Senior Cloud Engineer

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, policies, and controls to ensure secure and compliant platforms.

• Integrate security and compliance requirements into IaC and automation workflows (policy as code).

• Establish and improve observability, monitoring, and alerting for cloud platforms.

• Lead troubleshooting efforts for complex cloud infrastructure issues and perform root cause analysis for incidents.

• Collaborate with security, risk, and compliance teams to support audits, regulatory requirements, and governance initiatives.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Act as a technical mentor for Cloud Engineers, supporting skill development and engineering best practices.

• Collaborate closely with application teams, SRE, security, and architecture to deliver end‑to‑end cloud solutions.

• Drive platform modernization initiatives, identifying opportunities to automate, optimize, standardize, and simplify.

• Contribute to technical documentation, standards, and knowledge sharing to uplift cloud engineering maturity.

• Participate in architectural discussions and influence platform strategy through well‑reasoned technical proposals.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or equivalent practical experience.

• 5+ years of hands-on cloud or platform engineering experience.

• Strong 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).

• Strong 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.

• Strong 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.

Please apply by sending your CV in English.

Work Location Assignment: Hybrid

Purpose 

Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.  

Digital Transformation Strategy

One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.

Flexibility  

We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let’s start the conversation!  

Equal Employment Opportunity 

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms – allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.

Disability Inclusion

Our mission is unleashing the power of all our people and we are proud to be a disability inclusive employer, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all candidates. We encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments to support your application and future career. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!

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