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This role involves both creative and analytical skills to solve complex problems and create efficient, reliable solutions. You will use your expertise in requirements analysis, programming languages, development methodologies, and tools to build and deliver platforms that meet the needs of businesses, organizations, or end-users. You will work with other engineers, product managers and technical leads, you will help to design systems, determine functional and non-functional needs requirements and implement them accordingly. You should be ready to work independently as well as in a team.\nWhat will you do in this role\nParticipate in defining the platform standards.\nAuthor, review, and maintain Terraform modules and state management for multi-account/multi-environment deployments.\nImplement reusable and repeatable environment provisioning and configuration\nCreate and maintain clear documentation: platform design, Infrastructure as Code patterns, operational runbooks, best practices regarding coding, security and compliance. \nDevelop, verify, test, document, amend and refactor CI/CD pipelines and the platform configurations for deployment in collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams.\nIntegrate platform with data governance tooling (catalogs, lineage, access controls).\nUtilize system life cycle working practices for platform components delivery. 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Apply now!\nKnow anybody who might be interested? Refer this job!\nRequired Skills:\nAgile Scrum Development, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Data Engineering, Platform Development, Platform Management, Product Architecture, Software Development, Solution Architecture, TestingPreferred Skills:\nCurrent Employees apply HERE\nCurrent Contingent Workers apply HERE\nSearch Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully\nMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. 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