Overview
Role SummaryAt the heart of Pfizer's Digital transformation sits Global Cloud Services, enabling modern cloud infrastructure and engineering capabilities that influence business outcomes and provide value to our business, shareholders, and patients every day.
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our growing team at the Pfizer Digital hub in Thessaloniki, Greece. This role requires a strategic technical leader proficient in multi-cloud environments with a strong emphasis on security, automation, and infrastructure as code. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure), a hands-on approach using modern engineering practices, and a proven track record in leading and mentoring technical teams.
Pfizer seeks individuals that are highly self-motivated, eager to learn, and effective when working in a team environment. A strong aptitude towards self-development, continuous learning, and growth is highly desired.
Role Responsibilities
The Senior Cloud Engineer provides technical leadership and design expertise, playing a key role in ensuring Pfizer Digital continues to leverage cloud-native design patterns and modern engineering practices. This role will help ensure our Cloud Engineering team delivers a secure, compliant, productive, and innovative multi-cloud hosting environment on a global scale.
You will lead a small technical team of 3-5 cloud engineers, providing guidance, mentorship, and support in their professional development while driving the adoption of modern cloud engineering practices across the organization.
Serve as escalation point for operational issues, supporting the on-call engineering team when needed (minimal operational responsibilities,
- Multi-cloud experience across AWS, GCP, and Azure
- Expert-level knowledge in building, maintaining, and deploying infrastructure as code solutions in a DevOps environment
- Experience with Spacelift or similar IaC automation platforms
- Configuration management experience using Ansible or similar tools
- Experience qualifying cloud services capabilities for use within GxP or other highly regulated environments
- Cross-functional experience managing cloud infrastructure, security, networking, and application development
- Contributions to open-source cloud tooling or infrastructure projects
- Relevant cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional, Azure Solutions Architect, etc.)
Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
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