Associate Director, Lead Cloud Architect

Bristol Myers Squibb • Tampa, FL

6d • $169,150 - $225,467 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Director (Lead Cloud Architect) is an open position for core technical leadership role and a 100% focused on architecting, developing, and automating the most critical components of our AWS Cloud Platform and application delivery pipeline. This role requires at least 10 years of hands-on experience in application development, deep cloud expertise, and a strong product development mindset—treating the cloud platform and developer toolchain as internal products with measurable user experience and continuous iteration. You will be the authoritative expert defining standards for IaC, CI/CD, and SecDevOps using GitHub as the primary source of truth. A key deliverable is driving innovation by incorporating AI/ML tools into the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) to enhance security, quality, and velocity across all application teams. Success in this role is measured strictly by the successful design, implementation, and scalability of complex, production-ready cloud solutions.

Requirements

• Minimum BS level technical degree required; Computer Science or Engineering background preferred
• 10+ years of progressive experience in IT/Software Development, with 7+ years dedicated to large-scale, enterprise AWS engineering and DevOps delivery.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python, NodeJS (or other major programming language) and CloudFormation (Other IaC tools) for building production systems.
• Expert-level knowledge of GitHub for code management, branching strategies and leveraging features like Actions or Advanced Security.
• Proven ability to define and deliver platform capabilities with a product development mindset, emphasizing user stories (developer needs) and measurable outcomes (reduced deployment time, increased security coverage).
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and debugging complex IAM policies, network architectures, and troubleshooting high-volume, distributed cloud systems.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred: Holds an active AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional and/or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional certification.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical owner and primary builder of the AWS Landing Zone architecture (Control Tower, AWS Organizations), ensuring high availability, network resilience (Transit Gateway), and cost efficiency.
• Author and maintain advanced, enterprise-grade Infrastructure-as-Code modules using CloudFormation and version control with GitHub, promoting a strict GitOps model for infrastructure delivery.
• Architect, design, and validate highly scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient cloud-native architectures for enterprise applications, enforcing best practices like serverless-first, auto-scaling, and multi-AZ deployments. Design application for disaster recovery in IaaS Cloud platform.
• Leverage 10+ years of application development experience to build robust, scalable, and secure cloud-native solutions (Cloud Front, Lambda, API Gateway, Elastic Beanstalk, ECS, DynamoDB, S3), focusing on performance and operational excellence.
• Embed security automation at every phase of the CI/CD pipeline, implementing policy-as-code (e.g., OPA) and automated compliance checks without sacrificing developer velocity. Well knowledge around usage of AWS Config, Identity and Access management Roles and Policies , Organization Policies etc.
• Own the cloud platform and developer toolchain as a product, focusing on improving developer experience (DX), reducing friction, and delivering measurable time-to-market improvements for application teams.
• Lead the strategy and technical integration of emerging technologies (e.g., Generative AI for code generation, intelligent testing, automated security patch recommendations) to modernize our internal SDLC toolchain.
• Architect and optimize the enterprise CI/CD platform (leveraging GitHub Actions or equivalent tooling) to enable true continuous delivery workflows.
• Develop automated mechanisms and reference architectures to optimize AWS spend and drive utilization efficiency across all business units.
• Establish and enforce technical standards, design patterns, and quality gates for cloud adoption, ensuring consistency and adherence to regulatory compliance.
• Lead the technical review process for major cloud projects, ensuring all solutions are scalable, reliable, and adhere to defined security baselines.

Benefits

• Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
• Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
• 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
• Paid Time Off
• US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)
• Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays
• Unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director