The role:
This senior role blends systems architecture and solutions architecture, guiding the design of a national, federated research ecosystem. You’ll create a clear technical vision, lead multi‑institution architectural decisions, and ensure interoperable, national-scale services across the UK’s life‑science community.
The ideal candidate:
The successful candidate will thrive in distributed teams and have a demonstrated ability to create architectural documentation, models, and integration patterns.
You will have the ability to communicate technical ideas with clarity and have deep experience across cloud/HPC, workflows, metadata, and FAIR data. You will also excel at assembling best‑of‑breed components into coherent solutions
This is primarily a hybrid role as BioFAIR partners are distributed across the UK. As this is a key leadership role in the BioFAIR Hub, the post holder would be expected to spend some time at the Earlham Institute working with other members of the BioFAIR Hub team, and some time visiting partners around the UK. The exact working patterns are flexible and we welcome applications from the right candidate irrespective of location in the UK.
Additional information:
Salary on appointment will be within the range of £71,100 - £90,000 per annum depending on qualifications and experience.
This is a full-time post for a contract up until 30 June 2029. Although full-time hours are available, applications from those interested in working part-time hours (or alternative working patterns) are also welcomed.
Interviews will be held 03 - 04 March 2026.
This role meets the criteria for a visa application, and we encourage all qualified candidates to apply. Please contact the Human Resources Team if you have any questions regarding your application or visa options
As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee to offer an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for this vacancy.
The closing date for applications will be Friday 30 January 2026