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Sr Manager, IT Engineering

Gilead Sciences
August 25, 2026
Remote friendly (San Francisco Bay Area)
United States
IT
Sr. IT Engineering Manager, US Commercial IT (Foster City, CA; Parsippany, NJ; or Raleigh, NC)

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Own a cloud-based CRM data replication layer (replication, archiving, writeback) supporting compliance and downstream integrations.
- Manage/monitor replication pipelines for data integrity and availability.
- Define/govern RPO and RTO for business-critical data flows.
- Troubleshoot replication failures and latency issues.
- Architect and operate the replication layer on AWS S3 (high availability, performance, scalability).
- Partner with MDM, Analytics Hub, Compliance, and Business Conduct for downstream readiness.
- Manage AWS S3 storage, replication, archival, and cost optimization.
- Coordinate with MSP and enterprise IT to ensure applications meet business and security/compliance/architecture requirements.
- Partner with Product Owners (Veeva/Vault CRM, Veeva Align, and other field apps) to maintain positive end-user experience.

People Leader Accountabilities: Create Inclusion; Develop Talent; Empower Teams.

Minimum Required Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s + 8 years’ experience OR Master’s + 6 years’ experience.

Required Qualifications/Skills
- Hands-on AWS: S3, Lambda, IAM, CloudWatch, Glue, EventBridge.
- Data replication architecture and replication operations.
- Cloud cost management/optimization.

Preferred Qualifications/Skills
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect; enterprise platform/application assessment.
- Multi-vendor and vendor management experience.
- Communication with business/IT/vendor teams.
- Governed/compliant data environments (HIPAA, GDPR, FDA 21 CFR Part 11).
- RPO/RTO and resiliency concepts.

Salary Range (base)
- Bay Area: $169,320–$219,120; Raleigh: $146,200–$189,200. Benefits may include medical/dental/vision/life insurance.

Application Instructions
- For current Gilead employees/contractors: apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.