cloud engineer

Our client, is one of the world’s leading biopharmaceutical companies, dedicated to discovering, developing, and delivering innovative medicines and vaccines that improve and extend patients’ lives. With a presence in more than 100 countries and a history spanning over 175 years, our client combines cutting-edge science, technology, and global expertise to address some of the world’s most challenging healthcare needs. The company fosters a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning, empowering its people to drive breakthroughs that make a meaningful impact on global health.

Join a global leader in pharmaceuticals, and immerse yourself in a dynamic experience where you’ll contribute to groundbreaking projects that impact the lives of millions!

Language Requirement: English, Greek

Minimum Years of Experience: 5

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Engineering & Architecture:

• Design, implement, and evolve cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP, aligning with enterprise architecture principles and security standards.

• Lead the development and maintenance of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, OpenTofu, or similar tools, ensuring consistency, scalability, and reusability.

• Own and enhance reusable cloud modules, patterns, and reference architectures used across the organization.

• Partner with architects and senior stakeholders to define secure, resilient, and cost‑efficient cloud designs.

• Review and provide guidance on cloud designs and IaC contributions from other engineers.

Platform Automation & Tooling:

• Design and implement end‑to‑end automation for cloud provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management.

• Lead improvements to CI/CD and IaC automation pipelines using platforms such as Spacelift, GitHub Actions, or equivalent tooling.

• Drive initiatives to improve deployment reliability, reduce configuration drift, and increase platform self‑service.

• Evaluate and introduce new tooling or approaches that improve developer experience and platform maturity.

Security, Compliance & Operations:

• Define and enforce cloud guardrails, policies, and controls to ensure secure and compliant platforms.

• Integrate security and compliance requirements into IaC and automation workflows (policy as code).
  Establish and improve observability, monitoring, and alerting for cloud platforms.

• Lead troubleshooting efforts for complex cloud infrastructure issues and perform root cause analysis for incidents.

• Collaborate with security, risk, and compliance teams to support audits, regulatory requirements, and governance initiatives.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement:

• Act as a technical mentor for Cloud Engineers, supporting skill development and engineering best practices.

• Collaborate closely with application teams, SRE, security, and architecture to deliver end‑to‑end cloud solutions.

• Drive platform modernization initiatives, identifying opportunities to automate, optimize, standardize, and simplify.

• Contribute to technical documentation, standards, and knowledge sharing to uplift cloud engineering maturity.

• Participate in architectural discussions and influence platform strategy through well‑reasoned technical proposals.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or equivalent practical experience.

• 5+ years of hands-on cloud or platform engineering experience.
  Strong proficiency in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP), with production scale experience.

• Advanced experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred).

• Strong automation and scripting skills (Python strongly preferred).

• Deep understanding of cloud networking, identity, security, and cloud native services.

• Experience working in global, cross functional engineering environments.

• Ability to lead technical initiatives and make architectural decisions.

• Technically curious, self driven, and committed to continuous improvement.

• Strong problem solving and analytical mindset, especially for complex cloud systems.

• Comfortable operating with high ownership and autonomy.

• Able to influence technical direction and mentor others through collaboration and clear communication.

• Customer focused mindset with the ability to balance engineering excellence and business outcomes.

Nice-to-Have Skills

•  Deep hands-on cloud engineering expertise.

• Strong Infrastructure as Code and automation skills.

• Ability to influence platform direction through technical leadership, mentorship, and architectural contributions.

Salary (Ind.): 2700-2960 € / Per month Gross

Upon further discussion with our client.