Senior Systems Engineer

at  Perspectum Diagnostics

Are you an experienced Systems Engineer with sound knowledge of Cloud Infrastructure - using AWS, Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure?
We’re looking for a dynamic problem solver to join our multidisciplinary team within our esteemed Engineering function at Perspectum HQ in Oxford!

ABOUT US

Perspectum develops and operates a scalable platform for medical image analysis, across desktop devices and the cloud. We bring together science, medicine and technology into a unique service that contributes to research and improves patients’ lives. We develop rapidly and deploy frequently.
At Perspectum, we offer our employees a flexible, fast-paced, and fun environment. We are driven by hiring the best talent, who share our values of excellence, accountability, integrity, openness, and passion.

We value our employees and are constantly striving to ensure we provide a working environment that offers something for everyone, whether that be flexible working, training opportunities or health and wellbeing initiatives. Benefits include:

• 33 days annual leave (inclusive of Bank Holidays), increasing with service.
• Discretionary bonus scheme.
• Private healthcare including medical referrals, discounts, access to counselling and nutritional support, and cashback on healthcare bills.
• Electric Vehicle scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Pension contribution rising to 6% after 2 years’ service.
• Hybrid working – we like our employees to be in the office 3 days per week.
• Our sociable working environment includes pool table, tennis table and table football.
• Office Facilities include free onsite parking, refreshments, onsite showers and changing facilities, bike locks and Electric Vehicle charging points.

At Perspectum, we are committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion. We prioritise hiring based on merit, skills, and qualifications, valuing individuals for their unique contributions while ensuring a culture that respects and celebrates differences. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application process, please let our Talent Team know

This role is pivotal in operating and extending our platform at a time when the business is scaling - helping to define, design, implement, deploy, and support the diagnostic services Perspectum offers. The Senior Systems Engineer manages, monitors, and maintains the systems underlying production services, and works closely with the teams who are developing new products and features, relentlessly enhancing, and evolving the systems by which we deliver value to our customers. In addition to supporting the delivery of our engineering projects, this role also pays a key part in ensuring that the infrastructure and systems we build our applications upon are compliant with the relevant regulations and can pass audits.

Day to day your duties will include:

• Build, monitor, support, manage and improve the infrastructure on which Perspectum’s services run, the lifecycle systems (source, build, CI/CD) by which they are delivered, and the business continuity and disaster recovery plans by which they are supported.
• Drive initiatives to enhance scalability, robustness, efficiency and value delivery across the Engineering department and support developers and architects in platform and technology choices.
• Drive and support adherence to Perspectum’s Security Development Lifecycle and all applicable standards (e.g., ISO27001, CIS benchmarks, etc)
• Ensure production and development environments and systems are kept secure, including patch management, auditing, access control, etc.
• Manage operational and security incidents as part of a 24/7 oncall team.