What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Cloud Administrator position at Bruker Nano Surfaces & Metrology?
Job Locations
US-WA
ID
2025-18464
Job Function
IT
Overview
Bruker is one of the world's leading analytical instrumentation companies enabling scientist to make breakthrough discoveries and develop new application that improve the quality of human life. Our high-performance products and high-value life science and diagnostic solutions are trusted by leading businesses, institutes, and scientists worldwide. Today, more than 8,500 employees at over 90 locations are working on this permanent challenge to make the world a better place
Bruker is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Senior Cloud Administrator to manage and enhance our cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for a global life sciences platform. In this strategic role, you will help automate deployments across all environments and ensure our systems run smoothly and securely. You'll work closely with a passionate team of IT professionals, software developers, and scientists in a highly collaborative, supportive environment to accelerate life sciences research and advance the human condition. This position offers significant room for growth as we invest in modern DevOps practices and cutting-edge cloud solutions.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
Automate & Streamline DevOps: Own, Design and implement cloud automation and integration solutions to improve CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows, continuously refining our infrastructure delivery processes and tools.
Cloud Infrastructure Management: Configure and manage our cloud infrastructure (primarily AWS, with Azure experience as a plus) - including networking, security, IAM, compute, storage, and Kubernetes (EKS) - following IT best practices to ensure high availability and security, operating independently with a high degree of seniority.
Architecture Deployment: Design, build, deploy, and maintain cost-effective, multi-tier cloud architectures (load balancers, web/app servers, databases, platform services) to provide reliable and efficient services for our global platform.
Infrastructure as Code: Use Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform to automate deployment of cloud resources, enabling consistent and repeatable delivery.
Troubleshooting & Support: Perform hands-on troubleshooting of cloud infrastructure issues and provide advanced support for business-critical projects to maintain optimal uptime and performance.
Documentation: Create and maintain documentation for system configurations, processes, and service records to share knowledge and ensure compliance with standards
Qualifications
Qualifications:
Cloud Experience: 6 years of hands-on experience managing cloud infrastructure in production, including supporting complex 24/7 systems. (Any exposure to IoT or hybrid cloud environments is a bonus.). AWS with some multi-cloud (esp Azure) experience is preferred.
System Design: Proven ability to design and operate scalable, fault-tolerant systems, with attention to performance optimization and cost management.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience in lieu of a degree.
Containers & Orchestration: Experience deploying and managing containerized applications using Docker on Windows/Linux, and orchestration with Kubernetes.
DevOps Tools: Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines. Experience with tools such as Azure DevOps (or other Git-based CI/CD platforms) and configuration management tools like Ansible, as well as Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform).
Scripting: Proficiency in scripting and automation using Bash, PowerShell, and/or Python to streamline tasks and workflows.
Database & Networking Knowledge: Strong understanding of networking and experience wor
US-WA
ID
2025-18464
Job Function
IT
Overview
Bruker is one of the world's leading analytical instrumentation companies enabling scientist to make breakthrough discoveries and develop new application that improve the quality of human life. Our high-performance products and high-value life science and diagnostic solutions are trusted by leading businesses, institutes, and scientists worldwide. Today, more than 8,500 employees at over 90 locations are working on this permanent challenge to make the world a better place
Bruker is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Senior Cloud Administrator to manage and enhance our cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for a global life sciences platform. In this strategic role, you will help automate deployments across all environments and ensure our systems run smoothly and securely. You'll work closely with a passionate team of IT professionals, software developers, and scientists in a highly collaborative, supportive environment to accelerate life sciences research and advance the human condition. This position offers significant room for growth as we invest in modern DevOps practices and cutting-edge cloud solutions.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
Automate & Streamline DevOps: Own, Design and implement cloud automation and integration solutions to improve CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows, continuously refining our infrastructure delivery processes and tools.
Cloud Infrastructure Management: Configure and manage our cloud infrastructure (primarily AWS, with Azure experience as a plus) - including networking, security, IAM, compute, storage, and Kubernetes (EKS) - following IT best practices to ensure high availability and security, operating independently with a high degree of seniority.
Architecture Deployment: Design, build, deploy, and maintain cost-effective, multi-tier cloud architectures (load balancers, web/app servers, databases, platform services) to provide reliable and efficient services for our global platform.
Infrastructure as Code: Use Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform to automate deployment of cloud resources, enabling consistent and repeatable delivery.
Troubleshooting & Support: Perform hands-on troubleshooting of cloud infrastructure issues and provide advanced support for business-critical projects to maintain optimal uptime and performance.
Documentation: Create and maintain documentation for system configurations, processes, and service records to share knowledge and ensure compliance with standards
Qualifications
Qualifications:
Cloud Experience: 6 years of hands-on experience managing cloud infrastructure in production, including supporting complex 24/7 systems. (Any exposure to IoT or hybrid cloud environments is a bonus.). AWS with some multi-cloud (esp Azure) experience is preferred.
System Design: Proven ability to design and operate scalable, fault-tolerant systems, with attention to performance optimization and cost management.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience in lieu of a degree.
Containers & Orchestration: Experience deploying and managing containerized applications using Docker on Windows/Linux, and orchestration with Kubernetes.
DevOps Tools: Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines. Experience with tools such as Azure DevOps (or other Git-based CI/CD platforms) and configuration management tools like Ansible, as well as Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform).
Scripting: Proficiency in scripting and automation using Bash, PowerShell, and/or Python to streamline tasks and workflows.
Database & Networking Knowledge: Strong understanding of networking and experience wor