Data Platform Engineer

About us…  

The Francis Crick Institute is Europe’s largest biomedical research institute under one roof. Our world-class scientists and staff collaborate on vital research to help prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, infectious diseases and neurodegenerative conditions. 

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About the role… 

The focuses of this role will be the management and optimisation of the trusted research environments (TRE), Trellis, the Crick data platform to support the development and utilisation of the Crick data platform and the associated processes (backup, recovery, archive, performance optimisation, feed monitoring, etc) to help us meet our world-class aspirations. You will be using platforms such as Snowflake, ServiceNow as well as scripting. You will also have the opportunities to expand in other projects, which is why knowledge of programming in Python, and database technology (relational or NoSQL) will be key.

You will be joining a skilled team of diversely experienced staff, the collaborative nature of the Crick, will give you an opportunity to tap into the wider team expertise across department and develop your own skillset.

What you will be doing… 

As a Data Platform Engineer at the Crick, you will: 

As a Data platform engineer at the Crick, you will: 

• Working on the Trusted Research Environment, TRELLIS, on process improvement, implementation and ongoing onboarding of new projects using this service.
• Contributes to the infrastructure for all data transfer tools within the system administration team, includes experiences with but not limited to Lambda function, GitHub actions and snowflake services.
• Contributes to the delivery of new and enhanced infrastructure services and service component, including working with small teams to deliver technical evaluation, proof of concept demonstrations, acceptance testing and user- and process-focused deliverables.
• Transform, cleanse, and target data for immediate consumption by business intelligence and advanced analytics solutions and support the migration of specialist prototype data solutions into production quality services for the Crick.
• Integrate pipelines with both internal and external APIs and platforms, with varying complexity and requirements.

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About Working at the Crick… 

Our values  

• We are bold. We make space for creative, dynamic and imaginative ideas and approaches. We’re not afraid to do things differently. 
• We are open. We’re highly collaborative and interactive, and make sure our activities are visible to the outside world. 
• We are collegial. We show respect for one another, work cooperatively and support the wider community. 

At the Crick, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential to driving innovation and scientific discovery. If you need assistance with your application, please contact weronika.kucala@crick.ac.uk

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What will you receive?  

We value our team members and are proud to offer an extensive range of benefits to support their well-being and development. You can find out more about what we offer here.

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