Senior AWS Cloud Architect & Engineering Leader

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

Job summary

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated in Redwood City, CA, seeks an Associate Director of AWS Cloud Engineering to lead cloud architecture and engineering strategy. You will partner with IT, Cybersecurity, Biometrics, Quality, and business teams to align AWS initiatives with regulatory requirements.

The role emphasizes biometrics and GxP workloads, with a hybrid on-site schedule (4 days/week). Strong leadership, IaC, and cloud security expertise are essential for driving modernization and

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Computer Science or related technical discipline.
• 8+ years in infrastructure, cloud engineering, systems engineering, or related IT disciplines.
• 5+ years hands-on AWS architecture and engineering experience.
• Experience providing technical leadership including managed service providers and cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience in Life Sciences, regulated environments, or GxP is preferred.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or similar is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead AWS architecture and engineering direction across cloud initiatives and roadmap.
• Define AWS architecture, standards, and best practices across networking, compute, storage, identity, security, backup, monitoring, and DR.
• Lead AWS environments supporting Biometrics and GxP workloads with Quality and business teams for compliance.
• Design and implement scalable AWS solutions for new applications and modernization.
• Oversee MSPs delivering AWS operations and ensure adherence to standards.
• Collaborate to strengthen AWS security, monitoring, backup, and DR.
• Drive IaC standardization and automation; establish account and network standards.
• Lead technical reviews for AWS projects, migrations, and new cloud services.
• Maintain internal AWS architecture docs and knowledge beyond external providers.
• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, performance, cost, and cloud maturity.
• Translate business requirements into cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Mentor Infrastructure team and build AWS capabilities across the organization.
• Communicate AWS strategy and risks to IT leadership.
• Uphold Corcept’s principles and ensure alignment with ethics and patient-first values.

Skills

AWS architecture

Cloud engineering

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Security monitoring

Education

BS/BA in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

SAS

Posit

Job description

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated in Redwood City, CA, seeks an Associate Director of AWS Cloud Engineering to lead cloud architecture and engineering strategy. You will partner with IT, Cybersecurity, Biometrics, Quality, and business teams to align AWS initiatives with regulatory requirements.

The role emphasizes biometrics and GxP workloads, with a hybrid on-site schedule (4 days/week). Strong leadership, IaC, and cloud security expertise are essential for driving modernization and