AWS Cloud Engineer

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.

AWS Cloud Engineer

The AWS Cloud Engineer will be responsible for maintaining scalable, secure, and reliable AWS cloud infrastructure. This is a hands-on engineering role requiring deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, cloud networking, and security. The ideal candidate should have strong AWS knowledge and be capable of writing and maintaining Terraform, CloudFormation, and CI/CD pipelines to streamline cloud deployments.

• Implement, and manage highly available AWS cloud environments.
• Maintain VPCs, Subnets, Security Groups, and IAM policies to enforce security best practices.
• Optimize AWS costs using reserved instances, savings plans, and auto-scaling.

• Maintain, and enhance Terraform & CloudFormation templates for cloud provisioning.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring using AWS-native tools & scripting.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments.

• Enforce best practices in IAM, encryption, and network security.
• Ensure compliance with SOC2, ISO27001, and NIST standards.
• Implement AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, and WAF for threat detection and response.

• Set up AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and logging solutions for proactive monitoring.
• Implement autoscaling, load balancing, and caching strategies for performance optimization.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure issues and conduct root cause analysis.

• 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.

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree and 1 to 3 years of computer science, IT, or related field experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 3 to 5 years of computer science, IT, or related field experience OR
• Diploma and 7 to 9 years of computer science, IT, or related field experience
• Hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, etc.).
• Expertise in Terraform & CloudFormation for AWS infrastructure automation.
• Strong knowledge of AWS networking (VPC, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, VPN, Route 53).
• Experience with Linux administration, scripting (Python, Bash), and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, etc.).
• Troubleshooting and debugging skills in cloud networking, storage, and security.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and service mesh architectures.
• Knowledge of AWS Lambda and event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with AWS CDK, Ansible, or Packer for cloud automation.
• Exposure to multi-cloud environments (Azure, GCP).
• Familiarity with HPC, DGX Cloud.

Professional Certifications (preferred):

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
• Effective communication and collaboration with multi-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.

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.

for a career that defies imagination

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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.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.