Role OverviewThe Associate Principal Engineer – Cloud Platform will support the design and creation of cloud-based products and services to meet the technology needs of Exelixis. This position will help define and design our cloud platform, which includes cloud automation tools and standards, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling and AWS account provisioning automation.
What You Will Do
Guides the successful completion of major initiatives or programs and leads large complex projects. Refine end-to-end development processes, from ideation through CI/CD, security scanning, and production monitoring.
Why It Might Be a Fit
Acts as the technical expert to be sought for guidance on new technology direction. Serve as the SME for general engineering issues and platform strategy. Mentor and coach engineers across the team, fostering technical excellence.
Requirements
- Master's degree in a relevant field and 9 years of experience; or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 11 years of related experience; or Equivalent combination of education or years of experience
- At least 10 years of experience in cloud infrastructure in a highly available and production environment
- Experience working in a SOX and FDA regulated environment is a plus
- Advanced level knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS), especially with services related to hosting: EC2, RDS, Systems Manager, IAM, etc.
- Advanced level knowledge with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, especially Terraform
- Intermediate level knowledge with cloud and infrastructure automation
- Intermediate level knowledge of modern development and deployment practices of continuous integration and continuous deployment
- Experience working in pharma/biotech environments with GxP and regulated systems
- Strong product ownership skills (backlog prioritization, stakeholder alignment, release planning)
- Understanding of platform governance, access controls, and audit/compliance requirements
- Ability to manage cross-functional stakeholders (business, data, engineering)
- Experience working with vendors and managed services partners
- Experience in analytics platforms (Posit, Tableau, Spotfire)
- Solid expertise in Posit (Workbench, Connect, Package Manager)
Benefits
- 401k plan with generous company contributions
- group medical, dental and vision coverage
- life and disability insurance
- flexible spending accounts
- discretionary annual bonus program
- sales-based incentive plan
- opportunity to purchase company stock
- long-term incentives
- 15 accrued vacation days in their first year
- 17 paid holidays including a company-wide winter shutdown in December
- up to 10 sick days throughout the calendar year
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