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Job overview

Research Infrastructure Developer
The GOSH DRIVE Team is looking for someone to build, configure, and support our research computing infrastructure. At the moment this consists of a small on-premise cluster, managed research platforms provided by some of our partners, and an experimental project with a major cloud vendor. We hope this new role will accelerate our use of those existing tools as well as pioneering the addition of new hardware (e.g. specialised GPU boxes) and cloud resources. Working in a modern dev-ops style you will use Ansible, Terraform, containerisation etc. to set up repeatable processes for deployment and monitoring while working with GOSH ICT and third-party vendors to keep development environments, research data flows, and machine learning pipelines running; constantly improving; and contributing to saving the lives of sick children in our hospital and beyond.

No previous experience in research or healthcare is necessary, please apply if you have some of the above technical skills and would like to collaborate closely with clinicians and data scientists to raise the standard of data use in the NHS.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) is an international centre of excellence in child healthcare. Together with our research partner, the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, we form the UK’s only academic Biomedical Research Centre specialising in paediatrics.

Main duties of the job

Since its formation in 1852, the hospital has been dedicated to children’s healthcare and to finding new and better ways to treat childhood illnesses.

The Great Ormond Street Hospital Data Research, Innovation and Virtual 
Environments (DRIVE) Team was created to raise the standard of patient care using technology. Through our Digital Research Environment (DRE) we supply data for research, clinical audit and operational projects while strategising for the most effective, safest deployment of the newest tools.

Please contact Daniel Key, DRE Senior Data Engineer ([email protected]) if you have any questions or would like to talk about the role

Working for our organisation

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.
We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.