ROLE SUMMARY

At the heart of Pfizer's Digital transformation sits Global Cloud Services, enabling modern cloud infrastructure and engineering capabilities that influence business outcomes and provide value to our business, shareholders, and patients every day.

We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our growing team at the Pfizer Digital hub in Thessaloniki, Greece. This role requires a strategic technical leader proficient in multi-cloud environments with a strong emphasis on security, automation, and infrastructure as code. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure), a hands-on approach using modern engineering practices, and a proven track record in leading and mentoring technical teams.

Pfizer seeks individuals that are highly self-motivated, eager to learn, and effective when working in a team environment. A strong aptitude towards self-development, continuous learning, and growth is highly desired.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

The Senior Cloud Engineer provides technical leadership and design expertise, playing a key role in ensuring Pfizer Digital continues to leverage cloud-native design patterns and modern engineering practices. This role will help ensure our Cloud Engineering team delivers a secure, compliant, productive, and innovative multi-cloud hosting environment on a global scale.

You will lead a small technical team of 3-5 cloud engineers, providing guidance, mentorship, and support in their professional development while driving the adoption of modern cloud engineering practices across the organization.

Lead the design, implementation, and management of multi-cloud solutions focusing on security, scalability, and automationDrive the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using Terraform, OpenTofu, Spacelift, and Python/Pulumi to ensure efficient and repeatable deployment of cloud resourcesManage and mentor a team of 3-5 cloud engineers, providing technical leadership, coaching, and support in their professional developmentCreate modern cloud design patterns and help drive consumption of reusable patterns through partnership with development teamsCollaborate with global cloud engineers, developers, and product teams to build cloud-native capabilities for Pfizer DigitalDesign and architect standards for the deployment and management of multi-cloud infrastructureServe as escalation point for operational issues, supporting the on-call engineering team when needed (minimal operational responsibilities, <5% of time)Stay updated with the latest cloud technology, security trends, and engineering practices to keep our infrastructure modern and ahead of potential threatsEnsure continuous improvement initiatives are identified, prioritized, and addressed within the cloud environmentChampion automation-first approaches across all cloud engineering activitiesWork in a cross-functional, global engineering team while creating and evolving internal engineering standards

 BASIC QUALIFICATIONSBachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar discipline7-10 years of experience in cloud engineering or infrastructure rolesAt least 2 years of experience in a technical leadership role, managing or leading engineering teamsDeep expertise in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure) with demonstrated familiarity across multiple cloud providersStrong experience building and deploying cloud infrastructure using industry-standard IaC tools such as Terraform, OpenTofu, or PulumiProficiency in at least one major programming language (Python strongly preferred) for automation and toolingDemonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly and adapt to evolving cloud platformsExcellent communicator with the ability to influence horizontally and vertically across a large, complex, and matrixed organizationProven ability to manage priorities and identify outcomes with the greatest business valueStrong technical leadership capabilities including the ability to coach, mentor, and develop other engineersCustomer-centric mentality with a bias towards delivering value at the speed demanded by the businessExperience integrating application hosting needs with cloud infrastructure capabilities to build secure and well-architected solutions

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Multi-cloud experience across AWS, GCP, and AzureExpert-level knowledge in building, maintaining, and deploying infrastructure as code solutions in a DevOps environmentExperience with Spacelift or similar IaC automation platformsConfiguration management experience using Ansible or similar toolsExperience qualifying cloud services capabilities for use within GxP or other highly regulated environmentsCross-functional experience managing cloud infrastructure, security, networking, and application developmentContributions to open-source cloud tooling or infrastructure projectsRelevant cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional, Azure Solutions Architect, etc.) 
Work Location Assignment: Hybrid

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.

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