Senior Cloud Engineer
Position Overview Build and run the cloud backbone that powers FLBG’s science, speed, and scale. As our Senior Cloud Engineer, you’ll lead the day-to-day delivery, support, and availability of global cloud platforms across on‑prem, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS—keeping our environments stable, secure, high‑performing, and inspection‑ready. You’ll translate architecture into operational reality, deliver complex cross‑functional projects, and champion secure‑by‑design engineering so our teams can deliver life‑changing work with confidence. Company Overview The work we do at FUJIFILM Biotechnologies has never been more important—and we are looking for talented candidates to join us. We are growing our locations, our capabilities, and our teams, and looking for passionate, mission-driven people like you who want to make a real difference in people’s lives. Join FUJIFILM Biotechnologies and help make the next vaccine, cure, or gene therapy in partnership with some of the most innovative biopharma companies across the globe. We are proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your passion, energy, and drive - what we call Genki. Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers
Job Description
Why this role matters - Uptime equals impact: Your platform stewardship keeps critical data, AI, and business systems available, resilient, and performant across our global network. - Compliance by default: You’ll help ensure solutions meet GxP and security expectations—reducing risk in audits and inspections and protecting our license to operate. - Scale smart: Your automation, cost‑aware designs, and rigorous SOPs will improve service quality while enabling faster, more predictable delivery for clients and patients. What you’ll do Cloud Operations & Platform - Lead the day-to-day support, availability, and performance of FLBG’s global cloud estate. - Design, build, configure, administer, and support infrastructure technologies across compute, storage, networking, physical systems, and software solutions (COTS and open-source). - Deliver and maintain services across on‑premises and cloud environments (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), ensuring platforms are stable, secure, and fit for purpose. Deliver Cross-Functional Projects & Compliance Activities - Deliver and support multidisciplinary global cloud projects, ensuring timely and effective technical outcomes. - Produce and maintain technology documentation aligned to GxP and critical IT requirements. - Participate in—and where appropriate lead—system validation and testing so solutions meet quality and regulatory standards. - Represent IT systems during audits and inspections, providing accurate technical input and supporting compliance objectives. Translate Architecture into Operational Solutions - Collaborate with FLBG Principal Engineers to define, interpret, and translate architectural designs into robust, supportable operational solutions and services. - Ensure designs are effectively implemented within production environments, aligned to technical standards, operational requirements, and service quality expectations. Deploy New Technology & Ensure Compliance - Lead deployment of new technologies, systems, and hardware, integrating seamlessly with existing services. - Follow FLBG policies, procedures, and security frameworks throughout the deployment lifecycle. - Validate that systems meet defined AIS metrics and acceptance criteria prior to go-live, ensuring readiness for operational use and compliance with service standards. - And other job duties that may be assigned from time to time. What you’ll own and influence - Manage capacity, availability, support, and continuity across global IT cloud platforms, including data, AI, storage, and business continuity services. - Brief and advise senior IT leadership on infrastructure supportability, availability requirements, and operational constraints; produce clear technical documentation and reports. - Mentor peers and contribute to secure-by-design engineering across IT/OT; promote consistent engineering standards. - Provide cross-functional technical support across enterprise IT/OT systems, including evaluation and delivery of project work packages, design requirements, and procedures. - Contribute operational input to IT/OT architecture roadmaps and security initiatives, aligning technical delivery with strategic direction. - Design and support medium-to-high complexity systems to ensure robustness, supportability, and business alignment. - Collaborate with administrators, vendors, and internal teams to align solutions with business objectives and architectural standards. - Implement and enforce FLBG cybersecurity governance standards across IT/OT infrastructure to support compliance and risk mitigation. Minimum education requirements - Degree or higher in Computer Science or Information Technology, or relevant technical certifications. Minimum experience requirements - 7+ years’ experience in an IT 3rd/4th line position with a proven track record in an enterprise IT cloud environment; OR 5+ years’ experience working in a biomedical IT cloud service environment. - Any combination of education and experience that provides an equivalent background to deliver against role expectations. Knowledge and skills to help you thrive - 7+ years in a 3rd/4th line cloud engineer role in a global enterprise, or 5+ years in a biomedical sciences 3rd/4th line IT cloud support role (or a mix of both). - In‑depth design and support knowledge of cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, Terraform, and AI services. - Experience with backup/replication (e.g., Veeam). - Strong experience building and managing Linux servers. - Strong experience with cloud infrastructure platforms (AWS, Azure). - Strong experience with infrastructure storage solutions (design, build, administration). - In‑depth knowledge of infrastructure security and frameworks such as ISO 27000; understanding of security for open‑source technologies. - Networking principles: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN. - Scripting and automation expertise. - Ability to track emerging issues, strategies, roadmaps, patterns, and technologies to enhance service delivery. - Skilled communicator with technical and non‑technical stakeholders at all levels; adept at gaining support for IT initiatives with low/medium risk, impact, and complexity. - Solid business acumen; comfortable engaging senior leadership. How you’ll work - Assess technical and operational information to make informed recommendations and drive decisions with IT and business leadership. - Provide technical input and advisory support to design, technical, and commercial reviews. - Represent IT governance within broader organizational governance frameworks, ensuring alignment with standards, policies, and controls. - Engage globally with senior stakeholders and vendors; contribute to internal and external audits on infrastructure design, service compliance, and operational processes. - No direct or indirect reports. Your impact from day one - Keep mission‑critical platforms stable, secure, and performant—reducing incidents and downtime. - Improve audit/inspection outcomes by embedding validation and security practices into everyday operations. - Accelerate delivery by turning architecture into production‑ready, supportable services that scale with the business. - This is a global position that will support all our FUJIFILM Biotechnologies sites. - This position can be based at any of our locations around the globe. - Benefits and compensation will be governed by the location that you are based from and considered your home site. - As part of any recruitment process, FUJIFILM Biotechnologies collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The organization is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations and may share this as part of the global recruitment process with hiring managers in Europe and the United States. To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of FUJIFILM about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at FUJIFILM via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of FUJIFILM, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by FUJIFILM for this requisition and a valid agreement with FUJIFILM is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the FUJIFILM agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid. EEO Information Fujifilm is committed to providing equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and advancement, compensation, benefits, and training regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national, or social origin, disability, veteran status, etc. ADA Information If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to our HR Department ([email protected]).