AWS Cloud Engineering Leader - Hybrid Role

Corcept Therapeutics; Redwood City (CA); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Corcept Therapeutics is seeking an Associate Director of AWS Cloud Engineering in Redwood City, CA. This role leads architecture and engineering for Corcept’s AWS cloud, partnering with IT, Cybersecurity, Biometrics and QA to ensure secure, scalable solutions that meet regulatory requirements.

The role emphasizes support for Biometrics and GxP environments, requires 5+ years of AWS leadership, and offers a hybrid work arrangement with on-site presence four days per week.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years in infrastructure, cloud or systems engineering.
• 5+ years hands-on AWS architecture/engineering experience.
• Experience in Life Sciences, biotech, pharma, or regulated industry preferred.
• Experience with GxP environments and change control is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead for AWS architecture and engineering across cloud initiatives.
• Define AWS architecture, standards, and best practices (networking, compute, storage, identity, security, DR).
• Provide leadership for Biometrics and GxP workloads and ensure validation/compliance.
• Design scalable and resilient AWS solutions to support new apps and modernization.
• Oversee MSPs for AWS operations, ensuring security and operational standards.
• Collaborate with IT, Cybersecurity, QA and business teams to meet requirements.
• Drive automation and IaC adoption (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Mentor team members and build cloud engineering capabilities.

Skills

AWS architecture

Cloud engineering

Terraform

CloudFormation

Identity & access

Networking

Hybrid cloud

Communication

Education

BS/BA in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

SAS

Posit

AWS WorkSpaces

FSx for NetApp ONTAP

Job description

Corcept Therapeutics is seeking an Associate Director of AWS Cloud Engineering in Redwood City, CA. This role leads architecture and engineering for Corcept’s AWS cloud, partnering with IT, Cybersecurity, Biometrics and QA to ensure secure, scalable solutions that meet regulatory requirements.

The role emphasizes support for Biometrics and GxP environments, requires 5+ years of AWS leadership, and offers a hybrid work arrangement with on-site presence four days per week.