Pfizer
Pharmaceuticals
SeniorCloudEngineer
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“Senior Cloud Engineer at Pfizer. Skills: Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure as Code, Automation, Multi-cloud environment. Design, implement, and evolve cloud infrastructure. Lead development and maintenance of IaC”
What You'll Achieve.
Enable product teams to deliver reliable, well architected solutions at scale; Ensure consistency, scalability, and reusability of IaC; Improve developer experience and platform maturity; Ensure secure and compliant platforms; Increase platform self-service; Support audits, regulatory requirements, and governance initiatives; Support skill development and engineering best practices; Deliver end-to-end cloud solutions; Automate, optimize, standardize, and simplify platform
Industry & Context.
Problem solving and analytical mindset; Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or equivalent practical experience, 5+ years of hands-on cloud or platform engineering experience, Proficiency in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP), with production scale experience, Advanced experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred), Automation and scripting skills (Python strongly preferred), Deep understanding of cloud networking, identity, security, and cloud native services, Experience working in global, cross functional engineering environments, Ability to lead technical initiatives and make architectural decisions, Technically curious, self driven, and committed to continuous improvement, Problem solving and analytical mindset, especially for complex cloud systems, Comfortable operating with high ownership and autonomy, Able to influence technical direction and mentor others through collaboration and clear communication, Customer focused mindset with the ability to balance engineering excellence and business outcomes
Nice to Have
OpenTofu, Spacelift, GitHub Actions
What You'll Do.
and evolve cloud infrastructure
Lead development and maintenance of IaC
Own and enhance reusable cloud modules
Partner to define secure
cost-efficient cloud designs
Review and guide IaC contributions
Design and implement end-to-end automation
Lead CI/CD and IaC automation pipeline improvements
Drive initiatives to improve deployment reliability
Evaluate and introduce new tooling
Define and enforce cloud guardrails
Integrate security and compliance requirements
Establish and improve observability
Lead troubleshooting efforts for complex issues
Collaborate with security
Act as a technical mentor
Collaborate with application teams
Drive platform modernization initiatives
Contribute to technical documentation
and knowledge sharing
Participate in architectural discussions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with architects and senior stakeholders; Collaborate with application teams, SRE, security, and architecture; Collaborate with security, risk, and compliance teams; Mentor Cloud Engineers; Influence platform strategy through well-reasoned technical proposals
Communication Scope
Clear communication
Full Job Description
## **ROLE SUMMARY** The **Senior Cloud Engineer** is **a technical leader** within the **Cloud Engineering organization** , responsible for designing, building, and evolving secure, scalable, and highly automated cloud platforms across a multi-cloud environment. This role plays a critical part in defining cloud standards, reference architectures, and engineering best practices that enable product teams to deliver reliable, well architected solutions at scale. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on cloud engineering expertise, strong Infrastructure as Code and automation skills, and the ability to influence platform direction through technical leadership, mentorship, and architectural contributions. ## **ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES** ** _Cloud Engineering & Architecture_** * Design, implement, and evolve cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP, aligning with enterprise architecture principles and security standards. * Lead the development and maintenance of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, OpenTofu, or similar tools, ensuring consistency, scalability, and reusability. * Own and enhance reusable cloud modules, patterns, and reference architectures used across the organization. * Partner with architects and senior stakeholders to define secure, resilient, and cost‑efficient cloud designs. * Review and provide guidance on cloud designs and IaC contributions from other engineers. _**Platform Automation & Tooling**_ * Design and implement end‑to‑end automation for cloud provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management. * Lead improvements to CI/CD and IaC automation pipelines using platforms such as Spacelift, GitHub Actions, or equivalent tooling. * Drive initiatives to improve deployment reliability, reduce configuration drift, and increase platform self‑service. * Evaluate and introduce new tooling or approaches that improve developer experience and platform maturity. _**Security, Compliance & Operations**_ * Define and enforce cloud guardrails, poli
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