Associate Director, Cloud Engineering & DevOps, RGC

The Regeneron Genetics Center® (RGC) is a uniquely integrated research initiative that seeks to improve patient care by using genomic approaches to speed drug discovery and development. The Associate Director, Cloud Engineering & DevOps, is the IT lead for RGC’s Cloud platform. Partnering with our IT, Infosec, and scientific teams, you will help engineer and implement reliable infrastructure services on AWS from the ground up, to deliver highly scalable and compliant services.

The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills to lead the RGC DevOps team, drive operational efficiency and cost optimization, and provide excellent support to our scientific teams.

Key focus areas include

• Develop and own best standards/methodologies for cloud infrastructure and DevOps processes
• Analyze and comprehend how users are using the platform and help drive continuous improvements to the RGC’s cloud platform
• Drive security, privacy, and compliance agenda, including in support of validation, certification, and accreditation processes for our cloud platform 

In this role, a typical day might include the following:

• Lead the Cloud Engineering and DevOps function and manage all the operational processes
• Engineer solutions, processes, and tools that drive self-service, automation, standardization, and seamless operations
• Apply industry standards to ensure system and application security
• Engineer and support continuous security compliance and cost optimization solutions
• Drive standard methodologies, SOP documentation, and infrastructure as code for the RGC Cloud
• Deploy and manage monitoring, metrics, and logging capabilities on RGC’s cloud engineering platforms
• Design and Engineer tooling and solutions to manage life cycle of DevSecOps for AWS hosted infrastructure
• Keep abreast of the latest advances in the cloud platforms and services and apply them to RGC cloud infrastructure as appropriate
• Interact with key partners to clearly define and iterate on requirements
• Provide end-user support, training, and documentation.
• Partner with our Information Security team to identify, analyze, and mitigate risks related to Cloud Services.

This job might be for you if:

• You have an eye for detail and pride yourself on the quality of your work.  Operational excellence matters more than just finishing the tasks.
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment and enable us to deliver and improve on the product quickly.
• With your sleeves rolled up, and you work on current problems while thinking of future solutions.
• Have excellent communication skills and can manage a team of Cloud Engineers.

To be considered for this role, you must have 12+ years of IT experience, 4+ years managing the AWS environment. Expertise in core AWS services EC2, EBS, S3, ELB, RDS, VPC, CloudFront, IAM, and monitoring tools. Tangible experience with Linux administration, CI/CD, automation using BOTO3/Lambda, and CloudFormation is required. Experience in monitoring tools like Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus. Knowledge of cloud security principles and cloud networking like DNS, SG, NACL, firewalls, and related certifications is a plus. Level commensurate with experience and qualifications.

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Does this sound like you? Apply now to take your first steps toward living the Regeneron Way! We have an inclusive and diverse culture that provides amazing benefits including health and wellness programs, fitness centers and stock for employees at all levels!

Regeneron is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief (or lack thereof), sex, nationality, national or ethnic origin, civil status, age, citizenship status, membership of the Traveler community, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, familial status, marital or registered civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity status, gender identity, gender reassignment, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application process. Please contact us to discuss any accommodations you think you may need. role.