Cloud Platform Engineering Architect; AWS

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.

Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.

The Gilead Cloud Platform Engineering (CPE) Architect role will provide architectural leadership to the CPE Dev Ops Team on both delivery and support.

• Gilead Cloud core platform services and automation development (design, development and delivery of technical code) for the AWS Control Tower Landing Zone

• Terraform development impacting AWS account baselines, CI/CD integration with the platform, DMZ networking, and SCP management

• Core platform and automation security hardening

• Maintenance and support of core platform automation, guardrails and Security Control Policies (SCPs).

• Platform development, coding, automation, role-based access control, authentication, Cyber Security hardening and cloud support

• Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD):
  Design, build, and maintain CI/CD Dev Sec Ops  pipelines to automate the building, testing, and deployment of applications. This includes integration of CI/CD pipelines via automation with other services including security scanning, artifact repositories, ITSM, etc.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
  Manage and provision cloud infrastructure using tools such as Terraform to ensure consistent and repeatable deployments.

• Cloud infrastructure management:
  Deploy, manage, and optimize cloud-based resources on platforms like AWS and Microsoft Azure.

• Containerization and orchestration:
  Work with container technologies like Docker and orchestration systems like Kubernetes to manage and scale applications.

• Monitoring and logging:
  Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to track application performance, system health, and security issues.

• Security and compliance:
  Ensure that cloud environments and deployment practices adhere to security best practices and compliance standards.

• Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with application teams, security, and quality assurance to troubleshoot issues and streamline processes.

• Automation:
  Identify and automate manual and repetitive processes to increase efficiency and reduce human error. Leverage AI tools for improved automation and scale.

• Troubleshooting:
  Perform root cause analysis and provide technical support to resolve issues in development, testing, and production environments.

• Provide daily technical leadership and guidance to the Cloud Platform Engineering Core and CI/CD Engineering Scrum Team

• Minimum Required Education and Years of
  
  Experience:

  High School Degree and Fourteen Year's Experience

  OR

  Associates Degree and Twelve Years Experience

  OR

  Bachelor's Degree and Ten Years’ Experience

  OR

  Masters' Degree and Eight Years’ Experience

• Public Cloud Services knowledge of AWS, MS Azure (a plus)

• Development (coding) skills required, Terraform and Git Hub expertise required

• CI/CD Dev Sec Ops  opinioned pipelines subject matter expertise

• Professional certifications a plus (Public Cloud, Architecture, Program Management etc.)

• Agile/Scrum knowledge and leadership skills

• Subject matter expert on AWS, MS Azure Public…