AbbVie · 4 hours ago
Principal Cloud Engineer
Florham Park, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$121K/yr - $230K/yr
7+ years expAbbVie is a company dedicated to discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions that address serious health issues. They are seeking a Principal AWS Engineer to architect, build, and optimize enterprise-scale AWS solutions while serving as a technical mentor and strategic leader to accelerate AbbVie’s digital transformation.
BiotechnologyFinancial ServicesHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalVenture Capital
Responsibilities
Design and implement complex, secure cloud solutions that meet business needs and align with enterprise and functional architecture, while documenting technical decisions for clarity and reuse
Lead development of AWS-based applications using Lambda, API Gateway, and ECS, and prototype scalable APIs with a focus on integration, security, reliability, and observability
Build and automate infrastructure as code (IaC) with CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Terraform, and Ansible to deliver reliable, repeatable deployments at scale
Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CodePipeline) for application and infrastructure delivery, integrating automated testing, security scanning, and policy checks
Implement DevOps best practices using AWS CloudFormation, GitHub, and Docker, codifying environments and promotion workflows across environments
Deploy and operate containerized and serverless workloads (EKS/ECS/Fargate, Lambda/Step Functions, EventBridge), selecting optimal compute strategies for microservices, batch, and event-driven architectures
Integrate and leverage AI tools (Amazon Q, Claude, Datadog AI, AWS AI/ML services) to automate operational tasks, enhance monitoring, enable predictive scaling, and streamline incident response
Develop and maintain AI-driven runbooks and workflows for anomaly detection, automated remediation, and continuous improvement of cloud operations; use AI-powered solutions to identify process improvement opportunities and automate repetitive tasks
Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize performance, reliability, and cost using CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and AI-driven observability platforms
Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements by automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, and re-designing infrastructure for scalability and efficiency
Implement and enforce robust security and compliance (IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, security groups, encryption in transit/at rest) aligned to GxP, HIPAA, GDPR, and AbbVie policies; collaborate with security architecture to ensure corporate requirements are met
Mentor engineers and collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams (Security, Data, Network, Application, UX), champion the AWS Well-Architected Framework, guide incident/problem management, oversee cost management and financial governance, and build strategic relationships to advance technology initiatives
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree with 8 years experience; Master's Degree with 7 years experience; PhD with 3 years experience. Experience in application program development
AWS Core: EC2, VPC, S3, Lambda, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, EventBridge, EKS/ECS/Fargate, API Gateway, Control Tower, Identity Center, CloudWatch
Landing Zone & Governance: Secure Landing Zone, AWS Organizations, multi-account guardrails, SCPs
IaC & Automation: CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Terraform, Ansible; GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CodePipeline; Git, Python, Bash, PowerShell, Docker
DevOps & SDLC: Trunk-based development, automated testing, GitOps (ArgoCD, Flux), policy-as-code, artifact management
AI & Observability: Amazon Q, Claude, Datadog AI, AWS AI/ML services; AI-powered monitoring/automation, anomaly detection, predictive scaling, automated triage
Security & Compliance: IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, GuardDuty, Security Hub, AWS WAF; alignment to GxP, HIPAA, GDPR, 21 CFR Part 11; Tenable/WizIO integrations
Monitoring & Mgmt: CloudWatch, ServiceNow, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK; optional Splunk, SolarWinds, Dynatrace
Networking: VPC design, subnetting, NAT/Transit Gateway, VPN/Direct Connect, routing, load balancing
Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), ECS, Fargate
Communication & Leadership: Clear written/verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences; effective cross-functional collaboration
Preferred
Hands-on AWS Engineering – 8+ years designing, building, and operating large-scale AWS platforms (multi-cloud experience with Azure/GCP is a plus); pharma/regulatory experience preferred
Serverless & Containers – Deep experience with Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, service mesh, and secure API design
CI/CD & Automation – Proven track record building robust pipelines and IaC for applications and infrastructure with CloudFormation/Terraform/CDK
AI Tools & Integration – Demonstrated experience using and integrating AI/ML tools (Amazon Q, Claude, Datadog AI, AWS AI/ML services) into DevOps, monitoring, and automation workflows for process improvement and operational efficiency
Security & Compliance – Strong grounding in IAM, encryption, network security, validated environments, and regulated-environment controls
Monitoring & Governance – Comprehensive experience with CloudWatch and third-party monitoring tools (e.g., WizIO, ServiceNow) to ensure enterprise reliability
Resilience & DR – Architecture patterns for high availability/disaster recovery on AWS; experience with chaos engineering and reliability testing
Leadership & Mentorship – Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and influence cross-functional teams, recognized SME in AWS cloud services
Certifications – AWS Solutions Architect – Professional (preferred), AWS DevOps Engineer, Cloud Practitioner; security credentials (CISSP/CCSP) advantageous
Benefits
Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)
Company
AbbVie
AbbVie is a biopharmaceutical company focused on immunology, oncology, neuroscience, virology, and aesthetics. It is a sub-organization of AbbVie.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$15B2024-02-27Post Ipo Debt· $15B
2023-03-08Post Ipo Equity· $0.25M
2012-12-20IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Michael
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Micah Bregman
Vice President, Global Strategy and Pipeline, Allergan Aesthetics
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