Staff Cloud Foundations Engineer - Multi-Cloud & AI

Syngenta; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Syngenta is seeking a Staff Engineer, Cloud Foundations to lead the technical direction of a multi-cloud foundation. You will enable every engineering team to build securely, reliably and with clear cost visibility, partnering with engineering, product and scientific stakeholders on capabilities with real-world impact.

Based in Bracknell, UK, you will accelerate digital capabilities to support sustainable agriculture and scientific innovation, while mentoring teams and setting governance

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in multi-cloud architecture (AWS and GCP)
• Demonstrable experience in organization-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

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-cloud architecture direction (AWS & GCP)
• Own organization-scale Terraform / IaC strategy
• Set cloud networking and governance standards
• Drive FinOps instrumentation and cloud economics
• Guide AI-assisted engineering with rigorous review
• Provide technical leadership without direct line authority
• Collaborate with engineering, product and science teams
• Maintain high quality, documentation and AI-use standards
• Mentor engineers across teams on cloud architecture
• Enforce cloud security standards and governance policies
• Improve incident response and reliability of cloud infrastructure
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide guidance on design decisions

Skills

Multi-cloud architecture

Terraform / IaC

Cloud networking

FinOps / cloud cost

AI-assisted engineering

Technical leadership

Platform-as-product mindset

Stakeholder management

Cloud security governance

Incident response & reliability

Architecture reviews

English fluency

AWS / GCP Certification

Cloud economics

Tools

Terraform

AWS

GCP

Job description

Syngenta is seeking a Staff Engineer, Cloud Foundations to lead the technical direction of a multi-cloud foundation. You will enable every engineering team to build securely, reliably and with clear cost visibility, partnering with engineering, product and scientific stakeholders on capabilities with real-world impact.

Based in Bracknell, UK, you will accelerate digital capabilities to support sustainable agriculture and scientific innovation, while mentoring teams and setting governance