Staff Cloud Engineer

Job title: Staff Cloud Engineer

At Adaptive, we’re Powering the Age of Immune Medicine. Our goal is to harness the power of the adaptive immune system to transform the way diseases are diagnosed and treated.

As an Adapter, you’ll have the opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives. With Adaptive, you’ll create a career highlight through collaboration with bright, curious colleagues working at the apex of innovation and application.

It’s time for your next chapter. Discover your story with Adaptive.

Position Overview

The Staff Cloud Engineer will evaluate, recommend, and implement new technologies relative to the design and buildout of a robust and scalable cloud infrastructure utilizing the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform. The role will be responsible for designing and implementing new solutions across the entire technology stack supporting both internal and customer facing applications. The Staff Cloud Engineer will function as the Team Lead for other Cloud Engineers, as well as participate with development teams in the design of systems to match business needs.

Duties and Responsibilities

Evaluate and recommend new technologies to solve complex challenges for bioinformatics and business systems:

• Understand all existing Adaptive production systems and how they interact with each other
• Keep up to date with new and rapidly evolving cloud technologies and identify opportunities to improve existing Adaptive systems without compromising stability or security.
• Ensure all new technologies can be deployed with appropriate regulatory considerations where applicable.

Function as technical lead on implementation of solutions in Microsoft Azure:

• Oversee end-to-end implementation of solution deployments in Azure.
• Mentor and function as technical lead to other Cloud Engineers.
• Document all systems and designs for future supportability.
• Provide technical advice and support to software development engineers, scientists, and other staff
• Partner with Quality Assurance and Release Management teams to ensure best practices around software releases.
• Ensure the security and protection of company systems and data by maintaining compliance with Adaptive security and information handling policies.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience designing supporting highly-available, 24x7 production systems
• Strong working knowledge and proven working experience in Linux, networking, storage and information security.
• Database Administration experience (PostgreSQL, SQL Server).
• Strong working knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience working in Azure or Amazon Web Services.
• Solid experience in administration and troubleshooting application stacks (e.g. Apache, JBoss, Play Framework).
• An ability to translate business and science requirements into IT solutions.
• Experience in healthcare use cases, handling HIPAA and FDA related considerations.
• Mastery of a major IT automation language, such as Chef, Puppet or Ansible.
• Experience with DevOps in a cloud context, including supporting teams of developers.
• Demonstrated mentoring and leadership skills

Compensation

Salary Range: $148,000 - $222,000

Possible “other compensation” elements to include:

• equity grant
• bonus eligible

Adaptive is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail [email protected].