Senior Cloud Engineer

We are seeking an innovative and highly motivated Senior Cloud Engineer / Technical Lead based in Durham NC to provide hands-on engineering leadership across cloud platforms data enablement infrastructure automation observability high-performance computing and laboratory modernization.

In this role you will design and deliver secure scalable and supportable capabilities across AWS Snowflake Terraform Cloud Datadog SageMaker AWS ParallelCluster and hybrid infrastructure.

This opportunity is ideal for a senior engineer with 46 years of relevant technical experience who can execute strategy autonomously lead technical workstreams solve complex problems contribute to new solutions and influence outcomes across A&DS / RDIT and at least one additional global or regional function.

Accountabilities:

As the Senior Cloud Engineer / Technical Lead you will:

• Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure: Design engineer and support secure resilient and scalable AWS and hybrid-infrastructure solutions across compute storage networking identity security databases and container platforms.
• Infrastructure Automation: Lead infrastructure automation through Terraform Cloud including reusable modules workspace patterns policy controls CI/CD integration and migration from manually managed environments.
• Data Platform Enablement: Enable and support Snowflake workloads by designing integrations for networking identity data movement monitoring governance and operational readiness.
• Observability & Reliability: Establish observability and reliability practices using Datadog and AWS monitoring including dashboards service indicators alerting logging performance analysis and incident-response improvements.
• HPC AI/ML & Research Computing: Deliver technical solutions for high-performance computing AI/ML and research-computing needs including AWS ParallelCluster Slurm FSx SageMaker scientific pipelines and scalable workload patterns.
• Laboratory Modernization: Lead technical workstreams supporting laboratory modernization by translating laboratory device and workflow needs into secure cloud network storage security and support designs.
• Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews mentoring design guidance risk and dependency management and resolution of complex incidents reliability issues and cost-optimization opportunities.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner with engineering research data cybersecurity network laboratory vendor and leadership stakeholders to communicate technical recommendations drive adoption of standards and deliver operationally supportable solutions.

Qualifications :

Required:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in a relevant technical discipline.
• 5 years of relevant technical experience in cloud engineering infrastructure engineering DevOps platform engineering systems engineering or a related technical field.
• Advanced hands-on AWS and Terraform Cloud engineering experience.
• Advanced hands-on Python coding experience.
• Experience supporting Snowflake Datadog hybrid infrastructure and container platforms.
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking IAM security storage databases and operational resilience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical workstreams troubleshoot complex problems and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.

Preferred: 

• Experience with AWS ParallelCluster Slurm SageMaker GPU workloads or scientific computing.
• Experience in laboratory research life sciences or high-volume data environments.
• Knowledge of FinOps service management disaster recovery security governance and vendor engagement.
• Experience with hybrid connectivity between on-premises environments and AWS.
• Relevant AWS HashiCorp Snowflake Datadog Kubernetes or Linux certification

Additional Information :

• Candidates must reside in and be permanently authorized to work in the United States.

What We Offer:

• A culture that celebrates belonging and collaboration promotes professional development and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members. Offers flexible work options to support your work and personal needs.
• Full Benefit Package (Medical Dental & Vision) that starts on your first day.
• 401k plan with company match Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution.
• Paid Vacation Paid Holidays Maternity and Paternity Leave Education Assistance Wellness Programs Corporate Discounts among other benefits.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time