Infrastructure & Middleware Engineer

Location
: Hybrid

Medidata follows a hybrid office policy in which employees who are hired for an in‑person position are expected to work on site a certain number of days per week following Company policy.

Medidata is powering smarter treatments and healthier people through digital solutions to support clinical trials. Celebrating over 25 years of ground‑breaking technological innovation across more than 38,000 trials and 12 million patients, Medidata offers industry‑leading expertise, analytics‑powered insights, and one of the largest clinical trial data sets in the industry. More than 1 million registered users across approximately 2,300 customers trust Medidata's seamless, end‑to‑end platform to improve patient experiences, accelerate clinical breakthroughs, and bring therapies to market faster.

A Dassault Systèmes brand, Medidata is headquartered in New York City and has been recognized as a Leader by Everest Group and IDC. Discover more at

The Infrastructure & Middleware Engineer is the operational backbone of Clinical Informatics Services. In this role, your primary focus is Dev Ops excellence: automating infrastructure provisioning, ensuring high availability, and optimizing deployment pipelines.

You will champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices and ensure our teams can deploy software efficiently and reliably.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Lead the design and management of AWS resources using Terraform, ensuring all environments are reproducible and version‑controlled.
• CI/CD & Release Engineering: Own the automated build and release pipelines, optimizing them for speed and reliability to support rapid development cycles.
• System Monitoring & Observability: Build comprehensive Grafana dashboards and alert systems to monitor infrastructure health, focusing on proactive issue detection rather than reactive fixing.
• Container Orchestration: Manage and scale Kubernetes clusters and Dockerized applications, ensuring efficient resource utilization and uptime.
• Automation Scripting: Automate manual operational tasks (backups, patching, log rotation).
• Middleware Development: Develop and maintain Python‑based middleware services as needed to ensure data flows correctly between internal components.
• Database Reliability: ensure the stability, security, and performance of data storage systems (Mongo
  
  DB, RDS), handling backups and disaster recovery planning.

• Dev Ops Mindset: You view operations as a software problem, preferring code‑based solutions (IaC) over manual configuration.
• Operational Stability: You prioritize uptime, security, and scalability above all else.
• Python Proficiency: You are comfortable writing production‑level Python code, not just for scripts, but for backend services when required.
• Root Cause Analysis: You excel at debugging complex infrastructure incidents, analyzing logs, and implementing long‑term fixes.
• Mid‑Level Autonomy: You can independently scope and execute infrastructure projects (e.g., "Migrate this service to Kubernetes") with minimal hand‑holding.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience:
  • 3–5 years of professional experience in Dev Ops practice
  • 2+ years of specific experience with Terraform in a production AWS environment.
  • 3+ years of Python scripting and development experience.
• Technical Stack Proficiency:
  • Core Dev Ops: Terraform (Must Have), Github Actions, AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker.
  • Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, or Cloud Watch.
  • Languages: Python (Required).
  • Databases: Mongo
    
    DB, SQL, or similar technologies.

As with all roles, Medidata sets ranges based on a number of factors including function, level, candidate expertise and experience, and geographic location.

The salary range for positions that will be physically based in the NYC Metro Area is $96,000-$128,000.

The salary range for positions that will be physically based in the California Bay Area is $101,250-$135,000.

The salary range for positions that will be physically based in the Boston Metro Area is $94,.

The salary range for positions that will be physically based in Texas or Ohio is…