Associate Cloud Engineer

Career Category

Information Systems

Job Description

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

If you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to becoming one of the world's leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It's time for a career you can be proud of. Join us!

Cloud Engineer

Live

What you will do

Let's do this! Let's change the world. Play a vital role and be part of the web team, which provides end-to-end digital solutions and hosting for global websites enabling Amgen brands to engage with healthcare professionals (HCPs) and our patients. The team offers an innovative web technology platform hosted in the cloud and ensures compliances and security features across our websites. You will be part of Amgen's Global Commercial Operations Digital Technology Innovation (GCO DTI) organization.

• Implement, and manage highly available AWS cloud environments.
• Maintain VPCs, Subnets, Security Groups, and IAM policies to enforce security best practices.
• Optimize AWS costs using reserved instances, savings plans, and auto-scaling.
• Maintain, and enhance Terraform & CloudFormation templates for cloud provisioning.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring using AWS-native tools & scripting.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments.
• Set up AWS CloudWatch and logging solutions for proactive monitoring.
• Implement autoscaling, load balancing, and caching strategies for performance optimization.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure issues and conduct root cause analysis.
• Work closely with software engineers, SREs, and DevOps teams to support deployments.
• Maintain Git best practices for cloud infrastructure versioning.
• Support on-call rotation for high-priority cloud incidents.

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our outstanding contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a problem-solver with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and 2 - 6 years of Information Science experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in programming languages such as Python, & .Net
• Experience in DevOps (CI/CD) and automation tools such as digital.ai, Jenkins, Docker, GitHub
• Hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, CDN, Route 54, WAF, Lambda, VPC, IAM, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, etc.).
• Expertise in Terraform & CloudFormation for AWS infrastructure automation.
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and service mesh architectures.
• Knowledge of AWS Lambda and event-driven architectures.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to express yourself succinctly
• Experience using Jira for releases notifications and practical understanding of Agile/SAFe is a plus
• Basic knowledge of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Exposure to AI/ML-driven applications or generative AI technologies.
• Knowledge of CMS tools like Sitecore and web technologies such as HTML CSS, JavaScript, ASP.NET, and SQL a plus

Additional Requirements

• Must be able to work overlapping hours with US based team (8 to 11 A.M. PST)
• Able to work with offshore teams and act as a liaison as needed

Soft Skills 

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities. 

• Effective communication and collaboration skills. 

• Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies. 

• Ability to manage multiple tasks with minimal supervision. 

• Team-oriented mindset and commitment to shared goals. 

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability. 

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we work to care for our teammates' professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

Apply now

for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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