Senior Cloud Engineer
Pfizer Statistics Program
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.
Job description
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.
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.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with at least 4 years of experience; OR master's degree with at least 2 years of experience; OR PhD with 0+ years of experience; OR associate's degree with 8 years of experience; OR high school diploma and 10 years of relevant experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or equivalent practical experience
- 4+ 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
- Demonstrated ability to work in an agile work environment with a collaborative mindset, adaptability to change, and proactive problem-solving approach
Benefits
- 401(k) Matching
- Retirement Savings Contribution
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Personal Days
- Paid Caregiver Leave
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Medical Leave
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Prescription Drug Coverage
- Performance Bonus
- Long-Term Incentive Program
- Relocation Assistance
Company overview
The Pfizer Statistics Program represents the statistical and data sciences functions within Pfizer Inc., one of the world's premier biopharmaceutical companies. This specialized program encompasses both the statistical analysis capabilities that support Pfizer's drug development pipeline and the educational initiatives like the Breakthrough Fellowship Program that includes MS Statistics components. As part of Pfizer's Research & Development organization, the Statistics Program plays a critical role in clinical trial design, data analysis, regulatory submissions, and evidence generation for Pfizer's innovative medicines and vaccines. The program employs advanced statistical methodologies and data science techniques to ensure the scientific rigor and integrity of Pfizer's clinical research across therapeutic areas including oncology, internal medicine, immunology, and vaccines. Through its integration with Pfizer's global operations, the Statistics Program contributes to the company's mission of delivering breakthroughs that change patients' lives by providing robust statistical support from early discovery through post-marketing surveillance.