Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

About the role

As a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer, you will be the primary architect and operator of our multi-cloud ecosystem. This is a high-impact, generalist role that requires a deep understanding of the entire technology stack—from the underlying operating systems and networking to container orchestration and automated governance. You will design, secure, and scale the infrastructure that powers our global applications while mentoring engineering teams on cloud-native best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, multi-account structures and landing zones across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
• Manage and evolve multi-cloud IAM, SSO, and Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC) to ensure least-privilege access.
• Enforce tagging standards, resource hierarchies, and cost-optimization strategies (rightsizing, idle resource elimination) to maintain fiscal accountability.
• Lead the deployment, scaling, and management of Kubernetes clusters (EKS, GKE, or self-managed). Manage CNI plugins, ingress controllers, and service meshes (Istio/Linkerd).
• Administer and optimize Linux (Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, RHEL) and Windows Server environments, ensuring hardened configurations and automated patching.
• Manage the intersection of cloud services and traditional OS-level dependencies, including Active Directory integration and file system performance tuning.
• Develop and maintain modular templates using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Build and optimize deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Flux, or ArgoCD to enable "GitOps" workflows.
• Design security controls including encryption at rest/transit (KMS), VPC Service Controls, and audit logging to meet SOC2, HIPAA, or FedRAMP standards.
• Leverage AI-native development tools (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot) and LLM-powered agents to accelerate Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) authoring, automate complex root-cause analysis, and proactively optimize cloud utilization through predictive anomaly detection.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, SRE, or DevOps, with deep proficiency in AWS and/or GCP.
• Expert-level experience administering Linux (shell scripting, kernel tuning) and Windows Server (Active Directory, Group Policy, PowerShell).
• Proven track record of running production-grade Kubernetes workloads at scale, including experience with Helm and container security.
• Strong proficiency in Python, Go, or Bash for infrastructure automation and tool development.
• Solid understanding of VPC/VNet design, peering, Transit Gateways, and zero-trust security models.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with "Cloud-Native" monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Background in migrating legacy Windows/Linux monolithic applications into containerized microservices.
• Relevant certifications: AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Google Professional Cloud Architect, or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).

Benefits

Medidata offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, life and disability insurance; 401(k) matching; flexible paid time off; and 10 paid holidays per year.

Pay

The salary range for positions that will be physically based in the NYC/NJ Metro Area is $114,750 - $153,000. Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Medidata provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a commission on the terms of applicable plan documents, and many of Medidata's non-sales positions are eligible for annual bonuses.

Inclusion Statement

Compensation for the role will be commensurate with experience. The total expected compensation range will be between $114,750 and $153,000, representing the base salary (or annualized salary based on estimated hourly compensation) and target bonus.

About Medidata

Medidata is powering smarter treatments and healthier people through digital solutions to support clinical trials. Celebrating 25 years of ground-breaking technological innovation across more than 36,000 trials and 11 million patients, Medidata offers industry-leading expertise, analytics-powered insights, and one of the largest clinical trial data sets in the industry. More than 1 million users trust Medidata's seamless, end-to-end platform to improve patient experiences, accelerate clinical breakthroughs, and bring therapies to market faster. Discover more at www.medidata.com.