DevSecOps Engineer - Pathogen

CompanyEllison Institute of Technology Oxford

LocationOxford, England, United Kingdom

Posted At1/19/2026

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Description

At the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), we're on a mission to translate scientific discovery into real world impact. We bring together visionary scientists, technologists, policy makers, and entrepreneurs to tackle humanity's greatest challenges in four transformative areas:

Health, Medical Science & Generative Biology
Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture
Climate Change & Managing CO₂
Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

This is ambitious work - work that demands curiosity, courage, and a relentless drive to make a difference. At EIT, you'll join a community built on excellence, innovation, tenacity, trust, and collaboration, where bold ideas become real-world breakthroughs. Together, we push boundaries, embrace complexity, and create solutions to scale ideas from lab to society. Explore more at www.eit.org.

Welcome to the Pathogen Project:

Within this ecosystem, the Pathogen Project exemplifies EIT's dedication to ground-breaking science. It seeks to transform pathogen risk management, detection and response by leveraging Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)-based metagenomic and pathogen-specific analytical tools. The goal is to power metagenomic devices using long-read sequencing technologies by building a comprehensive database of pathogen information to inform response. Enabled by Oracle Inc.'s cloud-computing scale and security, the Pathogen Project is advancing toward certified diagnostic tools for deployment in laboratories, hospitals, and public health organisations worldwide.

Your Role:

At EIT we are seeking an experienced and detailed orientated DevSecOps Engineer to join the Pathogen Programme. This is an excellent opportunity to help build a secure, automated data platform that supports critical research. In this role, you'll focus on automation across the development lifecycle, enabling engineers and bioinformaticians to deploy data pipelines and product features efficiently.

You will design and maintain infrastructure, create secure automation pipelines, manage cloud environments, and ensure compliance. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you'll help deliver solutions that are reliable, scalable, and secure.

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain secure cloud infrastructure using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions with tools such as Terraform, ensuring secure and repeatable deployments
Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines with automated security testing, deployment, and monitoring
Ensure all components of the data platform—OCI infrastructure, data ingest pipelines, tool deployments, access controls, and monitoring tools—are developed, tested, and deployed using automated best practices

Collaborate with bioinformaticians to ensure pipelines are secure by design, version-controlled, and deployed through automated processes

Work closely with engineering teams to integrate security throughout feature development and deployment

Automate vulnerability assessments to identify and mitigate risks across systems and environments

Partner with the security function to embed best practices into new and existing features

Ensure compliance with security standards and regulations (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC2)

Implement monitoring solutions to detect and respond to security incidents in real time

Perform root cause analysis and troubleshoot infrastructure and security issues in production

Collaborate with technical leads to continuously improve security processes and workflows

Requirements

Essential Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Strong hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, ideally Oracle Cloud, including provisioning, configuration, and service management
Proficiency in Terraform or similar infrastructure automation tools
Experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions) with automated security testing

In-depth knowledge of containerization technologies (e.g., Docker) and orchestration tools like Kubernetes

Solid understanding of cloud security best practices, including IAM, network security, and encryption

Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)

Proficiency with Git or other version control systems

Desirable Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Certifications in Oracle Cloud (OCI) or other platforms (AWS, GCP)
Hands-on experience with security tools (e.g., OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite)
Familiarity with project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence)
Knowledge of compliance frameworks and standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, ISO27001, ISO13485)
Previous experience in start-up or scale-up environments

Key Attributes

Strong collaboration and communication skills
Willingness to learn and upskill in new technologies
Hands-on approach to exploring new tools and developing POCs
Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a critical approach to security challenges
Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Attention to detail and commitment to security and quality assurance

Flexibility to adapt and contribute to a rapidly scaling organisation

Benefits

We offer the following benefits:

Enhanced holiday pay
Pension
Life Assurance
Income Protection
Private Medical Insurance
Hospital Cash Plan
Therapy Services
Perk Box
Electrical Car Scheme

Working Together - What It Involves:

You must have the right to work permanently in the UK with a willingness to travel as necessary. In certain cases, we can consider sponsorship, and this will be assessed on a case-by-case basis
You will live in, or within easy commuting distance of, Oxford (or be willing to relocate)