Organisation/Company Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) Research Field Computer science » Other Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Leading Researcher (R4) Established Researcher (R3) Country Spain Application Deadline 24 May 2025 - 00:00 (UTC) Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Negotiable Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
Context And Mission
In recent years, the rapid growth of data in various scientific fields, especially in healthcare, genomics, and life sciences, has significantly outpaced the ability to securely and efficiently manage, share, and analyze this data. As research becomes increasingly data demanding, both in quantity and quality, the need to create infrastructures that support secure, responsible, and efficient access to sensitive data has never been more critical. A Trusted Research Environment (TRE) serves as the foundation for enabling such access while maintaining the highest standards of data security, privacy, and compliance.
For scientific research to make meaningful advances, especially in fields like precision medicine, genomics, and healthcare, researchers need to collaborate across institutions, borders, and disciplines. However, the complexity of handling sensitive data — such as genomic sequences, medical records, and clinical images — poses significant challenges in terms of data privacy, security, and regulatory compliance, particularly with European regulations like the GDPR.
A TRE provides a secure platform that facilitates this collaboration, ensuring that data is not only accessible but also protected. It allows researchers to analyze sensitive data in a controlled, transparent, and auditable environment, while ensuring that data sovereignty, privacy, and ethical considerations are upheld. This infrastructure is essential for enabling the use of sensitive biomedical data in large-scale studies, such as those focused on understanding disease mechanisms, developing new treatments, and improving patient care.
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated professional to join our team in developing and deploying a Trusted Research Environment (TRE) infrastructure primarily focused on supporting Spanish healthcare, genomics, and life sciences research. This role involves contributing to the design, implementation, and deployment of a secure, federated, and sustainable platform for accessing, analyzing, and sharing sensitive data. The TRE will primarily support Spanish research efforts, including national initiatives in precision medicine, genomic data integration, and healthcare innovation. However, the infrastructure will also ensure interoperability with European projects such as the European Genomic Infrastructure (GDI) and the European Federation for Cancer Imaging (EUCAIM), and many others.
Working closely with Spanish stakeholders, including the Spanish National Health System (SNS) and Health Research Institutes (IIS), as well as European research infrastructures, you will ensure that the TRE infrastructure aligns with national strategic goals while promoting secure and compliant data-sharing practices.
Key Duties
Infrastructure Development: Collaborate with stakeholders from diverse National and European projects to design and implement a robust TRE infrastructure.
Data Integration: Enable the integration of large-scale, sensitive biomedical data from multiple sources, ensuring the infrastructure supports FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles for research data.
Security & Compliance: Ensure the infrastructure adheres to the highest standards of data security, privacy, and regulatory compliance, providing a trustworthy environment for researchers to conduct sensitive studies.
Requirements
Education
Superior degree in computer science engineering and/or bioinformatics-related fields.
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
Over 5 years' experience in cloud computing and VREs.
Over 2 years' experience in cloud infrastructure management.
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
Experience in authentication/authorization protocols.
Strong technical skills including experience with cloud-based technologies.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills (Spanish, Catalan, and/or English).
Competences
Ability to understand scientific literature and software documentation.
Ability to communicate scientific results. Ability to work independently.
Ability to represent the team in national or international project meetings.
Conditions
The position will be located at BSC within the Life Sciences Department
We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona
Starting date: asap
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