**ROLE SUMMARY**



Cloud is at the center of Pfizer Digital's mission to accelerate business innovation and pursue breakthroughs that change patients' lives. This role is an opportunity to feature prominently in that regard, driving outcomes that have real impact for our colleagues and the people we serve.



The Cloud Solutions Engineering Lead is responsible for the design, engineering, operationalization, and continuous improvement of Pfizer's global portfolio of cloud hosting solutions. This role is a subject matter expert in the field of cloud technologies with a broad range of general IT knowledge in a global and diverse enterprise setting.



The role will have primary engineering responsibility over Pfizer's bimodal cloud solution architecture, inclusive of the Cloud Brokerage product aimed at traditional and transitional enterprise workloads, and RAPID which is designed specifically to enable modern, cloud-native workloads. The candidate will lead solution designs for both areas, covering a variety of cloud service provider (CSP) solutions inclusive of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.



Functionally, this role will lead the qualification of new cloud solution patterns, ensuring strict adherence to defined security and compliance requirements and fit-for-use while managing the transition of ongoing support for these new patterns to the Digital Command Operations team within EP&S (fit-for-purpose). The role will also be accountable for the lifecycle management of engineered patterns, ensuring the ongoing durability of the products in-use. In this regard, the lead is expected to maintain strong relationships with all technology providers to relentlessly pursue improvements that extract the greatest amount of value for Pfizer.



The ideal candidate will challenge traditional norms within the Pfizer infrastructure environment and bias heavily towards a software-defined paradigm that results in all infrastructure being delivered as code via lightweight, repeatable, scalable, and cost-efficient designs. Strong partnerships are expected with key domain areas within EP&S including supporting product teams (e.g., Operating System, Network, Database) and service areas (e.g., Global Information Security, Compliance) and with teams outside of EP&S including Digital Architecture and the Digital Creation Centers.



This position requires the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop, and coach others, and oversee & guide the work of colleagues and contractors to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business value.



**ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES**



+ Responsible for the strategy, design & engineering, implementation, operationalization, improvement, and ongoing lifecycle management of Pfizer's global portfolio of cloud hosting solutions. Services will encompass traditional and transitional private cloud and modern, public cloud and span IaaS and PaaS capabilities across a variety of cloud service providers.

+ Lead designs that are "fit-for-purpose" and wholly and efficiently deliver the outcomes that are required by the customers (e.g., Creation Centers). Maintain strict alignment to established security and compliance guidelines in the qualification of new engineering solutions.

+ Ensure that designs are "fit-for-use" and achieve not only the desired outcomes but deliver an experience that is delightful (fast and easy). Manage the transition of engineered solutions to steady-state operations (Digital Command Operations) and ensure support viability through appropriate Confluence-based documentation, effective handovers, training, and assistance as required.

+ Apply a DevSecOps approach to engineering that embeds security into each design, utilizes a defined and standardized pipeline for code release, makes significant use of automation particularly in testing, and biases towards repeatability and ease of go-forward maintenance.

+ Maintain technical ownership over Pfizer's Cloud Service Provider (CSP) account structure and define and manage the organizational policies in accordance with Hosting Security and Compliance teams. Establish a framework that enables maximum scalability while also ensuring ease of management.

+ Partner closely with EP&S Secure Network Services (SNS) in the architectural design of cloud networking capabilities including (but not limited to) name space design, direct connect architecture, transit gateway and load balancing. Continuously evaluate the health of our capabilities while assessing new features that may offer an improved experience. Work with SNS to lead any cloud-oriented networking improvements and ensure the ongoing health and stability of our environment through those improvement events.

+ Be the leading subject matter expert on cloud at Pfizer. Participate regularly in ideation/design stage processes with Digital Architecture and Digital Hosting Product Owners in the translation of business outcomes to technology capabilities. Be comfortable with sharing knowledge and teaching colleagues from across the Digital organization.

+ Manage external partnerships with key cloud service providers and strategic partners to ensure consistent delivery of services in alignment with Pfizer's cloud strategy and in accordance with established commercial agreements. Address any systemic issues in service delivery to ensure ongoing operational viability.

+ Maintain contemporary cloud services intelligence through an active network of key strategic partnerships and advisors, ensuring that Pfizer stays abreast of the latest trends in cloud computing technologies and market shifts. Continuously evaluate new capabilities and provide guidance on where investments should be made.

+ Promote ideas and innovations for cloud solutions by taking measured risks and articulating the vision and plan to achieve desired outcomes such as reducing operational cycle time.

+ Mentor and guide colleagues in cloud capabilities to grow their digital and cloud computing effectiveness. Coach colleagues for individual development planning.

+ Is recognized as an expert within the organization, both within and beyond own function and applies this to influence the strategic direction of a Global Business Unit/Global Operating Unit or Sub Business Unit/Sub Operating Unit

+ Leads unique and complex projects with influence across a Global Business Unit/Global Operating Unit or Sub Business Unit/Sub Operating Unit

+ Identifies multiple solutions or innovative options in solving highly complex problems with direct impact on a Global Business Unit/Global Operating Unit or Sub Business Unit/Sub Operating Unit

+ Exercises foresight and judgment in making complex decisions. Acts independently on self-initiated projects



**QUALIFICATIONS**



Must-Haves



+ Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a similar technical/engineering discipline.

+ 8-10 years of experience in an enterprise IT setting, preferably one in a highly regulated industry such as banking/financial or healthcare/pharmaceutical.

+ Expert-level knowledge of and expertise with public cloud services, particularly AWS, including compute, networking, storage, content delivery, database, application services, and deployment & management principles. Additional knowledge and expertise with Google and Azure Clouds is also highly desired.

+ Deep understanding of networking technologies as they relate to cloud hosting, including DNS, IPAM, load balancing, Virtual Private Networking (VPN), and Direct Connect or Point-to-Point services.

+ Knowledge of cloud security and credential management principles with an understanding of best practices and how to apply security & identity policies to accommodate a variety of business controls.

+ Demonstrated expertise in infrastructure-as-code principles with a history of utilizing industry standard capabilities (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef) to deliver software-based designs and configuration management capabilities.

+ Demonstrated experience with software development frameworks such as Agile/Scrum/Waterfall, DevSecOps and programming interfaces including RESTful Web Services, XML, and JSON. Prior usage of automated testing in the context of infrastructure-as-code delivery is highly desired.

+ Strong general IT knowledge including an understanding of large-scale distributed systems architectures, relational & non-relational databases, multi-tier architectures, content delivery networks, system performance tuning, data protection (backup) technologies, and disaster recovery planning & failover strategies.

+ Strong communicative skills and the ability to simplify complex planning details into business operational terms in an international environment.



**Nice-to-Have**



+ AWS Certified Professional certification is highly desired.



Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.



**NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS**



Some evening/weekend support may be required from time to time.



Work Location Assignment:Flexible



Last Date to Apply for Job: 8/17/2022



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