Senior AWS Cloud Platform Lead & DevOps Architect

Default (MSD); Rockville (MD); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

MSD is seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer to lead the design, build, and operation of our AWS cloud platform across manufacturing, CRO, and SaaS segments. The role combines hands-on architecture with people leadership, setting standards, mentoring engineers, and driving automation and secure-by-design infrastructure.

You will own Terraform-based IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native tooling, while collaborating with Cybersecurity, Enterprise Systems, and partner teams to deliver reliable,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years in cloud or DevOps with hands-on AWS experience.
• 3+ years leading engineers and managing teams.
• Strong IaC experience with Terraform; CI/CD in production.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop Cloud Engineering and DevOps teams.
• Architect, build, and operate AWS across multiple accounts.
• Write and review production Terraform; author CI/CD pipelines.
• Own IaC standards, state management, and release processes.
• Operate container platforms (ECS, EKS, Lambda) and tooling.

Skills

AWS expertise

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Security by design

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Eng

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

CloudFormation

Job description

MSD is seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer to lead the design, build, and operation of our AWS cloud platform across manufacturing, CRO, and SaaS segments. The role combines hands-on architecture with people leadership, setting standards, mentoring engineers, and driving automation and secure-by-design infrastructure.

You will own Terraform-based IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native tooling, while collaborating with Cybersecurity, Enterprise Systems, and partner teams to deliver reliable,