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Manager - Site Reliability/Operations Engineer, R&D DP&TS Platform and Data Engineering

Pfizer
Full-time
Remote friendly (La Jolla, CA)
United States
$86,800 - $160,500 USD yearly
IT

Role Summary

We’re building a forward-thinking platform engineering team dedicated to delivering secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure. As a Site Reliability/Operations Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and operational excellence of our cloud-native platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor cloud infrastructure and responding to alerts under guidance of senior engineers
  • Deploy and maintain automation scripts and tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) and proactively look for improvements to tooling
  • Maintain and update observability systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) based on feedback from engineers
  • Actively participate in incident response activities and root cause analysis to resolve issues and implement improvements with support from the team
  • Collaborate with team members to implement changes and improvements to CI/CD pipelines
  • Contribute to documentation and process improvements
  • Proactively seek opportunities for skill development and apply security and compliance best practices in daily tasks

Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Data Science, Bioinformatics, Engineering, or related discipline)
  • 4+ years of experience in site reliability, operations, or infrastructure engineering
  • Familiarity and experience with AWS or Azure
  • Familiarity and experience with Terraform, Ansible, and GitHub
  • Understanding of Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration
  • Good scripting skills (e.g., Bash, Python, Typescript)
  • Familiarity and experience with Linux/Unix system administration
  • Familiarity with networking, security, and database administration
  • Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn in a collaborative environment
  • Fluent in English; capable of clear technical communication across scientific and engineering disciplines

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with observability and logging tools (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
  • Knowledge of secrets management (e.g., HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
  • Experience working in regulated environments or with compliance frameworks (e.g., GxP, SOC2, HIPAA)
  • Experience working in team-based environments, either professionally or academically

Additional Requirements

  • Travel up to 10% may be required for business activities.
  • Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
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