Senior Google Cloud Engineer

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Senior Google Cloud Engineer

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable, secure, and reliable Google cloud infrastructure

• Architect, implement, and manage highly available Google cloud environment.
• Design VPC, Cloud DNS, VPN, Cloud Interconnect, Cloud CDN and IAM policies to enforce security standard processes.
• Implement robust security practices and enforce security policies using Identity and Access Management (IAM), VPC Service Controls, and Cloud Security Command Center.
• Architect solutions with cost optimization in mind using Google Cloud Billing and Cloud Cost Management tools.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation

• Deploy and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles using tools like Terraform, and Google Cloud Deployment Manager.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring using GCP-native tools & scripting.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments.

Cloud Security & Compliance

• Enforce standard methodologies in IAM, encryption, and network security.
• Ensure compliance with SOC2, ISO27001, and NIST standards.
• Implement Google Cloud Security Command Center, Cloud Armor, and Cloud IDS for threat detection and response.

Monitoring & Performance Optimization

• Set up Google Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Cloud Trace, and Cloud Profiler to enable proactive monitoring, trace analysis, and performance tuning of GCP resources
• Implement autoscaling, Cloud Load Balancing, and caching strategies for performance optimization.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure issues and conduct root cause analysis.

Collaboration & DevOps Practices

• Work closely with software engineers, SREs, and DevOps teams to support deployments.
• Maintain GitOps standard processes for cloud infrastructure versioning.
• Support on-call rotation for high-priority cloud incidents

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. This is a hands-on engineering role requiring deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, cloud networking, and security. Blending cloud engineering and operations expertise, the individual will ensure that our cloud environment is running efficiently and securely while also being responsible for the day-to-day operational management, support, and maintenance of the cloud infrastructure.

Must-Have Skills:

• Deep hands-on experience with GCP (IAM, Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Functions, Cloud Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Load Balancing, VPC, etc.).
• Expertise in Terraform for GCP infrastructure automation.
• Strong knowledge of GCP networking (VPC, Cloud DNS, VPN, Cloud Interconnect, Cloud CDN).
• Experience with Linux administration, scripting (Python, Bash), and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, etc.).
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills in cloud networking, storage, and security.

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Prior experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless architectures is a plus.
• Familiarity with cloud CDK, Ansible, or Packer for cloud automation.
• Exposure to hybrid and multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure).
• Familiarity with HPC, DGX Cloud.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or related field with 6-8 years of hands-on cloud experience.

Professional Certifications (preferred):

• Certifications in GCP (e.g., Google Cloud Certified Professional – Cloud Architect and Cloud DevOps Engineer) are a plus.
• Terraform Associate Certification

Preferred Qualifications:

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
• Effective communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, cloud-first environment.

Shift Information: This position is required to be onsite and participate in 24/5 and weekend on call in rotation fashion and may require you to work a later shift. Candidates must be willing and able to work off hours, as required based on business requirements.

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

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As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

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