Staff Cloud Foundations Engineer — Multi-Cloud, Terraform

Syngenta Group; Basel; Vor Ort; GBP 110.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Syngenta Crop Protection is seeking a Staff Engineer, Cloud Foundations to lead the multi-cloud foundation (AWS and GCP) and drive scalable, secure cloud platforms across the organization. You will shape infrastructure as code, cloud networking, and FinOps practices while mentoring teams and ensuring governance across global engineering efforts.

The role demands deep cloud expertise, strong communication, and experience guiding architecture decisions without direct reporting lines, with a focus

Qualifikationen

• Demonstrable experience in multi-cloud architecture: AWS and GCP
• Demonstrable experience in organisation-scale Terraform and infrastructure as code
• Demonstrable experience in cloud networking and governance
• Demonstrable experience in FinOps instrumentation and cloud economics
• Demonstrable experience in AI-assisted engineering with rigorous review
• Demonstrable experience in technical leadership without line authority
• Demonstrable experience in platform-as-product mindset
• Demonstrable experience in stakeholder management with hyperscalers
• Demonstrable experience in cloud security standards, compliance frameworks and governance policy development
• Demonstrable experience in incident response protocols and reliability engineering
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Proven ability to conduct architecture reviews and provide technical guidance on cloud design decisions
• Fluent English, written and spoken
• AWS or GCP Certification

Aufgaben

• Lead multi-cloud architecture to deliver durable, scalable outcomes that support organizational growth.
• Lead organisation-scale Terraform and infrastructure as code to deliver durable, scalable outcomes.
• Lead cloud networking and governance to deliver durable, scalable outcomes.
• Lead FinOps instrumentation and cloud economics to deliver durable, scalable outcomes.
• Lead AI-assisted engineering with rigorous review to deliver durable, scalable outcomes.
• Lead technical leadership without line authority to deliver durable, scalable outcomes.
• Collaborate across engineering, product and scientific teams to translate complex needs into practical solutions.
• Set a high bar for quality, documentation and thoughtful use of AI-assisted engineering.
• Mentor and develop engineering talent by sharing cloud architecture knowledge and best practices across teams.
• Establish and enforce cloud security standards, compliance frameworks and governance policies to protect organizational assets.
• Drive incident response protocols and reliability improvements to ensure high availability of cloud infrastructure.
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide technical guidance on cloud design decisions to ensure alignment with organizational standards.

Kenntnisse

Multi-cloud AWS

Multi-cloud GCP

Terraform

Cloud Networking

FinOps

AI-assisted engineering

Technical leadership

Platform as Product

Stakeholder Mgmt

Cloud Security

Incident Response

Architecture Reviews

English Fluency

Certification AWS/GCP

Jobbeschreibung

Syngenta Crop Protection is seeking a Staff Engineer, Cloud Foundations to lead the multi-cloud foundation (AWS and GCP) and drive scalable, secure cloud platforms across the organization. You will shape infrastructure as code, cloud networking, and FinOps practices while mentoring teams and ensuring governance across global engineering efforts.

The role demands deep cloud expertise, strong communication, and experience guiding architecture decisions without direct reporting lines, with a focus