Senior Cloud Platform Engineer
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).
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.
- 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.
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.
KBI's Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
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. I understand that neither the completion of this application nor any other part of my consideration for employment establishes any obligation for KBI Biopharma, Inc. to hire me. If I am hired, I understand that either KBI Biopharma, Inc. or I can terminate my employment at any time and for any reason, with or without cause and without prior notice. I understand that no representative of KBI Biopharma, Inc. has the authority to make any assurance to the contrary. I attest with my signature below that I have given to KBI Biopharma, Inc. true and complete information on this application. No requested information has been concealed. I authorize KBI Biopharma, Inc. to contact references provided for employment reference checks. If any information I have provided is untrue, or if I have concealed material information, I understand that this will constitute cause for the denial of employment or immediate dismissal.