Senior Engineer, IT - GxP Infrastructure & Systems

Overview

Create a future where DNA is no longer destiny. Join Rocket Pharma.

Rocket Pharma is a fully integrated, late-stage biotechnology company advancing gene therapies with curative potential for patients with rare and life-threatening diseases. We are a team of creative, compassionate, and driven individuals united by a profound mission of seeking gene therapy cures. Rocket places tremendous value on our people and fosters a collaborative environment where bold ideas thrive and every team member makes a meaningful impact.

Our core values guide everything we do: we trust one another, show generosity toward patients, embrace curiosity, and strive to elevate science. Team members receive a competitive total rewards package, including equity participation, 401(k) matching, and excellent health benefits.

Rocket Pharmaceuticals is seeking a motivated Senior Engineer, IT - GxP Infrastructure & Systems to support and maintain the enterprise infrastructure that powers our research, manufacturing, quality, clinical, and corporate systems.

This position is responsible for administering servers, virtualization platforms, storage, networking, cloud services, identity management, cybersecurity platforms, backup infrastructure, and enterprise systems while ensuring all infrastructure supporting regulated environments remains secure, highly available, and compliant with GxP requirements.

Working closely with QA, CSV, Security, Technical Support, and Business System Owners, this individual will participate in infrastructure projects, lifecycle management, change control, system upgrades, preventative maintenance, disaster recovery, and operational support while helping drive infrastructure modernization and continuous improvement.

• Administer and maintain infrastructure supporting GxP and enterprise business systems.
• Manage VMware vSphere environments, including VMware vCenter, ESXi 8 hosts, virtual machines, templates, snapshots, resource allocation, and lifecycle management.
• Administer Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Entra , Microsoft 365, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and enterprise identity services.
• Support Okta Identity and Access Management, including directory synchronization, Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), lifecycle management, and authentication troubleshooting.
• Administer Druva backup and disaster recovery solutions, including backup monitoring, replication, restore testing, and disaster recovery validation.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Cisco Nexus switching infrastructure, Cisco Meraki switches, wireless infrastructure, security appliances, and cloud-managed networking.
• Deploy operating system, application, and GxP system patches and other enterprise management tools, ensuring updates are completed in accordance with approved change management, validation, and cybersecurity procedures.
• Perform scheduled preventative maintenance on servers, virtualization platforms, storage systems, networking equipment, backup systems, and supporting infrastructure to maximize system availability and reliability.
• Monitor enterprise infrastructure health, capacity, availability, and performance using monitoring and alerting platforms while proactively identifying and resolving issues.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues involving virtualization, storage, networking, authentication, cloud services, enterprise applications, and supporting systems.
• Participate in change management activities by implementing infrastructure changes in accordance with GxP, validation, cybersecurity, and quality procedures.
• Create and maintain infrastructure documentation, architecture diagrams, SOPs, work instructions, disaster recovery documentation, and technical standards.
• Participate in scheduled maintenance windows and rotating on-call support for critical infrastructure services.

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline preferred; equivalent education and experience will be considered.
• 4-6 years of experience administering and supporting enterprise infrastructure, preferably within a pharmaceutical,…