AbbVie · 6 hours ago
Senior Cloud Architect
Florham Park, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expAbbVie is a company dedicated to discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions for serious health issues. They are seeking a Principal Cloud Architect to shape enterprise cloud strategy, drive innovation, and lead the design and implementation of cloud-native architectures in a highly regulated environment.
BiotechnologyFinancial ServicesHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalVenture Capital
Responsibilities
Define, drive, and continually refine the enterprise cloud architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational vision, business objectives, and compliance standards (i.e., GxP)
Lead the architecture, design, and hands-on implementation of secure, resilient, and scalable AWS-centered solutions, leveraging strategic use of services such as EC2, S3, ECS, EKS, Lambda, Aurora, DynamoDB, RDS, and EventBridge
Develop, evaluate, and endorse architectural diagrams and comprehensive documentation for cloud solutions, ensuring alignment with best practices and collaboration across technical and business stakeholders
Oversee design and automation of cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible), fostering reliable, repeatable cloud deployments at scale
Lead the strategic architecture for multicloud and hybrid data platforms—primarily AWS (Glue, Athena, Redshift) and Azure Data Lake—defining standards, governance, and engineering patterns for regulated analytics pipelines and enterprise data lakes leveraging technologies such as Spark, Databricks Lakehouse, and cloudnative services
Drive DevOps & automation excellence: design, implement, and govern robust CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild), ensuring efficient application delivery and automated infrastructure management
Champion the AWS Well-Architected Framework by embedding its pillars (operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization) into enterprise practice and conducting regular reviews for continuous improvement
Lead the strategic architecture for containerized (EKS, ECS, Fargate) and serverless (Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge) platforms, setting direction, standards, and decision frameworks that enable scalable and costefficient microservices, batch, and eventdriven systems
Ensure robust security and compliance within all cloud implementations, including access controls (IAM), data encryption, management of validated environments, and close collaboration with compliance and audit teams
Architect solutions for modernization and migration of on-premises applications, data, and infrastructure to scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud-native solutions, leveraging automation, best practices, and compliance standards throughout the process
Set the strategic direction for cloud guardrails—spanning landing zones, account and network patterns, IAM boundaries, encryption, logging, tagging, and policyascode—to ensure enterprisealigned risk, security, and compliance across AWS and Azure
Serve as a technical authority and mentor—influencing stakeholders, guiding engineers, and reviewing designs to raise the overall architecture bar
Architect observability solutions with best practices from the industry
Use AI/MCP-enabled capabilities to quickly validate cloud designs, enable guided best-practice workflows with auditability, and enhance infrastructure management through ergonomic, automated actions
Oversee cloud cost management by monitoring and optimizing cloud service expenses and implementing tagging and financial governance across multi-cloud environments
Guide operational leadership through incident and problem management, continuous infrastructure reliability improvement, and engagement with application teams on innovative proof-of-concept pilots (AI and cloud advancements)
Present and communicate cloud architecture strategies, roadmaps, and solutions effectively to both senior leaders and peer architects, fostering organization-wide architectural alignment
Build and maintain strategic relationships with affiliates, partners, vendors, and the broader industry to advance technology initiatives in alignment with corporate values
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree with 9 years' experience; Master's Degree with 8 years' experience; PhD with 4 years' experience
AWS Core: EC2, VPC, S3, ECS, EKS, RDS, Lambda, DynamoDB, EventBridge, CloudWatch
Multi-cloud & Data: Azure, Azure Data Lake, Databricks, Athena, Redshift
IaC: CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Terraform, Ansible
DevOps/Automation: Jenkins, GitHub, Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild, Git, PowerShell, Python, Bash
Security & Compliance: IAM, encryption standards, compliance with GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, GDPR
Networking: VPC, subnetting, VPN, Direct Connect, routing, load balancing
Monitoring: AWS CloudWatch, Datadog, New Relic
Communication & Leadership: Excellent verbal/written communication to technical and non-technical audiences; ability to foster cross-functional collaboration and document/present technical solutions
Preferred
Cloud Architecture – 9+ years of experience in designing and supporting multi-cloud infrastructures, focusing primarily on AWS (required) and Google Cloud (GCP) & Azure (optional) (Candidates with a master's degree must have 8+ years, PhD must have 5+ years). Industry experience is a plus
AWS Environment – Demonstrated expertise in deploying, managing, and optimizing large-scale AWS environments for performance, scalability, and resilience, while applying AWS Well-Architected Framework principles to ensure security, reliability, cost efficiency, and operational excellence
CI/CD Pipelines – Proven track record in architecting and managing robust CI/CD pipelines using AWS technologies to drive software development efficiency and speed
Certifications – Holds AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional), AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, and AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certifications. Security credentials like CISSP or CCSP are advantageous
AWS Services Expertise – Strong knowledge of AWS core services (EC2, VPC, S3, RDS) combined with advanced skills in AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, ECS, EKS, and Fargate for developing scalable, serverless, and containerized applications
Infrastructure as Code & Automation – Advanced use of CloudFormation and Terraform for IaC; proficient with automation tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, Git, and scripting with Python, Bash, and PowerShell to drive strategic cloud optimization
Service Delivery – Demonstrate proficiency in using agile tools such as Jira to manage and deliver product-based cloud solution releases efficiently
Security & Compliance – In-depth knowledge of cloud networking, IAM, security protocols, and compliance standards to deliver secure and efficient cloud environments
Monitoring & Governance – Experience with AWS management and governance tools, alongside monitoring solutions like AWS CloudWatch and other third-party options enhanced by utilizing security tools like Wizio
High Availability & Resilience – Expertise in architecting high availability and disaster recovery solutions on AWS, ensuring business continuity and operational resilience
Communication & Leadership – Ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, from business to technical stakeholders, fostering collaboration and alignment
Innovation – Strong command of integrating emerging AWS technologies to stay at the forefront of cloud innovation and maintain a competitive advantage
Benefits
Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)
Short-term incentive programs
Company
AbbVie
AbbVie is a biopharmaceutical company focused on immunology, oncology, neuroscience, virology, and aesthetics. It is a sub-organization of AbbVie.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$15B2024-02-27Post Ipo Debt· $15B
2023-03-08Post Ipo Equity· $0.25M
2012-12-20IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Michael
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Micah Bregman
Vice President, Global Strategy and Pipeline, Allergan Aesthetics
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