SOPHiA GENETICS
We believe there is a smarter, more data-driven way to make decisions in health. As we pass 1,000,000 genomic profiles analyzed and look to the future of our platform, we are now searching for a CLOUD ARCHITECT to drive the cloud innovation. Our SaaS DATA Platform combines deep expertise in life sciences and medical disciplines with mathematical capabilities in data computing.
Our mission is to bring data analytics solutions to market, to support healthcare professionals by maximizing the power of Data-Driven Medicine. SOPHiA GENETICS (NASDAQ: SOPH) combines collective intelligence in Genomics, Radiomics, clinical research data, the DDM - Data-Driven Medicine, we can ensure that the data used to help patients today will also benefit the patients of tomorrow.
We observed that across the healthcare ecosystem, a vast amount of digital healthcare data is being generated, fueled by technologies such as next-generation sequencing ("NGS"). This data holds promise to accelerate our understanding of biology and disease.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:
We invite you to join our growing team and use your exceptional technical and leadership skills to help us deliver on our mission of democratizing Data-Driven Medicine. Our products are used by hundreds of healthcare institutions globally and provide world leading capabilities for the analysis of genomic, clinical, and imaging data.
The role is at our HQ in Saint Sulpice, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Requirements
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Technical Design and implementation activities to evolve Sophia’s cloud infrastructure solutions and services that meet the needs of our customers , engineers, data scientists and internal users to create scalable cloud architecture and services
- Technical consultant to product development teams
- Conducting solution architecture of specific modules to continuously improve and evolve the Sophia DDM Platform architecture to support additional modalities and applications
- Working with DevOps/SRE/Infra teams to Automate the cloud environment with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as a code
- Definition and implementation of security strategies and regulatory / compliance needs
- Defining cloud technologies roadmap and evolution to take advantages of continuous innovation of cloud technologies.
- Motivate and inspire the team by promoting positive communication, encouraging participation of all team members, and demonstrating flexibility
- As a Technical Lead provide leadership to a cross functional team in context of projects and initiatives
Requirements and Skills
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in computer science or a healthcare related informatics field
- 7+ years of practical hands-on experience with architecting, development, and implementation of large-scale enterprise-level solutions, including could-based solutions
- Solid knowledge of cloud foundation principles and standards; ideally, hands-on working experience with Microsoft Azure products amp; solutions. Wide-ranging experience in deploying, debugging, and managing systems in cloud environments such as Azure
- Proven experience with data warehousing and supporting business intelligence initiatives using enterprise-class databases
- Experience with key DevOps technologies in Azure, including Hybrid, Serverless, IaaS, Automation, and tools for CI/CD services.
- Strong programming skills, knowledge of programming languages, such as SQL, Python, working knowledge of DataBricks and/or Snowflake
- Strong experience with highly scalable and distributed databases and the key issues affecting their performance and reliability
- Preferred experience working with data/Big Data for healthcare including genomics, imaging and EHR
- Successful track record of delivering results on scope, on time, on budget
- Thorough Security and Data Governance experience and skills
- Knowledge of HIPPA and privacy regulations regarding patient data security and/or research related practices is a plus
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Able to work in a highly collaborative team
Benefits
- A flexible, friendly and international working environment with a collaborative atmosphere
- An exciting company mission that brings together science and technology to directly impact the lives of patients with life threatening illness.
- A fast-growing company with plenty of opportunity for personal growth and development
- A hard technical challenge to solve with exciting modern technology - cloud computing, Big Data, DevOps, machine learning
- Competit