Senior Cloud Solutions Architect

<p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Your Role: </span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Ready to shape the future? As Senior Cloud Solutions Architect, you will be actively designing, implementing, and operating cloud-native backend systems and data services on AWS, contributing directly to our Data & AI platform and R&D product roadmap.

You write production code, build pipelines, own deployments, and take end-to-end accountability for the solutions you deliver. If you thrive building things that matter, in a team that values quality, ownership, and continuous improvement, this role is for you.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Your key responsibilities:</span></p><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Implement new features and maintain platform functionalities using AWS services (Lambda, Step Functions, Glue, Athena, API Gateway, and more); own deployments end to end.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Design and implement data processing pipelines, data archive processes, and RESTful/microservice integrations; apply serverless and event-driven patterns.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Write clean, well-tested, documented Python code; apply OOP and design patterns; participate actively in code reviews.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps; apply IaC principles using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Embed AWS security best practices and Merck security standards into every solution; ensure observability through monitoring and health checks.</span></li></ul><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">In return, we offer direct impact on life-changing R&D, a high-autonomy engineering culture with experienced peers, flexible working models, and the purpose-driven environment of a global science and technology company.</span></p><h2><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Who You Are:</span></h2><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Mindset & Ways of Working</span></p><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Strong sense of ownership and accountability – you build it, you run it.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Curious and eager to learn; comfortable adapting to evolving technologies and requirements.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Collaborative team player in a cross-functional, international environment.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Experience & Qualifiscations</span></p><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">8+ years of relevant experience building secure, scalable, resilient cloud-native backend systems at enterprise scale.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Deep proficiency in Python (incl. boto3) and SQL; background in an additional OOP language (Scala, Java, or C#) is a plus.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Solid AWS expertise: Lambda, Step Functions, Glue, Athena, API Gateway, IAM, S3; serverless and event-driven design patterns.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">CI/CD experience with Azure DevOps and Git; IaC with Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Security awareness: AWS security best practices including IAM policies, encryption, and MFA.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Nice to have: containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, Fargate), Snowflake, Apache Iceberg, NoSQL DBs.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Business-fluent English (written and spoken)</span></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Role: Expert 3</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">*Todos los candidatos internos, sin importar si trabajan a tiempo completo o parcial, tendrán la oportunidad de ser considerados para las vacantes disponibles</span></p>