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Sr. Principal Cloud Engineer
| Company | Neurocrine Biosciences |
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| Location | San Diego, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $154900 – $224400 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 8+ years of infrastructure engineering experience with 4+ years focused on AWS OR
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 6+ years of experience as listed above
- Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, or equivalent
- Understands key business drivers and uses this understanding to accomplish work
- Has strong understanding of processes, procedures and systems used to accomplish the work and recognizes downstream impact on other functional areas
- Proficient with tools and processes that support work conducted by functional area
- Ability to work as part of a team; may train lower levels
- Strong communications, problem-solving, analytical thinking skills
- Detail oriented yet can see broader picture for department
- Ability to meet multiple deadlines, with a high degree of accuracy and efficiency
- Strong project management skill
- Extensive AWS experience with a wide range of services (e.g., EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Lambda)
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform) for automation
- Strong understanding of hybrid infrastructure management and integration
- Hands-on experience with scalable storage systems on AWS and on-premise environments
- Familiarity with scientific computing workloads and supporting related applications
- Knowledge of on-premise infrastructure management, including data centers and virtualization technologies
- Security best practices implementation and compliance adherence across hybrid environments
- Leadership, communication, and collaboration skills for effective team management and stakeholder engagement
Responsibilities
- Develop robust, scalable, and secure cloud architecture solutions aligned with business objectives.
- Drive the design and implementation of AWS infrastructure to ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery while integrating with on-premises systems.
- Autonomously lead engineering efforts for cloud architecture while ensuring security, quality, consistency, and scalability.
- Spearhead the design and implementation of truly cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS’s serverless computing ecosystem, including Lambda functions, Amazon Bedrock, API Gateway, and container services (ECS/EKS).
- Design, deploy, and optimize solutions on AWS, leveraging specialized compute instances (e.g., GPU, FPGA) and parallel processing frameworks to meet compute-intensive workload requirements.
- Organize and lead user group discussions, incorporating user feedback into designs.
- Architect, design, develop, and manage scalable storage solutions on AWS (e.g., S3, EBS, EFS) and on-premises, utilizing distributed file systems and object storage technologies to efficiently handle large volumes of data.
- Identify and deliver scalable design patterns that provide best in class storage services in support of scientific efforts.
- Operate as a subject matter expert in scientific computing storage services, incorporating user feedback and domain specific requirements into designs.
- Provide technical and thought leadership for automation efforts using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform) for both cloud and on-premises environments to ensure efficient deployment and management.
- Establish and manage best in class services to deliver self-service infrastructure to the organization.
- Integrate security best practices into the architecture, manage access controls, maintain compliance standards, and optimize system performance for both cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and training to engineers.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to translate requirements into scalable cloud solutions.
- Operate as a subject matter expert across disciplines within the Infrastructure Team.
- Stay updated on AWS services, trends, and best practices.
- Propose and implement improvements to enhance reliability, scalability, and performance across hybrid environments.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
