Senior Staff Engineer - Cloud Platform
Exelixis
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Job summary
Exelixis is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer – Cloud Platform to design and build cloud-based products and services. You will shape the cloud platform, define automation tools, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling, and AWS provisioning.
Collaboration with application teams will redefine interfaces between cloud products and installation/configuration processes. You will guide major initiatives, lead end-to-end development through CI/CD, and mentor engineers while ensuring maintainability, performance
Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure in a highly available and production environment.
- Experience working in a SOX and FDA regulated environment is a plus.
- Technical certification may be required
Responsibilities
- Develop technical solutions to complex problems requiring ingenuity and creativity.
- Lead end-to-end development processes from ideation through CI/CD, security scanning, and production monitoring.
- Identify and implement improvements to development processes and procedures.
- Serve as SME for assigned capabilities, providing technical leadership and guidance.
- Mentor and coach junior engineers to foster technical growth and best practices.
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Job description
The Senior Staff Engineer – Cloud Platform will support the design and creation of cloud-based products and services to meet the technology needs of Exelixis. This position will help define and design our cloud platform, which includes cloud automation tools and standards, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling and AWS account provisioning automation. This position will also work with application support teams to re-define the interface between our cloud platform products and application installation and configuration processes.
- Develop technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.
- Understands key business processes and business areas.
- Guides the successful completion of major initiatives or programs and lead mid to large size complex projects.
- Lead end-to-end development processes, from ideation through CI/CD, security scanning, and production monitoring.
- Identify and implement improvements to overall processes and development procedures.
- Develops and applies complex and often long-term strategies on specific projects.
- Represents the department as the prime technical contact on contracts and projects.
- Exhibits broad knowledge of state-of-the-art engineering principles and theories.
- Translates overall direction and strategy and communicates across organizational levels and functions.
- Works on strategic initiatives.
- Interacts with senior external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations.
- Document infrastructure and work instructions for systems and applications, including architecture diagrams, runbooks and code-level commits / READMEs.
- Lead and own incident response and root cause analysis for high-impact issues.
- Ensure that completed work delivers long-term value, including the aspects of maintainability, performance and observability.
- Make decisions regarding access, permissions, and security controls across systems.
- Serve as the SME for assigned capabilities, providing technical leadership and guidance.
- Mentor and coach junior engineers, fostering technical growth and best practices.
No supervisory responsibilities.
- Master's degree in a relevant field and 7 years of experience; or
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 9 years of related experience; or
- Associate degree and 11 years of experience; or
- Equivalent combination of education or years of experience
- Technical certification may be required
- At least 7 years of experience in cloud infrastructure in a highly available and production environment.
- Experience working in a SOX and FDA regulated environment is a plus.
- Advanced level knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS), especially with services related to hosting: EC2, RDS, Systems Manager, IAM, etc.
- Advanced level knowledge with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, especially Terraform.
- Intermediate level knowledge with cloud and infrastructure automation.
Our office is a modern, open-plan space that fosters collaboration and creativity. Teams work closely together, sharing ideas and solutions in a supportive atmosphere. We provide all necessary equipment, including dual monitors and ergonomic chairs, to ensure a comfortable workspace.
This position will require minimal travel.
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The base pay range for this position is $169,500 - $239,500 annually. The base pay range may take into account the candidate’s geographic region, which will adjust the pay depending on the specific work location. The base pay offered will take into account the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, experience and internal equity, among other factors.
- a 401k plan with generous company contributions
- group medical, dental and vision coverage
- life and disability insurance
- flexible spending accounts
- a discretionary annual bonus program
- if field sales staff, a sales-based incentive plan
- an opportunity to purchase company stock
- long-term incentives
- 15 accrued vacation days in their first year
- 17 paid holidays including a company-wide winter shutdown in December
- up to 10 sick days throughout the calendar year
If you have a disability and need an accommodation in relation to the recruiting process, please email us at: ApplicantAccommodations@exelixis.com
Our office is a modern, open-plan space that fosters collaboration and creativity. Teams work closely together, sharing ideas and solutions in a supportive atmosphere. We provide all necessary equipment, including dual monitors and ergonomic chairs, to ensure a comfortable workspace.
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
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