“RESEARCH FOR A LIFE WITHOUT CANCER” IS OUR MISSION AT THE GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER. WE INVESTIGATE HOW CANCER DEVELOPS, IDENTIFY CANCER RISK FACTORS AND LOOK FOR NEW CANCER PREVENTION STRATEGIES. WE DEVELOP NEW METHODS WITH WHICH TUMORS CAN BE DIAGNOSED MORE PRECISELY AND CANCER PATIENTS CAN BE TREATED MORE SUCCESSFULLY. EVERY CONTRIBUTION COUNTS – WHETHER IN RESEARCH, ADMINISTRATION OR INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS IS WHAT MAKES OUR DAILY WORK SO MEANINGFUL AND EXCITING.

The German Cancer Research Center is the largest biomedical research institution in Germany. With more than 3,000 employees, we operate an extensive scientific program in the field of cancer research. Since 2020, the DKFZ together with other academic institutions across Germany has been operating the German Human Genome-Phenome Archive (GHGA) as part of the national program for research data infrastructures (NFDI). GHGA acts as a national node within the federated European Genome-Phenome Archive and the European Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI). Since 2025, GHGA data hubs also act as genome data centers within the German national sequencing program genomDE, making GHGA the largest research data infrastructure dedicated to genome research.
In order to develop the GHGA software platform into a state-of-the-art infrastructure for the secure exchange of genome data, we are seeking for the next possible date a

YOUR TASKS

As DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for managing the GHGA cloud infrastructure, developing and maintaining genomics and health web services following the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) standards, and integrating them with our national and international partners. The role will involve close cooperation with other partners in the GHGA network, as well as international networks and initiatives.

YOUR TASKS IN DETAIL:

• Design and manage deployments on Kubernetes clusters within our internal cloud infrastructure
• Develop and maintain state-of-the-art/modern FastAPI-based microservices, ensuring automated and reliable deployment using Helm charts
• Integrate API and metadata services for global European biomedical networks
• Learn, follow and contribute to global GA4GH standards like DRS (Data Repository Service), Beacon, LS AAI (Life Sciences Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure), and Crypt4GH
• Collaborate closely with bioinformaticians, developers, data stewards, and international partners to support data sharing and interoperability
  We offer the opportunity to help shape one of the most important emerging scientific data infrastructures for the storage and exchange of omics data in Germany.