Senior Cloud Engineer

Company: GSK
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: September 21, 2023

Job Description:

Site Name: London The Stanley Building, Cambridge 300 Technology Square, San Francisco, USA - Washington - SeattlePosted Date: Sep 14 2023This role can be office based within the greater Seattle, WA location. The specific location of the Seattle office will be determined in the near future.The Onyx Research Data Platform organization represents a major investment by GSK R&D and Digital & Tech, designed to deliver a step-change in our ability to leverage data, knowledge, and prediction to find new medicines. We are a full-stack shop consisting of product andportfolio leadership, data engineering, infrastructure and DevOps, data / metadata / knowledge platforms, and AI/ML and analysis platforms, allgeared toward:- Building a next-generation data experience for GSK's scientists, engineers, and decision-makers, increasing productivity, and reducingtime spent on "data mechanics"- Providing best-in-class AI/ML and data analysis environments to accelerate our predictive capabilities and attract top-tier talent- Aggressively engineering our data at scale to unlock the value of our combined data assets and predictions in real-timeA Senior Engineer is a leading technical contributor who can consistently take a loosely defined business or technical requirement, architect andbuild it to a well-defined specification and execute on it at a high level. They have a strong focus on metrics, both for the impact of their workand for its inner workings / operations. They have a strong focus on metrics, both for the impact of their work and for its inner workings /operations.A Senior Cloud Engineer should be deeply familiar with the tools of their specialization and of their customers, and engaged with the opensource community surrounding them - potentially, even to the level of contributing pull requests.Key responsibilities for the Senior Cloud Engineer include:Design and deploy scalable and reliable cloud infrastructure solutions using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services.Configure and optimize network architecture, including VPCs, subnets, firewalls, and load balancers, to ensure high availability, security and performance.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable and efficient cloud infrastructure designs.Provides input into the roadmaps of teams representing upstream dependencies to help improve the overall program of workAutomate infrastructure provisioning and deployment processes using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.Stay updated with the latest trends and best practices in cloud infrastructure and contribute to the continuous improvement of our cloud infrastructure architecture.Optimize resource utilization and cost management while maintaining compliance standards.Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a collaborative and knowledge-sharing culture within the organization.Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure-related issues and provide technical support to internal teams -Why you?Basic Qualifications:We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software engineering or related field5+ cloud experience (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Kubernetes)5+ years of experience with CI/CD implementations, Jenkins, GitlabPreferred Qualifications:If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:Deep knowledge and use of at least one common programming language: e.g., Python, Scala, Java, including toolchains for documentation, testing, and operations / observabilityDeep expertise in modern software development tools / ways of working (e.g. git/GitHub, devops tools, metrics / monitoring, ---)Cloud experience (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Kubernetes), including infrastructure-as-codeApplication experience of CI/CD implementations using git and a common CI/CD stack (e.g. Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab, Azure DevOps)Demonstrated excellence with agile software development environments using tools like Jira and ConfluenceDeep familiarity with the tools, techniques, etc relevant to their specialization area, including engagement with the open-source community (and potentially making contributions to such tools)Why GSK?Our values and expectations -are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities: Agile and distributed decision-making - using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and riskManaging individual and team performance. Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.Implementing change initiatives and leading change.Sustaining energy and well-being, building resilience in teams.Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning both internally and externally.Developing people and building a talent pipeline.Translating strategy into action - a compelling narrative, motivating others, setting objectives and delegation.Building strong relationships and collaboration, managing trusted stakeholder relationships internally and externally.Budgeting and forecasting, commercial and financial acumen.#LI-GSK#GSKOnyxWhy Us?GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together - so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns - as an organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it's also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We're committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class*(*US only).We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on Ukdiversity.recruitment@gsk.com or 0808 234 4391. - Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channelsAs you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information which is entirely voluntary. 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