Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

At KBI Biopharma, we are advancing science and accelerating breakthroughs. As a global leader in biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing, we empower life science companies to bring new medicines and vaccines to the world faster. Explore your potential at KBI, where innovation meets impact. 

Position Summary:

To support KBI's Digital transformation, the Senior Cloud Platform Engineer position is a key role in the Digital group within the Information Technology department. The Digital group is responsible for transforming KBI through delivering and supporting custom digital products (data and applications). These applications are built using services and cloud technologies provided by Amazon Web Services and the cloud platform engineering functions are to collaborate with product teams to build, deploy, monitor, and support these applications. The Senior Cloud Platform Engineer role is expected to own the design and operations of our cloud infrastructure and monitor the technology landscape to constantly seek increased reliability, robustness and speed of development and deployment of new or existing Digital products, so as to maximize the Digital group’s impact on KBI’s business.

Responsibilities:

·       Design, build, and operate KBI's AWS-based platform supporting digital products, data platforms, and cloud-native applications.

·       Own and evolve KBI's Kubernetes platform (Amazon EKS), including platform architecture, upgrades, scalability, security, observability, and operational excellence.

·       Design and maintain secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure across development, test, and production environments.

·       Lead the design and implementation of platform capabilities supporting both GMP and non-GMP workloads.

·       Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and related tooling.

·       Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions that ensure platform reliability and performance.

·       Create self-service platform capabilities, reusable deployment patterns, and engineering standards that improve developer productivity and operational consistency.

·       Partner with Quality, Compliance, Security, Infrastructure, and Engineering teams to establish platform governance, security controls, and operational standards.

·       Support incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.

·       Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend platform enhancements that improve reliability, security, scalability, and developer experience.

Requirements: 

·       Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

·       5+ years of experience designing, building, and operating cloud-native platforms in AWS.

·       Strong experience with Kubernetes, preferably Amazon EKS.

·       Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform.

·       Experience supporting multi-account AWS environments.

·       Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation solutions.

·       Experience with GitOps methodologies and related tooling.

·       Experience with container technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.

·       Strong understanding of cloud networking, IAM, security architecture, and governance principles.

·       Proficiency in Python, Bash, or similar scripting languages.

Salary Range: $112,480 – $154,660

Salary range provided per current averages and expectations. The salary and job title for this opening will be based on the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience and may be outside this range. KBI has a robust total rewards strategy which includes an annual bonus structure for all employees, medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid PTO and holidays, 401K matching with 100% vesting in 60 days and employee recognition programs.   

About KBI: 

KBI Biopharma, Inc., a JSR Life Sciences company, is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) providing fully integrated and accelerated drug development and biologics manufacturing services to life science companies. KBI supports its 500+ customers in advancing more than 160 drug candidates from preclinical and clinical stages to market, including the manufacture of ten commercial products. Recognized for quality manufacturing, KBI delivers robust process development and cGMP manufacturing services across its six global locations in the USA and Europe. For more information, visit www.kbibiopharma.com. 

KBI is a proud EEO/AA employer dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We believe that innovation thrives in an environment where all voices are heard and valued. That's why we actively seek individuals from all backgrounds – regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status – and strongly encourage all qualified candidates to apply and bring their unique perspectives to our team. 

KBI Biopharma, Inc. is an EEO/AA employer and actively seeks to diversify its work force. Therefore, all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status, are strongly encouraged to apply.

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