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The Onyx Research Data Platform Organizationrepresentsa Major Investment By GSK R&D And Digital & Tech, Designed To Deliver a Step-change In Our Ability Toleveragedata, Knowledge, And Prediction To Find New Medicines. We Are a Full-stack Shop Consisting Of Product And Portfolio Leadership, Data Engineering, Infrastructure And DevOps, Data / Metadata / Knowledge Platforms, And AI/ML And Analysis Platforms, All Geared Toward
A SeniorCloudEngineer should be deeply familiar with the tools of their specialization and of theircustomers, andengaged with theopen sourcecommunity surrounding them potentially, even to the level of contributing pull requests.
Key Responsibilities Include
Basic Qualifications
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
Please visit to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.
Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases to impact health at scale.
People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so were committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.
GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.
Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies
GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK.
- Building a next-generation data experience for GSKs scientists, engineers, and decision-makers, increasingproductivityand reducing time spent on data mechanics
- Providing best-in-class AI/ML and data analysis environments to accelerate our predictive capabilities and attract top-tier talent
- Aggressively engineering our data at scale to unlock the value of our combined data assets and predictions in real-time
A SeniorCloudEngineer should be deeply familiar with the tools of their specialization and of theircustomers, andengaged with theopen sourcecommunity surrounding them potentially, even to the level of contributing pull requests.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Design and deploy scalable and reliable cloud infrastructure solutions using Google Cloud Platform (GCP)services.
- Configure and optimise network architecture, including VPCs, subnets, firewalls, and load balancers, to ensure high availability, security, and performance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable and efficient cloud infrastructure designs.
- Provides input into the roadmaps of teamsrepresentingupstream dependencies to help improve the overall program of work
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment processes using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
- Stay updated with the latest trends and best practices in cloud infrastructure and contribute to the continuous improvement of our cloud infrastructure architecture.
- Optimise resource utilisation and cost management whilemaintainingcompliance standards.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a collaborative and knowledge-sharing culture within the organisation.
- Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure-related issues and provide technical support to internal teams.
Basic Qualifications
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Software engineering or related field
- 5 plus years of cloud experience (e.g., Google Cloud, AWS or Azure)
- 5 plus years of experience working with CI tools (e.g. GitHub Actions, Jenkins or Azure Pipelines)
- 5 plus years of experience with Rust, Python, TypeScript or Go
- 3 plus years or experience with Container Orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes, Open Shift, Docker)
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
- Deep knowledge and use of at least one common programming language: e.g., Python,Scala, Java, including toolchains for documentation, testing, and operations / observability
- Deepexpertisein modern software development tools / ways of working (e.g. git/GitHub,DevOpstools, metrics / monitoring, )
- Demonstrated excellencewith agile software development environments usingtools likeJira and Confluence
- Deep familiarity with the tools, techniques, etc relevant to their specialization area, including engagement with theopen sourcecommunity (and potentially making contributions to such tools)
- Experience with cloud security platforms, identifying vulnerabilities and risks (i.e. Wiz, Trivy, Aqua, or Prisma Cloud)
- Deep expertise of networking concepts, technologies, and designs used with large-scale deployments on Kubernetes.
Please visit to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.
Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases to impact health at scale.
People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so were committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.
GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.
Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies
GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK.