Senior Staff Engineer - Cloud Platform
About The Position
The Senior Staff Engineer – Cloud Platform supports the design and creation of cloud-based products and services to meet Exelixis’s technology needs. The role helps define and design the cloud platform, including cloud automation tools and standards, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling, and AWS account provisioning automation. It also works with application support teams to redefine the interface between cloud platform products and application installation and configuration processes. The engineer develops technical solutions to complex problems, guides major initiatives and complex projects, and leads end-to-end development from ideation through CI/CD, security scanning, and production monitoring. The role represents the department as a prime technical contact on contracts and projects, collaborates across organizational levels and with senior external personnel, and provides technical leadership as a subject matter expert. It also owns high-impact incident response and root cause analysis, documents infrastructure and systems, and mentors junior engineers. This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of experience in cloud infrastructure in a highly available, production environment.
- Strong hands-on experience managing and supporting AWS infrastructure, including EC2, VPC, S3, EBS, Route 53, IAM, KMS, load balancing, and Auto Scaling.
- Strong Infrastructure-as-Code experience using Terraform.
- Experience developing and maintaining Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with Ansible for configuration management and infrastructure automation.
- Proficiency in at least one scripting language such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash, with the ability to develop operational automation.
- Advanced knowledge of AWS, especially hosting-related services such as EC2, RDS, Systems Manager, and IAM.
- Advanced knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools, especially Terraform.
- Intermediate knowledge of cloud and infrastructure automation.
- A master's degree in a relevant field and 7 years of experience, or a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 9 years of related experience, or an associate degree and 11 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Technical certification may be required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in a SOX- and FDA-regulated environment.
Responsibilities
- Develop technical solutions to complex problems using ingenuity and creativity.
- Understand key business processes and business areas.
- Guide the successful completion of major initiatives or programs and lead mid- to large-size complex projects.
- Lead end-to-end development processes, from ideation through CI/CD, security scanning, and production monitoring.
- Identify and implement improvements to processes and development procedures.
- Develop and apply complex, often long-term strategies for specific projects.
- Represent the department as the prime technical contact on contracts and projects.
- Translate overall direction and strategy and communicate across organizational levels and functions.
- Work on strategic initiatives and coordinate with senior external personnel on significant technical matters.
- Document infrastructure and work instructions for systems and applications, including architecture diagrams, runbooks, code-level commits, and READMEs.
- Lead and own incident response and root cause analysis for high-impact issues.
- Ensure completed work delivers long-term value in maintainability, performance, and observability.
- Make decisions regarding access, permissions, and security controls across systems.
- Serve as the subject matter expert for assigned capabilities, providing technical leadership and guidance.
- Mentor and coach junior engineers, fostering technical growth and best practices.
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with generous company contributions
- Group medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus program, or a sales-based incentive plan for field sales staff
- Opportunity to purchase company stock
- Long-term incentives
- 15 accrued vacation days in the first year
- 17 paid holidays, including a company-wide winter shutdown in December
- Up to 10 sick days throughout the calendar year
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
