Associate Cloud Engineer

Responsibilities

• 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 and CloudFormation templates for cloud provisioning
• Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring using AWS-native tools and scripting
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments
• Set up AWS CloudWatch and logging solutions for proactive monitoring
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure issues and conduct root cause analysis
• Support on-call rotation for high-priority cloud incidents

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 2-6 years of Information Science experience
• Hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, and IAM
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• Ability to work overlapping hours with US-based teams (8 to 11 A.M. PST)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with programming languages such as Python or .Net
• Experience with DevOps tools including Jenkins, Docker, and GitHub
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and service mesh architectures
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures and AWS Lambda
• Familiarity with Agile/SAFe methodologies and Jira
• Exposure to AI/ML-driven applications or generative AI technologies

Benefits

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up within a global organization
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging
• Generous Total Rewards Plan including health, finance, wealth, and work/life balance benefits

About the Company

Amgen is a leading biotechnology company dedicated to unlocking the potential of biology to serve patients suffering from serious illnesses. By discovering, developing, and manufacturing innovative human therapeutics, Amgen works to improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives worldwide.