Associate Director of Cloud

Bristol Myers Squibb • Princeton, NJ

17h

About The Position

The Associate Director (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

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

Responsibilities

• Deep Technical Design & Hands-On Engineering
• AWS Foundational Architecture: 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.
• Expert IaC Development: 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.
• Scalable Application Architecture: 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.
• Modern Application Development: 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.
• SecDevOps Automation: 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.
• Product Mindset & Innovation
• Product Development Approach: 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.
• AI-Powered SDLC Integration: 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.
• CI/CD Mastery: Architect and optimize the enterprise CI/CD platform (leveraging GitHub Actions or equivalent tooling) to enable true continuous delivery workflows.
• FinOps & Resource Optimization: Develop automated mechanisms and reference architectures to optimize AWS spend and drive utilization efficiency across all business units.
• Technical Governance & Mentorship
• Technical Standard Bearer: Establish and enforce technical standards, design patterns, and quality gates for cloud adoption, ensuring consistency and adherence to regulatory compliance.
• Architecture Review: Lead the technical review process for major cloud projects, ensuring all solutions are scalable, reliable, and adhere to defined security baselines.

Benefits

• Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
• Financial Well-being and Protection: 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.
• Work-life benefits include: 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 Based on eligibility, additional time off for employees may include 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. All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees