Senior Cloud Consultant, Life Sciences (Remote w/ Travel)

BioTeam is a well-established scientific computing consulting company that helps science and healthcare organizations cure diseases and save lives by making science and technology more accessible to them. Working at the intersection of science, data, and advanced technology, BioTeam helps accelerate science by offering strategic and transformational professional services that support modern data-intensive research. Our clients hire us when they aren’t sure what to do next, making our engagements interesting, unique, challenging, and highly compelling. We offer services that cover advanced infrastructure for science, data science and strategy, software and analytics for science (including AI), and data production in laboratories. For more information about BioTeam and to see examples of our work, visit bioteam.net

At BioTeam, we are looking for someone who is passionate about having an impact on science and helping make the world a better place. The ideal candidate likes to problem-solve and work in highly collaborative, diverse, and creative teams of people. If this sounds like you, then BioTeam is the place for you to work! We’re a highly employee-centric company that values a diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and cultures, and the strengths that those differences bring to us as a company and the solutions we come up with for our clients. Our work is challenging but satisfying, and we have fun doing it. All roles at BioTeam are client-facing and involve up to 25% overnight domestic travel (expect 4-5 days of travel per month).

Our goal is to make our employees feel taken care of:

• Competitive base: $160,000 - 170,000
• Work from your home office* when not on-site with clients or staff

• Opportunity to contribute significantly to a growing company with the potential for growth to a senior or leadership role
• 100% of your health & dental premiums for you & your family covered, effective day one
• 100% of your short-term, long-term disability and life insurance covered
• Employer contributes annually to 401K, effective day one

• BioTeam's roles are remote and can be filled within any of the following states: CA, CO, DC, FL, MA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NY, NJ, PA, TN, TX, WA, VA.

Job Summary

Are you a technology expert with a passion for modernizing IT infrastructure to support Life Sciences and healthcare research in a collaborative manner? Do you enjoy leading diverse teams of smart and creative people to solve complex technical and organizational challenges? BioTeam has an exciting opportunity for you as a Senior Scientific Cloud Consultant!

As a Senior Scientific Cloud Consultant, you'll lead the development and implementation of cutting-edge, science-driven, cloud-based technology solutions for our clients. From pre-sales scoping to design, implementation, testing, and maintenance, you'll help clients achieve their scientific mission with objective, technology-neutral infrastructure for science.

To excel in this role, you'll need to be a subject matter expert in cloud technologies and best practices. You'll work closely with clients to discover requirements to design and deploy advanced cloud solutions. Your curiosity about the latest advances in biomedical science and prior experience supporting scientific environments is a plus.

If you're passionate about collaboratively solving complex problems that advance science with custom technology solutions, apply now for the Senior Scientific Cloud Consultant role at BioTeam!

Key Responsibilities

Technical Expectations

• Lead the design and implementation of secure and scalable cloud solutions to address scientific computing needs for both cloud-native and hybrid cloud environments.
• Communicate cloud and data platform design best practices to help guide and influence scientific practices.
• Leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and automation frameworks to ensure consistent and repeatable cloud infrastructure deployments and configurations.
• Train scientists and technical professionals on cloud concepts and best practices related to scientific computing.
• Provide thought leadership to the industry in the form of blog postings, whitepapers, and speaking engagements.

Consulting Expectations

• Act as a Cloud and infrastructure subject matter expert to provide project strategy and support deliverables on multiple concurrent projects
• Participate in initial technical review calls and clarify specific requirements for each project, including project scope and objectives, budget, determining the necessary project resources, and technical feasibility
• Lead or participate in the drafting of project proposals and manage the lifecycle of internal and client document review until the proposal is approved
• Work highly collaboratively with client stakeholders and team members throughout consulting projects
• Ensure successful delivery of solutions that meet client expectations
• Act as the technical point of contact for clients ensuring communication throughout the implementation and execution of a project

Background and Experience

• Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology, with a preference for a focus on scientific computing for Life Sciences, bioinformatics, or a related discipline; graduate degree preferred or a combination of education and experience
• Previous experience working in Life Sciences industry is required
• Minimum 5 years of experience designing and implementing cloud solutions and secure hybrid connectivity solutions, preferably on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Microsoft Azure experience is a plus.

• Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Cloud certification and/or certification in systems administration is a plus.
• Experience leading complex scientific IT projects and project teams.

• Passion for technology & science with a desire to stay up to date on the state-of-the-art in your field.
• Excellent communication skills and the demonstrated ability to build rapport with both external clients and internal team members.
• Organizational and time management skills with exceptional follow-through.
• Proactive and innovative, able to adapt to change quickly.
• Ability to quickly assess and adapt to the various needs of a diverse stakeholder population
• Experience and desire to work remotely with approximately 25% domestic overnighttravel.
• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States and have or be able to qualify for government and customer security clearance.

Work Environment

This job operates in an office environment, both in shared and home locations. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Physical Demands

This is largely a sedentary role; however, some filing is required. This would require the ability to move files, open filing cabinets, and bend or stand as necessary.

The Company does not seek salary history information from applicants. The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, arrest record or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.