ROLE SUMMARY
The Digital Hosting solutions (DHS) team represents the Digital Center of Excellence (CoE) for cloud infrastructure capabilities, providing foundational public and private cloud services to all business lines, globally across Pfizer. DHS is a high-performing team, focused on delivering secure, scalable, compliant, operationally viable, and cost-effective cloud solutions. Working within Digital Hosting Solutions is to be at the cutting edge of cloud technology within the context of the world’s leading biopharmaceutical organization, at a time when adoption of these technologies is increasing rapidly.
This role will work closely with other DHS Engineering and Security teams to develop infrastructure-as-code (IaC) for provisioning/allocation and ongoing management of cloud infrastructure. This includes security guardrails and controls with a heavy focus toward automation. They will become an expert in Pfizer’s Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) process and will play a key role in the qualification of new cloud services as they are released from hyperscale vendor platforms, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.
This individual will interface directly with product/service owners in creating cloud-native solutions that modernize Pfizer’s ecosystem. They will participate in an Agile software development lifecycle, providing operational support of existing systems while modernizing of legacy applications, driving to more cost-effective and scalable designs.
Pfizer seeks individuals who are self-motivated, eager to learn, and those who are highly effective working in a team environment. A strong aptitude towards self-development and growth is highly desired.
An Associate Cloud Engineer must operate with the highest levels of integrity, as colleagues within DHS are often entrusted with high levels of access to cloud-based production and development environments. The ability to protect confidential information, identify risk conditions, alert on situations of non-compliance, and operate within defined policies & procedures is a must.
Responsibilities include:
- Assist in the development & engineering of new cloud solutions following Pfizer’s Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) SOP.
- Work directly with Cloud Security Engineering to ensure proper management of security guardrail solutions, including creation and maintenance of event triggers, alerts, drift control policies, and reporting.
- Work directly with Solutions & Cloud Engineering to assist in the technical design review of new application deployments and/or the modernization of existing applications using native cloud IaaS/PaaS.
- Participation in daily Agile standups: Provide regular updates on work in progress; Identify and escalate issues & risks that may result in delays or design flaws; Develop metrics reports for leadership consumption.
- Create and maintain cloud-specific documentation in the DHS Confluence site. Utilize Jira to maintain status on tasks and sprints in flight.
- Provide engineering/development support for continuous improvement-oriented requirements generated by Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams
- Participate in cloud security events including purple (proactive) and red (reactive) teams to identify, report, and resolve risk and/or issue conditions.
- Support periodic corporate and Digital audit requests.
- Work collaboratively with external parties including cloud vendors and Pfizer strategic suppliers as part of a larger development team.
- Commit to ongoing learning and professional development
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, preferably in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 1+ years of experience working with cloud platforms, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform
- 1+ years of software development experience in either application development or automation
- Hands-on programming experience with one or more languages, such as Python, Node.js, Go, Java, .NET (C#), or C/C++
- Familiarity with continuous integration tools (e.g. Github Actions, Jenkins, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, etc)
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) frameworks such as CDK, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
- Candidates should be highly motivated and capable of working independently
- Clear verbal and written communication
- Demonstrated ability to effectively document software designs and communicate implementation details.
- Comfortable with Windows, Macintosh, and Linux operating systems
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information
- Ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Ability to adapt to changing requirements and constraints
- Ability to use creative thinking and advanced problem-solving skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Cloud certifications, particularly in AWS (Foundational, Associate or Professional) are highly desired
- Familiarity and/or experience working in an Agile environment
- Working knowledge of Confluence and/or Jira is desired.
This role will regularly interact with members of the Digital Hosting Solutions (DHS) Team, other groups within Enterprise Platforms & Security (EP&S) including the EP&S Finance & Portfolio Team, and Solution Teams within the Digital Creation Centers.
This role is also expected to interface directly with Pfizer Digital Creation Centers, who are customers of DHS solutions for the purposes of sharing cloud usage and cost data, providing optimization recommendations and assisting, where appropriate, in the execution of optimization recommendations.
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Purpose
Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.
Digital Transformation Strategy
One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.
Flexibility
We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let’s start the conversation!
Equal Employment Opportunity
We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms – allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.
