DevOps Engineer - Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics

Job No: GC299
Location: Darlinghurst

At Garvan our research is focused upon understanding the role of genes and molecular and cellular processes in health and disease as the basis for developing future preventions, treatments and cures. Our scientists are researchers who work towards making significant breakthroughs in scientific discovery to positively impact human health.

Our engineers are no different. Like the scientists at Garvan, our engineers are researchers and developers. They are experts in computer science with a passion for discovery and innovation coupled with curious and inquisitive minds – not just code writers.

 

The opportunity:

This opportunity is for a talented and motivated DevOps engineer with a strong background in computer science and excellent automation skills to join KCCG’s software development team. The role of the DevOps Engineer is to manage the ecosystem of virtual machines that support KCCG’s software development ((Dev, UAT, Staging, Production) environments.

 

Required Skills and Experience

  • A degree in computer engineering, or related discipline.
  • Systems administration experience
  • Experience with testing frameworks across languages including unit, integration and acceptance testing.
  • Experience with automation frameworks (example: puppet or chef)
  • Experience with source code management tools (git preferable)
  • Experience with large scale data storage, using both SQL and NoSQL variants

The Institute

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research, renowned for innovation and excellence, is building its next generation data analysis infrastructure to unlock the secrets of the genome and ultimately transform health care. Garvan’s genome factory sequences 150 Human Genomes every 3 days (18000 genomes per year), and at over 100 Gigabytes per genome we annually generate more than 1.5 Petabytes of raw data that needs to be analysed by data scientists.

How to apply:

Please submit your application by visiting our career site: www.garvan.org.au/careers.

In addition to your CV and cover letter please also attach relevant qualifications.

Closing date: 8 July 2016

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