Gilead Sciences · 5 days ago
Cloud Platform Engineering Architect (AWS)
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$169K/yr - $219K/yr
8+ years expGilead Sciences is dedicated to creating a healthier world by tackling significant health challenges. The Cloud Platform Engineering Architect role will provide architectural leadership to the CPE DevOps Team, focusing on the design and delivery of cloud platform services and automation primarily using AWS.
BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturingPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Gilead Cloud core platform services and automation development (design, development and delivery of technical code) for the AWS Control Tower Landing Zone
Terraform development impacting AWS account baselines, CI/CD integration with the platform, DMZ networking, and SCP management
Core platform and automation security hardening
Maintenance and support of core platform automation, guardrails and Security Control Policies (SCPs)
Platform development, coding, automation, role-based access control, authentication, Cyber Security hardening and cloud support
Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD): Design, build, and maintain CI/CD DevSecOps pipelines to automate the building, testing, and deployment of applications. This includes Integration of CI/CD pipelines via automation with other services including security scanning, artifact repositories, ITSM, etc
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Manage and provision cloud infrastructure using tools such as Terraform to ensure consistent and repeatable deployments
Cloud infrastructure management: Deploy, manage, and optimize cloud-based resources on platforms like AWS and Microsoft Azure
Containerization and orchestration: Work with container technologies like Docker and orchestration systems like Kubernetes to manage and scale applications
Monitoring and logging: Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to track application performance, system health, and security issues
Security and compliance: Ensure that cloud environments and deployment practices adhere to security best practices and compliance standards
Collaboration: Work closely with application teams, security, and quality assurance to troubleshoot issues and streamline processes
Automation: Identify and automate manual and repetitive processes to increase efficiency and reduce human error. Leverage AI tools for improved automation and scale
Troubleshooting: Perform root cause analysis and provide technical support to resolve issues in development, testing, and production environments
Provide daily technical leadership and guidance to the Cloud Platform Engineering Core and CI/CD Engineering Scrum Team
Qualification
Required
High School Degree and Fourteen Year's Experience
OR Associates Degree and Twelve Years Experience
OR Bachelor's Degree and Ten Years' Experience
OR Masters' Degree and Eight Years' Experience
Public Cloud Services knowledge of AWS, MS Azure (a plus)
Development (coding) skills required, Terraform and GitHub expertise required
CI/CD DevSecOps opinioned pipelines subject matter expertise
Subject matter expert on AWS, MS Azure Public Cloud services
Deep knowledge in Public Cloud Infrastructure and Application Architectures
Knowledgeable in all facets of compute, network and storage as it relates to Public Cloud Application Architecture
Subject matter expert in AWS Cloud Control Tower Landing Zone (CTLZ) architecture
Advanced knowledge of CI/CD DevSecOps opinioned pipelines and GitHub self-hosted runner architecture
Advanced code writing in multiple languages to design and deliver Gilead Cloud CI/CD pipeline services (primarily AWS, Azure a plus)
Expert skills in Terraform and GitHub required
Strong root cause analysis skills to troubleshoot and resolve support escalations for Gilead Cloud core services
Develop and publish infrastructure and Application architecture designs
ITSM subject matter expertise to assist with implementation, integration, governance and improvement
Proficient with Atlassian (Confluence and Jira), MS DevOps, MS Office, especially Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
Use of large/complex Excel files will be required
Advanced written and verbal communication skills
Preferred
Professional certifications a plus (Public Cloud, Architecture, Program Management etc.)
Code development in multiple languages preferred
Understanding and capability to Lead an Agile Scrum Team
Reporting and Analytics tools and development
Program Management skills – set up meetings, facilitate, assign actions, track/ follow up and report out
Benefits
Discretionary annual bonus
Discretionary stock-based long-term incentives
Paid time off
Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
Company
Gilead Sciences
Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes therapies for critical diseases.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.41BKey Investors
Abingworth
2024-11-13Post Ipo Debt· $3.5M
2024-02-29Post Ipo Equity· $210M
2023-09-07Post Ipo Debt· $2B
Leadership Team
Keeley Wettan
Senior Vice President, Legal
Patrick Loerch
Senior Vice President, Clinical Data Science
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