ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

The Senior Platform DevSecOps engineer colleague’s responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support and Administration of key platforms related to Conversational AI and Language Translation capabilities
• Lead lifecycle management activities related to upgrades, patches, hardware scaling and retirement
• Foster a culture of continuous improvements across the CI/CD environment with integrated security practices.
• Implement and maintain DevSecOps practices to ensure security is integrated into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Automate security testing and vulnerability assessments within the development process.
• Collaborate with development teams to design and implement secure coding practices.
• Design, deploy, and manage secure cloud infrastructure for AI and machine learning applications.
• Implement and manage security controls, such as firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, and encryption.
• Monitor and respond to security incidents and vulnerabilities in a timely manner.
• Develop and maintain security policies, procedures, and documentation.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to assist in hosting and deploy AI and ML based products, pipelines and API services into Dev, Stage and Production.
• Provide training and guidance to AI development and operations teams on DevSecOps best practices.
• Continuously evaluate and improve security processes and tools.
• Participate in incident response and post-mortem analysis to identify and address root causes.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS ​

• BSc degree in Computer Science or Engineering is required. MSc is preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in deploying enterprise software solutions in private cloud environments or public cloud providers preferably AWS & Azure as well as familiar with cloud architecture frameworks on AWS /Azure /GCP.
• Familiar with AWS services Fargate /Lambda/Dynamo DB/EC2/S3).
• Experience in building and managing production services using Kubernetes and Docker.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as GIT.
• Has owned systems and managed development of end-to-end applications.
• Experience with production deployments of complex systems.
• Experience with IaC tools like Terraform and Cloud Formation.
• Basic Knowledge with generative AI services offered by several providers like AWS /Azure/GCP.
• Experience with an industry accepted structured software development life cycle methodology.
• Experience in supporting the development of complex software products including the deployment of multiple versions / releases of a large product.
• Ability to contribute to technical specifications and technical design documentation for the software development team.
• Familiar with ITIL framework.
• Experience with monitoring tools like (Grafana /Dynatrace).
• Experience with working in teams to address software defect analysis, troubleshooting, and resolution.
• Proven ability in performance testing and optimization of developed source code for an enterprise business application.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with the software development team while driving software improvements.
• Candidate must be an excellent communicator.

GENERAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS

Advisor/Consultancy: Provides well-informed advice, typically within a specific technical specialization, ensuring that it is properly understood and appropriately exploited, to enhance the effectiveness of significant activities.  Provides advice on technical aspects of Conversational UI and ensures that relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices are applied correctly.

Technical Acumen: Maintains knowledge of specific technologies provides detailed advice regarding their application, executes specialized tasks. 

Thought Leadership & Advocacy: Develop awareness of industry developments and best practices Provide thought leadership in emerging technologies as they relate to AI and Conversational UI

Presentation Skills: Ability to develop visually simple and appealing PowerPoint presentations and be comfortable with articulating and communicating with the right authority and messaging to a broad range of stakeholders

Work Location Assignment: Hybrid

Purpose 

Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.  

Digital Transformation Strategy

One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.

Flexibility  

We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let’s start the conversation!  

Equal Employment Opportunity 

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms – allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.

Disability Inclusion

Our mission is unleashing the power of all our people and we are proud to be a disability inclusive employer, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all candidates. We encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments to support your application and future career. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!

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