Senior Specialist, Public Cloud Networking

Merck; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck Hyderabad is seeking a Public Cloud Automation Software Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible. You will drive automated pipelines, secure deployments, and cost-conscious architecture across multiple cloud environments. The role demands hands-on expertise in IaC and cross-functional collaboration within a regulated healthcare tech setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT/CS or related field.
• 7+ years of cloud infrastructure engineering experience.
• Proficient in Terraform and Ansible for automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure using IaC with Terraform as the primary tool.
• Build and operate automated pipelines for provisioning, configuration, testing, and deployment of cloud resources (CI/CD).
• Deliver tooling to enable cloud-first strategy and ensure secure, compliant deployments across regions.
• Collaborate with network engineering to design cloud network architectures and connectivity solutions.
• Maintain lifecycle management for cloud infrastructure including drift detection and upgrades.

Skills

Terraform

Ansible

Cloud infra

DevOps

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Job Description

The Opportunity

Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.

Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company's IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview

The Public Cloud Automation Software Engineer role will be instrumental in implementing the architecture and the engineering processes and best practices to enable the foundational infrastructure (compute, network, storage, observability) required for application hosting in public cloud. This role will focus on designing, building, and operating automated, secure, and compliant cloud infrastructure at scale. The ideal candidate combines strong infrastructure-as-code expertise (Terraform), deep cloud networking knowledge, and practical experience delivering repeatable, auditable automation in highly regulated environments.

What will you do in this role

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code (IaC), with Terraform as the primary IaC tool
• Build and operate automated pipelines for provisioning, configuration, testing, and deployment of cloud resources (CI/CD for infrastructure)
• Deliver the tooling and capabilities needed to enable our cloud first strategy
• Drive client satisfaction by identifying and developing process improvement and automation initiatives while ensuring compliance of slutions to operation roadmap
• Develop, document, and maintain reusable Terraform modules, templates, and standards to accelerate secure and compliant cloud deployments across multiple teams and regions
• Develop, document, and maintain reusable Ansible playbooks, templates, and standards to accelerate secure and compliant cloud deployments across multiple teams and regions
• Collaborate with network engineering to design and implement cloud network architectures (VPC/VNet design, subnets, routing, transit/gateway, peering, security zones)
• Implement and manage connectivity solutions including VPN, Direct Connect / ExpressRoute, Transit Gateways, NAT, service endpoints, and hybrid connectivity patterns
• Implement robust security and compliance controls in infrastructure code (IAM roles and policies, network segmentation, NSGs/firewalls, encryption, logging)
• Build automated testing, policy-as-code and validation frameworks (e.g., Terraform plan checks, Sentinel/Open Policy Agent, GitOps workflows)
• Integrate infrastructure automation with observability, logging and incident management (CloudWatch/Azure Monitor/GCP Monitoring, SIEM integration)
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure and network issues across cloud environments; work with cloud vendor support as needed
• Drive automation best practices, runbooks, and operational playbooks; mentor other engineers on IaC and network design
• Maintain lifecycle management for cloud infrastructure: drift detection, upgrades, module versioning, and secure secrets handling
• Participate in architecture reviews, risk assessments, and change control processes required for a regulated industry
• Provide technical input for cost optimization and capacity planning for network and infrastructure services
• Groom Jira features and stories to improve reliability and reduce support incidents for global cloud infrastructure
• Provide on-call support in case of escalations and major incidents

What should you have

• Primary skill- IaC (Infrastructure as Code) / DevOps, Terraform, Ansiblie, infrastructure automation
• Secondary- Azure, AWS, GCP
• Bachelors' degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or any Technology stream.
• 7+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering with infrastructure-as