Senior Cloud Engineering Lead

Pfizer • New York City, NY

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Pfizer’s Global Cloud Services supports the company’s digital transformation by delivering modern cloud infrastructure and engineering capabilities. The Senior Cloud Engineering Lead provides technical leadership and design expertise to help Pfizer Digital use cloud-native design patterns and modern engineering practices. The role helps deliver a secure, compliant, productive, and innovative global multi-cloud hosting environment, with emphasis on security, automation, and infrastructure as code.

The lead manages and mentors a team of 3–5 cloud engineers, supports their professional development, and advances modern cloud engineering practices across the organization. The role works with global cloud engineers, developers, and product teams to create cloud-native capabilities and reusable design patterns. It is hybrid, based in an assigned Pfizer office, with work in the office 2–3 days per week or as business needs require. The role includes 10% travel and minimal operational responsibilities, with occasional support for the on-call engineering team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar discipline.
• 7–10 years of experience in cloud engineering or infrastructure roles.
• At least 2 years of experience in a technical leadership role managing or leading engineering teams.
• Deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure), with demonstrated familiarity across multiple cloud providers.
• Strong experience building and deploying cloud infrastructure using industry-standard infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, OpenTofu, or Pulumi.
• Proficiency in at least one major programming language; Python is strongly preferred.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and adapt to evolving cloud platforms.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence horizontally and vertically across a large, complex, matrixed organization.
• Ability to manage priorities and identify outcomes with the greatest business value.
• Technical leadership capabilities, including coaching, mentoring, and developing engineers.
• Customer-centric approach and bias toward delivering value at the speed demanded by the business.
• Experience integrating application hosting needs with cloud infrastructure to build secure, well-architected solutions.
• Authorization to be employed in the United States by any employer; the position requires permanent U.S. work authorization. U.S. work visa sponsorship is unavailable.

Nice To Haves

• Multi-cloud experience across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
• Expert-level knowledge of building, maintaining, and deploying infrastructure as code solutions in a DevOps environment.
• Experience with Spacelift or similar infrastructure as code automation platforms.
• Configuration management experience using Ansible or similar tools.
• Experience qualifying cloud service capabilities for GxP or other highly regulated environments.
• Cross-functional experience managing cloud infrastructure, security, networking, and application development.
• Contributions to open-source cloud tooling or infrastructure projects.
• Relevant cloud certifications, such as AWS Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional, or Azure Solutions Architect.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and management of multi-cloud solutions, focusing on security, scalability, and automation.
• Drive adoption of infrastructure as code practices using Terraform, OpenTofu, Spacelift, and Python/Pulumi to support efficient, repeatable cloud resource deployments.
• Manage and mentor a team of 3–5 cloud engineers, providing technical leadership, coaching, and professional development support.
• Create modern cloud design patterns and promote reusable patterns in partnership with development teams.
• Collaborate with global cloud engineers, developers, and product teams to build cloud-native capabilities for Pfizer Digital.
• Design and architect standards for deploying and managing multi-cloud infrastructure.
• Serve as an escalation point for operational issues and support the on-call engineering team when needed.
• Stay current with cloud technology, security trends, and engineering practices to keep infrastructure modern and prepared for potential threats.
• Identify, prioritize, and address continuous improvement initiatives in the cloud environment.
• Champion automation-first approaches across cloud engineering activities.
• Work in a cross-functional, global engineering team and create and evolve internal engineering standards.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution.
• Paid vacation, holidays, and personal days.
• Paid caregiver, parental, and medical leave.
• Health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage.
• Eligibility to participate in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan, with a bonus target of 17.5% of base salary.
• Eligibility to participate in a share-based long-term incentive program.
• Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

What This Job Offers

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