Senior Cloud Engineering Lead

Pfizer is a global leader in the biopharmaceutical industry, and they are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineering Lead to enhance their Digital transformation efforts. This role involves providing technical leadership and design expertise to ensure the Cloud Engineering team effectively leverages cloud-native design patterns and modern engineering practices.

Responsibilities:

• 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 GCP solutions focusing on security, scalability, and automation
• Drive the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using Terraform, OpenTofu, Spacelift, and Python/Pulumi to ensure efficient and repeatable deployment of cloud resources
• Manage and mentor a team of 3–5 cloud engineers, providing technical leadership, coaching, and support in their professional development
• Create modern GCP cloud design patterns and help drive consumption of reusable patterns through partnership with development teams
• Collaborate with global cloud engineers, developers, and product teams to build GCP cloud-native capabilities for Pfizer Digital
• Design and architect standards for the deployment and management of GCP infrastructure
• Serve 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 GCP technology, security trends, and engineering practices to keep our infrastructure modern and ahead of potential threats
• Ensure continuous improvement initiatives are identified, prioritized, and addressed within the cloud environment
• Champion automation-first approaches across all cloud engineering activities
• Work in a cross-functional, global engineering team while creating and evolving internal engineering standards