Sr Tech Cloud & HPC Platform Engineer

Philip Morris International; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 221,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working

Private medical care

Life insurance

Pension plan

Lunch card

Sport benefit

Cafeteria benefits

Professional development

Job summary

Philip Morris International is seeking a seasoned Cloud Platform Engineer in Kraków to build and operate scalable HPC platforms on AWS for scientific workloads. You will manage enterprise platforms, containerized workloads with Docker and Kubernetes, and automate infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible.

You will design secure networks, implement monitoring and CI/CD pipelines, and optimize cloud costs while gaining SME status in the Posit ecosystem and related R/Python tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical field and 5–8 years of cloud infrastructure, HPC operations, or platform engineering experience.
• Experience in regulated environments or Life Sciences is advantageous.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, problem solving, and documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and adapt to fast changing environments.
• GxP awareness is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate scalable HPC platforms on AWS for scientific workloads.
• Manage and support enterprise application platforms including config, monitoring, access, and maintenance.
• Build and support containerized workloads with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS/ECS).
• Automate infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, and GitOps practices.
• Design secure network architectures and cloud connectivity.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

HPC operations

Platform engineering

Stakeholder management

Communication

Documentation

Independent work

GxP awareness

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

GitOps

AWS

EC2

S3

EBS

EFS

VPC

IAM

CloudWatch

Route53

Slurm

AWS Batch

AWS ParallelCluster

FSx for Lustre

NFS

Job description

MAKE HISTORY WITH US

At PMI, we’re transforming our business and building our future on smoke-free products. With huge change comes huge opportunity. Join us to create innovative solutions and grow your career in a global environment.

What You’ll Do

• Build and operate scalable HPC platforms on AWS for scientific and analytical workloads.


• Manage and support enterprise application platforms, including configuration, monitoring, user access, and operational maintenance.


• Build and support containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS/ECS).


• Automate infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, and GitOps practices.


• Design secure network architectures and cloud connectivity solutions.


• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, incident response, and root cause analysis.


• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.


• Manage IAM, encryption, secrets, compliance controls, and platform lifecycle.


• Drive performance optimization and cloud cost efficiency.


• Learn and become the subject matter expert for the Posit ecosystem (Workbench, Connect, Package Manager) and related R/Python environments.

Skills & Capabilities

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.


• 5-8 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, HPC operations, or platform engineering.


• Experience in regulated environments or Life Sciences is an advantage.


• Strong stakeholder management, communication, problem-solving, and documentation skills.


• Ability to work independently.


• GxP awareness is a plus.

Must Have

• Administer and optimize SaaS and self-hosted technology solutions, ensuring availability, performance, security, and compliance.


• R/Python runtime and package management.


• Troubleshoot application, platform, and environment-related issues across development and production environments.


• Advanced Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.


• Ansible configuration management.


• Experience with HPC, distributed computing, and workload schedulers (Slurm, AWS Batch, AWS ParallelCluster).


• High-performance storage technologies including FSx for Lustre and NFS.


• Docker and Kubernetes (EKS), including autoscaling and Helm.


• Strong AWS expertise including EC2, S3, EBS, EFS, ECS, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, and Route53.


• Networking, security, DNS, load balancing, and VPC architecture.


• Cloud cost optimization practices.


• Python and Bash scripting.


• Linux administration and performance tuning.


• Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release management.

Nice To Have

• Software engineering principles, testing, and code quality.


• Backend development experience in Python, Node.js, Java, or similar technologies.


• API development and distributed services integration.


• GPU computing experience.


• Knowledge of GitLab CI/CD, PBS, Nextflow, Snakemake, Airflow, or NoSQL databases.


• Experience in regulated or Life Sciences environments.

Rewards & Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements. Private medical care, life insurance, and pension plan.


• Lunch card, Sport benefit, and cafeteria benefits.


• Professional development, certifications, training, conferences, and language learning opportunities.


• Opportunity to work at the intersection of cloud engineering and scientific research.

Compensation

• Poland: no less than PLN 21,800 per month.


• Portugal: no less than EUR 5,800 per month.

We are committed to equal opportunities and fair treatment. For concerns regarding the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail].

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