Staff Cloud Engineer

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Position Overview

The Staff Cloud Engineer will evaluate, recommend, and implement new technologies relative to the design and buildout of a robust and scalable cloud infrastructure utilizing the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform. The role will be responsible for designing and implementing new solutions across the entire technology stack supporting both internal and customer facing applications. The Staff Cloud Engineer will function as the Team Lead for other Cloud Engineers, as well as participate with development teams in the design of systems to match business needs.   

Duties and Responsibilities

Evaluate and recommend new technologies to solve complex challenges for bioinformatics and business systems:

• Understand all existing Adaptive production systems and how they interact with each other
• Keep up to date with new and rapidly evolving cloud technologies and identify opportunities to improve existing Adaptive systems without compromising stability or security.
• Ensure all new technologies can be deployed with appropriate regulatory considerations where applicable.

Function as technical lead on implementation of solutions in Microsoft Azure:

• Oversee end-to-end implementation of solution deployments in Azure.
• Mentor and function as technical lead to other Cloud Engineers.
• Document all systems and designs for future supportability.
• Provide technical advice and support to software development engineers, scientists, and other staff
• Partner with Quality Assurance and Release Management teams to ensure best practices around software releases.
• Ensure the security and protection of company systems and data by maintaining compliance with Adaptive security and information handling policies.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience designing supporting highly-available, 24x7 production systems
• Strong working knowledge and proven working experience in Linux, networking, storage and information security.
• Database Administration experience (PostgreSQL, SQL Server).
• Strong working knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience working in Azure or Amazon Web Services.
• Solid experience in administration and troubleshooting application stacks (e.g. Apache, JBoss, Play Framework).
• An ability to translate business and science requirements into IT solutions.
• Experience in healthcare use cases, handling HIPAA and FDA related considerations.
• Mastery of a major IT automation language, such as Chef, Puppet or Ansible.
• Experience with DevOps in a cloud context, including supporting teams of developers.
• Demonstrated mentoring and leadership skills

Compensation

Salary Range: $148,000 - $222,000

Possible “other compensation” elements to include:

• equity grant
• bonus eligible

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Interested in this position, but don’t meet all the requirements?  Adaptive is committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams across our organization.  Please consider applying even if your experience doesn’t match all the qualifications; you may be the exact candidate we’re searching for!

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Adaptive’s posted compensation information includes a base salary (or hourly rate) range and summary of other available total compensation. The base salary range represents a minimum-to-maximum salary (or hourly rate) available to candidates upon extension of offer. Base salary is thoughtfully considered upon offer and is determined through multiple evaluation checks throughout the interview process, including: a candidate’s ability to meet minimum qualifications (skills/experience/education), a candidate’s ability to thoughtfully address preferred qualifications, current market conditions, and internal pay equity. Listed base salary is exclusive of bonus, commission, equity, differential pay, benefits, and other incentives.

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