Technical lead (Lab Automation & Operations)

  • Remote

Cosmic-IT Informatics

Job Description:
Technical lead for Lab Automation and Operations team whose focus is on digitizing and automating the R & D laboratory environment – including the associated system, data and process landscape.

The fully integrated digital lab will increase lab work efficiency throughout planning and execution of experiments. A one-stop-shop enables to schedule, track and remote control lab instruments, order materials and retrieve inventory status. A high level of integration leads to automatisation and predictability of lab infrastructure & services and various aspects of lab management. Ultimately it allows scientists to put their focus on their core work.

Responsibilities:
● Responsible for the technical management of software projects / cloud-based applications (ensure successful delivery, interact with DevOps, Development Team, Validation Lead ..etc)
● Interface between business and IT or development team (participate in Business Analysis, Technical PI Planning, coordinate estimations of features ..etc)
● Interface between architecture team and development team and responsible for ensuring NFR requirements are met and documented
○ Ensure technical designs are documented and reviewed
○ Contribute to the technical decision-making process, considering factors such as scalability, flexibility, and reusability.
○ Ensure Security & Compliance, quality code (Enforce Code reviews and using tools to scan the code) etc
● Responsible for Technical artifacts and documents (approving or creating)
○ Architecture and solution documentation (e.g. C4 Model, Architecture Decision Records, Tech Design specification, Interface specifications)
○ Collaborate with Validation lead to approve for CSV projects

Skills:
● Understanding of software development life cycle and SAFE methodology
● Understanding of agile working methods (including DevOps know-how / management of CI/CD pipelines, etc.) to ensure the delivery reliability and quality of the technical teams and releases.
● Strong stakeholder management (management/combination of different technical & cross-functional teams) including ability to interact with business stakeholders
● Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
● Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
● Excellent problem-solving and technical skills (need to be able to do hands-on fullstack dev occasionally)
● Industry and regulatory know-how a strong plus

Technical Skills
● Infrastructure:
○ AWS Serverless Architecture (SNS, SQS, DynamoDB, Containers, lambda, S3)
○ Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
○ Understanding of monitoring and logging tools as AWS CloudWatch, XRay & Splunk
● Frontend
○ React and/or next.js mandatory
○ AWS Amplify, AppSync GraphQL Server
● Databases and integration
○ Relational and non relational Databases (SQL, Document DB)
○ Data Lake and columnar DB (S3, Snowflake)
○ ETL tools, Rest API (AWS or Mulesoft)
● Software Lifecycle:
○ SonarQube scanning
○ GitLab enterprise

To apply for this job email your details to cv@cosmic-it.com

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