DevOps Engineer

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Job date: 2017-08-21
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Company : Roche 

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Role : Technician 


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Job Description:
Ask yourself: Do you want to work on another “me too” app, ad-tech system, ecommerce platform, or would you rather build products scientists and others in the life sciences will use to diagnose, find treatments, and eventually beat diseases like cancer? Our team builds the highly scalable, reliable software and secure systems for better diagnostics.

This is truly disruptive. Get off the sidelines and into the game. #Code2Cure

In this role your voice will be heard and you’ll be the specialist for mission-critical decisions. You will be the defender of excellence in implementation/improvement of software development practices, release management methodologies and software deployment strategies, optimizing and fine tuning for best 'uptime' and performance.

How you will spend your time:

  • Deploying Bina’s product on customer sites or on the cloud (AWS).
  • Manage all managed services, things like managing github, amazon, building stuff around it that makes it more consistent and less manual – more automated.
  • Building monitoring tools for things we use internally or are putting out in the field.
  • Monitor performance characteristics on a regular basis and implement configuration change that provides consistent performance with an eye for scale.
  • Developing deployment and monitoring tools to improve the product maintainability and reliability.
  • Escalating customer’s technical product issues to the engineering team for troubleshooting and resolution.
  • Participating in product design and development, customer training, support, and sales activities as needed.
Experience and skills you will need:
  • Are you a Generalist to an extreme? Yes? This is ideal.
  • Is this personal to you? Because you will need passion to learn fast and embrace the opportunity to build superb software products for genome and cancer analysis.
  • You will need to understand programming and be able to think like a developer. WWADD? (what would a developer do?) ...At the same time you will need to do a fair amount of what is generally considered to be IT and SysAdmin, debug network issues, storage issues, operating systems – and be moderately advanced across all three systems.
  • Fluency at system-level with mainstream Linux distributions (Debian or Ubuntu preferred). Ability to script in your sleep in at least one scripting/software language (Bash, Python, perl, Java).
  • Solid understanding of networking fundamentals gained through hands management of network, server, storage and operating systems.
  • Veteran level expertise with Amazon cloud (AWS) environment, utilities, and tools.
  • Solid experience working with complex software products like databases, application servers, distributed systems, etc., with the ability to read logs and troubleshoot issues.
  • Highly motivated with the ability to work independently and in a team environment.
  • 1-6+ years in Systems Engineering/DevOps role
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field


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Additional Info:
Next-gen genomic sequencing is a new frontier. The complexity and sheer size of the data in the life sciences will make astronomical data problems look modest. Bina has been acquired by Roche Sequencing, and we are not only changing science, but we are changing lives.

Our software teams are laying the groundwork for the future by developing powerful bioinformatics algorithms, data analysis tools, and software/systems infrastructures so researchers can develop better diagnostics faster. The path to curing cancer lies in ones and zeros.

About Us:

We code to cure! Bina Technologies is now part of Roche Sequencing, and together we are using our passion for improving lives by accelerating the science of personalized medicine. We are changing science and changing lives. In our team, you will find Life Science meets Computer Science.

Being part of the Roche Sequencing team will take us beyond working on just one product in the genomic sequencing lifecycle, unleashing us to work across the spectrum. Same great dedication and determination to build the software and systems to empower better diagnostics, but with a lot more horsepower and industry recognition.

Read on, for more reasons to consider joining our mission to #Code2Cure

The science of interpreting the human genome is an exciting work in progress. Next-generation sequencing and genomic technologies are providing us with unprecedented visibility into the origins of health and disease. However, the main challenge is enabling the analysis and management of massive datasets being produced by scientists and researchers around the world.

Data Realities:

  • Genomic industry data is doubling every seven months. – 2X as fast as Moore’s law for transistor density.
  • Over 3 years, a full operating sequencing cluster generates over 6 petabytes of data. That’s six hundred times larger than the data generated over 3 years on YouTube.
  • We’re talking about exabytes (1018) of raw, unprocessed, sequence data in a few years.
  • From a tech-perspective, the genomics world is really behind computer science, but it means we have this opportunity to leap years ahead – not just make incremental changes.
We are dedicated to tackling this challenge every day. We know the ability to analyze and manage these datasets will revolutionize how we diagnose disease, develop drugs, and treat patients, especially in complex cases such as cancer.

Watch our code2cure meetup presentation and slide deck here

With a strong interdisciplinary knowledge in science and technology, we are elevating the speed and quality of genomic analysis, bringing us one step closer to solutions that will change and save lives.

Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Bina Technologies was recently acquired by Hoffmann-La Roche and now is part of Roche Sequencing.

Why work with us?

Because you want to make your mark in this world, are relentless in the pursuit of excellence and you are ready to code to cure.

CEO Presentation

Culture – What’s important to us, and ideally to you:

  • People First: Create an environment of trust and respect.
  • Own It: Take accountability to drive quality results.
  • Speak Up: Actively speak up, listen, and encourage open dialogue.
  • Innovate Now: Seek new ideas and embrace our diverse strengths.
  • Succeed as One: Actively collaborate to achieve our common goal.
Roche Sequencing is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, veteran status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status or disability (in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act) with respect to employment opportunities.

Outside Recruiters: Please do not contact Roche Sequencing employees with unsolicited resumes. Any resume sent by an outside agency without an explicit signed Bina generated agency agreement in place will be considered unsolicited and will not be eligible for payment.

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