Senior IT Cloud Lead, NIHR BioResource for Translational Research

Do you have great IT and communication skills? Interested in a role which is contributing to changing lives for the better? Looking for your next challenge?

We are recruiting a Senior IT Cloud Lead who can work with key 3rd party vendors to ensure that the Bioresource IT infrastructure implements current best practice in cloud network architecture including site to site VPN's. You will need to be highly proactive, persuasive and enthusiastic as well as experienced in delivering enterprise infrastructure projects including migration of business-critical systems to succeed in this role.

About NIHR BioResource:

Our mission is to facilitate human health research and its transformation into medical practice.

NIHR BioResource is a unique and powerful resource for studying disease mechanisms and for investigating the links between genes, the environment, health and disease, enabling scientific discoveries as well as facilitating translational medicine for the benefit of patients.

Further details on the NIHR BioResource, including some of our COVID-19 research studies, can be found on our website https://bioresource.nihr.ac.uk.

About the job:

The Senior IT Cloud Lead plays a key role in designing, building, testing, documenting and maintaining NIHR BioResource cloud infrastructure which will deliver robust, secure and efficient IT operations to NIHR BioResource.  Working alongside an AWS SME and technical partners they will be responsible for providing solutions in MS Azure and AWS.

The role holder will take responsibility for developing and establishing processes to maintain the NIHR Bioresource MS 365 tenancy and Azure subscriptions, ensuring the business has the functionality it requires whilst ensuring security principles are not compromised on a tenancy holding patient related data.

The role holder will also be required use their technical expertise in Microsoft cloud technologies to ensure any data stored or processed in MS cloud and AWS is done so in a robust, secure and cost-effective manner.

About you:

Ideally you will have:

• Experience managing Cloud storage solutions
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server platform
• Strong ability to build relationships at all levels of the organisation

What we offer:

The University offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, family friendly policies, an attractive pension scheme (employer's contribution is up to 14.5%) and 41 days' annual holiday (inclusive of public holidays). We encourage career development by providing extensive training & development opportunities.

This appointment is full-time, 37 hours per week; part-time to 80% will be considered. Work life balance is important, and we are open to discussion on flexible working, including hybrid working.

Our offices are on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus CB2 0QQ. 

The post is available on a fixed-term basis until 31 March 2029 in the first instance. NIHR BioResource is funded by the National Institute for Health & Care Research (NIHR) on a 5-year funding cycle.

Please ensure that you upload a covering letter and a CV in the Upload section of the online application. The covering letter should outline how you match the criteria for the post and why you are applying for this role. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.

Please include details of your referees, including email address and phone number, one of which must be your most recent line manager.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

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