Cloud Engineer

USP • Rockville, MD

21h

About The Position

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the world’s leading health and science experts to develop rigorous quality standards for medicines, dietary supplements, and food ingredients. At USP, we believe that scientific excellence is driven by a commitment to fairness, integrity, and global collaboration. This belief is embedded in our core value of Passion for Quality and is demonstrated through the contributions of more than 1,300 professionals across twenty global locations, working to strengthen the supply of safe, high-quality medicines worldwide. At USP, we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverse expertise strengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supports equitable access to mentorship, professional development, and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships, standards, and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger, more impactful outcomes for global health. USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and is committed to ensuring fair, merit-based selection processes that enable the best scientific minds—regardless of background—to contribute to advancing public health solutions worldwide. We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and uphold policies that create an inclusive and collaborative work environment. We are seeking a skilled and motivated AWS Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and maintain a scalable, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with cloud services, infrastructure design, infrastructure as code, monitoring systems to maintain reliability, cost optimization and DevOps practices, and will play a key role in supporting and optimizing our cloud-based systems. You will be working with developers and IT teams to migrate applications and improve overall architecture efficiency. As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards, you will play a vital role in increasing global access to high-quality medicines through public standards and related programs. USP prioritizes scientific integrity, regulatory excellence, and evidence-based decision-making to ensure health systems worldwide can rely on strong, tested, and globally relevant quality standards. Additionally, USP’s People and Culture division, in partnership with the Equity Office, invests in leadership and workforce development to equip all employees with the skills to create high-performing, inclusive teams. This includes training in equitable management practices and tools to promote engaged, collaborative, and results-driven work environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• AWS Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.
• A minimum of 8 years of experience in Cloud engineering, and DevOps roles.
• Expertise in the design and deployment of cloud infrastructure using AWS services, including EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, Aurora, Redshift, VPC, ECS/EKS, Route 53, Load Balancers, WAF, CloudFront, and API Gateway.
• Hands-on experience configuring networking services such as VPCs, subnets, security groups, NACLs, Internet Gateways, and Route 53.
• Expertise in deploying multi-tier applications across subnets and establishing connectivity to organizational resources, including on-premises networks.
• Strong experience building and managing infrastructure using automation tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation; knowledge of Bash scripting and Python is a plus.
• Experience with data engineering tools including AWS Glue, Athena, DMS, and analytics pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with IAM, federated authentication, role-based access control, SSO integration, AWS Identity Center, and least privilege access models.
• Skilled in DevOps and CI/CD modernization using Bitbucket or GitHub, with pipeline implementation in Bitbucket or Jenkins for deploying containerized applications and Terraform scripts.
• Working knowledge of integrating scanning tools into CI/CD pipelines, such as SonarQube, and managing pull requests for code reviews.
• Knowledge of standard infrastructure architecture patterns, including multi-tier, microservices, serverless, event-driven, high-availability, and fault-tolerant designs.
• Working knowledge of incident management using ticketing systems such as ServiceNow and Jira.
• Deep expertise in cost optimization strategies, including resource tagging, right-sizing, reservations, and savings plans.
• Ability to monitor and optimize system performance using CloudWatch and third-party observability tools such as Datadog.
• Working knowledge of Drupal content management systems, including platforms such as Acquia, is a strong plus.
• Strong understanding of cloud security frameworks (CIS, NIST, ISO 27001) and industry best practices.
• Experience working with industry standards such as cloud, security, and AWS Well-Architected Frameworks.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and mentor engineering teams.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experiences with AI/ML tools such as Bedrock, Sagemaker, etc.
• Experience with AI productivity and Code generation tools such as Copilot, OpenClaw etc.
• Experience with cloud architectural patterns, and multi-cloud set ups.
• Experience designing Serverless and event-driven infrastructure design in AWS.
• Experience in Agile and Kanban engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable AWS cloud infrastructure aligned with business objectives.
• Architect and deploy containerized platforms using ECS, EKS, Docker, and AMIs.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
• Define and implement multi-environment landing zones and governance frameworks using AWS Control Tower, IAM, and Organizations.
• Configure and manage AWS networking components, including VPCs, subnets, PrivateLink, NAT/Internet Gateways, Route 53, and hybrid connectivity.
• Set up and manage RDS databases (Aurora, PostgreSQL, Redshift, MariaDB) with secure and optimized connectivity.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using GitHub or Bitbucket, integrating code quality and security tools such as SonarCloud.
• Lead patching, lifecycle management, and resilience strategies for large-scale cloud environments.
• Monitor and optimize cloud environments using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, and New Relic.
• Drive cost optimization strategies using AWS Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor, and custom reporting.
• Document SOPs, reference architectures, and technical knowledge bases to support maintainability and knowledge transfer.
• Maintain the Acquia/Drupal platform and manage deployments.
• Handle incident management using ServiceNow and support production releases.

Benefits

• USP provides the benefits to protect yourself and your family today and tomorrow.
• From company-paid time off and comprehensive healthcare options to retirement savings, you can have peace of mind that your personal and financial well-being is protected.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees