additional InformationSalary from £71,000Being 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 awardsA generous pension scheme of up to 15% combined contributionLife Assurance (3 x salary)Individual learning budgets for every colleague, a Blinkist account and a wide variety of courses on our portalA wide variety of wellness benefits including Gympass, a Headspace account, free weekly Yoga classesEnhanced maternity & paternity benefitsBlended working arrangementsTalk to our Talent Team and find out how a career with Genomics England will benefit you.#LI-HybridEqual 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 is contrary to

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