AbCellera

Biotechnology

SeniorSystemsEngineer

CA$102–128k Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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The Brief

“Senior Systems Engineer at AbCellera. Skills: IT systems, Hybrid cloud, On-prem environment, Infrastructure roadmap. Evolve IT systems. Lead modernization of operations”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver breakthrough medicines; Improve service consistency and quality; Improve resilience and efficiency

Industry & Context.

Biotechnology
Problems you'll solve

Systems thinker; Hard technical problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years of related experience operating production infrastructure, Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience in a technical field), Systems thinker, Adapt communication style to influence diverse stakeholders

Nice to Have

6+ years of related experience in addition to a Master’s degree, Experience with cloud-native modernization (containers, serverless), Supporting scientific or manufacturing environments, Working in regulated industries (GxP, SOC2, etc.)

What You'll Do.

Lead modernization of operations

Shape technical architecture

Set direction for IT systems

Stay hands-on in systems

and evolve IT systems

Partner with teams to modernize infrastructure

Build and improve standards

Drive improvements in availability

Shape infrastructure roadmap

Lead and mentor engineers

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partnering with engineering, scientific, and platform teams; Bringing others along; Adapt communication style to influence diverse stakeholders; Collaborating on solutions; Making connections to facilitate problem solving; Serving as a trusted advisor

Communication Scope

Adapt communication style to influence diverse stakeholders

Process & Methodology

Led technical projects end-to-end

Full Job Description

Each of us cares about someone who will need medicines. That’s why our vision is to repeatedly beat the odds to deliver breakthrough medicines to patients that need them. We pursue truth and scientific rigour and have the courage to work at the edge of the unknown. We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to own and evolve the IT systems behind our drug discovery and development pipeline, and to lead the modernization of how we operate them. You’ll shape the technical architecture across our hybrid cloud and on-prem environment, set the direction for where it goes next, and stay hands-on in the systems you’re responsible for. We're looking for someone whose leadership shows up in their craft - through technical judgment, architectural thinking, and the kind of depth that others naturally orient around. How you might spend your days Designing building, and evolving IT systems supporting corporate, scientific and manufacturing workloads; we have a hybrid environment including both cloud and on-prem systems Partnering with engineering, scientific, and platform teams to modernize and optimize our IT infrastructure Building and improving standards for systems architecture and operations; you will use infrastructure-as-code, configuration management, and automation to improve service consistency and quality Driving improvements in the availability, resilience, and efficiency of our high-impact systems Helping to shape our infrastructure roadmap, balancing pragmatic near-term improvements with future platform needs Leading and mentoring within and beyond our team; growing the engineers and administrators around you and serving as a trusted advisor on hard technical problems We'd love to hear from you if You have deep experience building and operating cloud (AWS) and on-prem infrastructure, and you’ve led technical projects end-to-end: shaping architecture, making pragmatic tradeoffs, and bringing others along You’re a continuous learner who is curious about how things

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