Associate Director, Cloud Platform Architect

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly strategic yet action-oriented Associate Director, Cloud Platform Architect to join our growing cloud platform team. Reporting directly to the Director and Head of Cloud Architecture and Operations, you will act as a strategic extension of the team to implement the Cloud Vision and Roadmap for 2026 and beyond. You will define the target state of cloud maturity, ensuring our platforms (AWS and GCP) are secure, scalable, reliable and cost-optimized, and lead the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) to enable business agility with governance that is fit-for-purpose.

• Lead and conduct CCoE activities, acting as a technical authority for other IT and business teams. Establish guiding principles, standards, and blueprints that are practical and enabling.
• Lead the architecture governance for new and existing workloads. Review business requirements and guide teams toward recommended, secure, and cost-optimized cloud architectures, considering alternatives and existing Insmed solutions.
• Continuously evaluate Insmed’s cloud maturity against AWS/GCP best practices, driving initiatives to close gaps.
• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for AWS and GCP, designing robust infrastructure solutions.
• Create Reference Architectures for common and prioritized use cases that are compliant with AWS & GCP well-architected frameworks.
• Architect, develop and enforce Dev Sec Ops  & SRE practices. Author and implement CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automated provisioning of new GCP projects and AWS accounts.
• Collaborate with Networking and Cybersecurity teams to design secure cloud networking topologies, create Terraform or Cloud Formation templates, and enforce rigorous security standards.
• Work with global stakeholders across geographies to ensure cloud solutions support international business needs and comply with regulatory and data residency requirements.
• Collaborate with external consulting partners (onsite and offshore) to ensure delivery quality and alignment with internal standards.
• Bridge technical and non-technical audiences, communicating deep technical concepts to engineers and presenting strategic value to senior executives.
• Provide architectural guidance to application and data teams, ensuring alignment with cloud-native principles and data governance requirements.

• Required: Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, MIS, Business, or related field; 10+ years of hands-on experience as a Cloud Platform Architect (or similar) in large enterprise organizations or with cloud hyperscalers.
• Required: Expert-level knowledge of AWS and/or GCP. Strong proficiency in Dev Sec Ops , CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure Automation (Python, Terraform, Ansible, Cloud Formation, Chef, Puppet, etc.).
• Required: Deep understanding of Cloud Networking (VPCs, Transit Gateways, Interconnects, NCC, Firewalls, Load Balancers) and Cloud IAM. Strong Application and Data Security architecture skills.
• Required: Minimum of 5 years of experience working with external consulting partners with mixed onsite and offshore teams. Self-starter with ownership mindset and ability to drive initiatives from concept to measurable outcomes.
• Required: Ability to think strategically about a multi-year roadmap while remaining hands-on to troubleshoot blockers.
• Preferred: Prior experience in the Bio Pharma / Life Sciences industry; familiarity with Life Sciences capabilities and common GxP/regulatory use cases.

• Cloud architecture (AWS and GCP) and well-architected frameworks
• Dev Sec Ops , CI/CD, IaC (Terraform, Cloud Formation, Ansible, etc.), SRE practices
• Cloud networking and IAM; secure cloud design and implementation
• Stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration
• Communication of complex technical concepts to non-technical leadership

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Business, or related field