Bayer · 5 hours ago
Sr Cloud Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$130K/yr - $180K/yr
5+ years expBayer is a company focused on solving global challenges in health and agriculture. They are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to enhance their shared AWS platform, enabling engineers to deliver secure and reliable software efficiently while fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
BiotechnologyChemicalHealth CareLife SciencePharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Be a hands-on SME for our internal toolchain (e.g., Terraform modules, AWS Service Catalog, GitLab CI, Datadog/CloudWatch, Backstage/IDP
Run office hours, build exemplars/templates, write crisp docs, and pair with teams to accelerate adoption
Triage and resolve platform requests; establish SLAs/SLOs and clear ownership boundaries
Maintain opinionated IaC modules and deployment blueprints (multi-account, networking, security, observability, data)
Standardize on secure-by-default patterns (VPC, IAM, KMS, secrets, logging, ALB/API Gateway, S3/Lambda/ECS/EKS) with policy-as-code guardrails
Embed security controls in CI/CD (linting, SAST/DAST, SBOMs, image signing, IaC checks)
Partner with Security, Compliance, and Data to keep controls automated and audit-ready
Instrument and report developer experience KPIs (e.g., lead time/DORA metrics, onboarding time, time-to-first-deploy, CI success rate)
Run lightweight experiments (A/B docs, template tweaks) and ship improvements with a product mindset
Build simple, actionable observability for platform components; reduce MTTR with good runbooks
Practice FinOps: right-size, add cost guardrails/budgets/alerts, and guide teams to better spend
Serve as a trusted partner to app delivery units, Security, and Data—turn requirements into paved road enhancements
Mentor engineers; nurture a culture of ownership, curiosity, and continuous improvement
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience
5+ years hands-on AWS experience operating production workloads
Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform; CloudFormation a plus)
Solid programming for automation/tooling (Python, Go, or similar)
Strong grasp of cloud architecture, networking, and security fundamentals
Preferred
Experience productizing platform capabilities for internal users (templates, modules, Service Catalog, IDP/Backstage)
CI/CD at scale (GitLab pipelines, artifact registries, automated testing, progressive delivery)
Observability and logging (CloudWatch, Datadog, ELK/OpenSearch); practical SLOs/SLIs and on-call hygiene
Container platforms (ECS/EKS), plus common data services (RDS/Aurora, S3/Lake patterns, MSK/Kinesis)
Policy-as-code (OPA/Conftest, Terraform Cloud/Enterprise policies), supply-chain security (SBOM, image signing)
FinOps experience (budgets, tagging, cost allocation/chargeback, rightsizing)
Relevant AWS certs (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer) and superb communication skills
Benefits
Health care
Vision
Dental
Retirement
PTO
Sick leave
Company
Bayer
Bayer is a life science company that specializes in the areas of health care and agriculture.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$9.34BKey Investors
Bank of AmericaBill & Melinda Gates FoundationTemasek Holdings
2025-09-26Post Ipo Debt· $331.5M
2024-12-06Post Ipo Debt· $5.29B
2022-11-08Grant· $12M
Leadership Team
Wolfgang Nickl
Member of the Board of Management of Bayer AG and CFO
Abi Abitorabi
VP, CGT Platform Implementation Lead
Recent News
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