Senior Technical Manager - Hands-on AWS
Amgen
Senior Technical Manager - Hands-on AWS
Job Description
Join our team at Amgen Capability Center Portugal, the #1 company in Best Workplaces™ (201–500 employees category) by the Great Place to Work Institute. With over 400 talented individuals from more than 40 nationalities, our Lisbon center thrives at the intersection of innovation, excellence, and inspiration. This is your opportunity to explore the future of healthcare through technology and digital innovation, supporting our mission To Serve Patients.
What you will do
- Lead and develop a team of cloud engineers and SREs, ensuring dedication and career growth
- Define and implement the cloud strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives
- Lead all aspects of and be hands-on with the design, deployment, and management of AWS-based Amgen cloud platform
- Ensure the availability, performance, and security of cloud services through automation and standard methodologies
- Implement cost optimization strategies and handle cloud budgets effectively
- Deep experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, and CI/CD pipelines using the GitOps methodology
- Lead incident response and root cause analysis to minimize downtime and improve resiliency
- Develop and carry out observability and monitoring strategies across Amgen cloud platform
- Ensure cloud environments are aligned with industry standards
- Work closely with security teams to carry out IAM, encryption, and compliance standard methodologies
- Collaborate with engineering, security, and business teams to define cloud requirements
- Manage relationships with cloud service providers and third-party vendors to ensure optimal service delivery
What we expect of you
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
- 10-15 years of experience in Project Management, with at least 8 years in AWS Cloud
- Proven experience in handling cloud-based teams and operations at scale
- Strategic thinking and planning
- Strong decision-making abilities
- Excellence in stakeholder management
- Outstanding communication skills
- Team building and development
- Change management expertise
- Crisis management capabilities
- Strong presentation and public speaking skills
- A passion for applying technology to make a real-world impact
- Fluency in English
Must-Have Skills
- Deep hands-on expertise in AWS services (EC2, RDS, Lambda, EKS, IAM, VPC, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation frameworks
- Experience in SRE principles including observability, SLIs/SLOs, and incident response
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native application deployment
- Familiarity with high level network infrastructure and problem solving
What you can expect of us
- Comprehensive benefits in healthcare, finance, and well-being
- Hybrid work model with time split between our Lisbon office and remote work
- Access to certifications, trainings, mentorship, and career mobility
- Work That Matters – Build tech that accelerates scientific breakthroughs and helps patients worldwide
- Modern Tech Stack – Cloud-first, automation-focused, AI-powered
- Global Scale, Agile Mindset – Collaborate across continents while working in nimble, high-impact teams
Compensation
201–500
Locations
- Lisbon, Portugal (Remote)
Salary
Salary not disclosed
Estimated Salary Rangehigh confidence
80,000 - 120,000 USD / yearly
Source: xAI estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Deep hands-on expertise in AWS services (EC2, RDS, Lambda, EKS, IAM, VPC, etc.)intermediate
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation frameworksintermediate
- Experience in SRE principles including observability, SLIs/SLOs, and incident responseintermediate
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native application deploymentintermediate
- Familiarity with high level network infrastructure and problem solvingintermediate
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field (experience)
- 10-15 years of experience in Project Management, with at least 8 years in AWS Cloud (experience)
- Proven experience in handling cloud-based teams and operations at scale (experience)
- Strategic thinking and planning (experience)
- Strong decision-making abilities (experience)
- Excellence in stakeholder management (experience)
- Outstanding communication skills (experience)
- Team building and development (experience)
- Change management expertise (experience)
- Crisis management capabilities (experience)
- Strong presentation and public speaking skills (experience)
- A passion for applying technology to make a real-world impact (experience)
- Fluency in English (experience)
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of cloud engineers and SREs, ensuring dedication and career growth
- Define and implement the cloud strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives
- Lead all aspects of and be hands-on with the design, deployment, and management of AWS-based Amgen cloud platform
- Ensure the availability, performance, and security of cloud services through automation and standard methodologies
- Implement cost optimization strategies and handle cloud budgets effectively
- Deep experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, and CI/CD pipelines using the GitOps methodology
- Lead incident response and root cause analysis to minimize downtime and improve resiliency
- Develop and carry out observability and monitoring strategies across Amgen cloud platform
- Ensure cloud environments are aligned with industry standards
- Work closely with security teams to carry out IAM, encryption, and compliance standard methodologies
- Collaborate with engineering, security, and business teams to define cloud requirements
- Manage relationships with cloud service providers and third-party vendors to ensure optimal service delivery
Benefits
- general: Comprehensive benefits in healthcare, finance, and well-being
- general: Hybrid work model with time split between our Lisbon office and remote work
- general: Access to certifications, trainings, mentorship, and career mobility
- general: Work That Matters – Build tech that accelerates scientific breakthroughs and helps patients worldwide
- general: Modern Tech Stack – Cloud-first, automation-focused, AI-powered
- general: Global Scale, Agile Mindset – Collaborate across continents while working in nimble, high-impact teams
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Senior Technical Manager - Hands-on AWS
Amgen
Senior Technical Manager - Hands-on AWS
Job Description
Join our team at Amgen Capability Center Portugal, the #1 company in Best Workplaces™ (201–500 employees category) by the Great Place to Work Institute. With over 400 talented individuals from more than 40 nationalities, our Lisbon center thrives at the intersection of innovation, excellence, and inspiration. This is your opportunity to explore the future of healthcare through technology and digital innovation, supporting our mission To Serve Patients.
What you will do
- Lead and develop a team of cloud engineers and SREs, ensuring dedication and career growth
- Define and implement the cloud strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives
- Lead all aspects of and be hands-on with the design, deployment, and management of AWS-based Amgen cloud platform
- Ensure the availability, performance, and security of cloud services through automation and standard methodologies
- Implement cost optimization strategies and handle cloud budgets effectively
- Deep experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, and CI/CD pipelines using the GitOps methodology
- Lead incident response and root cause analysis to minimize downtime and improve resiliency
- Develop and carry out observability and monitoring strategies across Amgen cloud platform
- Ensure cloud environments are aligned with industry standards
- Work closely with security teams to carry out IAM, encryption, and compliance standard methodologies
- Collaborate with engineering, security, and business teams to define cloud requirements
- Manage relationships with cloud service providers and third-party vendors to ensure optimal service delivery
What we expect of you
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
- 10-15 years of experience in Project Management, with at least 8 years in AWS Cloud
- Proven experience in handling cloud-based teams and operations at scale
- Strategic thinking and planning
- Strong decision-making abilities
- Excellence in stakeholder management
- Outstanding communication skills
- Team building and development
- Change management expertise
- Crisis management capabilities
- Strong presentation and public speaking skills
- A passion for applying technology to make a real-world impact
- Fluency in English
Must-Have Skills
- Deep hands-on expertise in AWS services (EC2, RDS, Lambda, EKS, IAM, VPC, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation frameworks
- Experience in SRE principles including observability, SLIs/SLOs, and incident response
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native application deployment
- Familiarity with high level network infrastructure and problem solving
What you can expect of us
- Comprehensive benefits in healthcare, finance, and well-being
- Hybrid work model with time split between our Lisbon office and remote work
- Access to certifications, trainings, mentorship, and career mobility
- Work That Matters – Build tech that accelerates scientific breakthroughs and helps patients worldwide
- Modern Tech Stack – Cloud-first, automation-focused, AI-powered
- Global Scale, Agile Mindset – Collaborate across continents while working in nimble, high-impact teams
Compensation
201–500
Locations
- Lisbon, Portugal (Remote)
Salary
Salary not disclosed
Estimated Salary Rangehigh confidence
80,000 - 120,000 USD / yearly
Source: xAI estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Deep hands-on expertise in AWS services (EC2, RDS, Lambda, EKS, IAM, VPC, etc.)intermediate
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation frameworksintermediate
- Experience in SRE principles including observability, SLIs/SLOs, and incident responseintermediate
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native application deploymentintermediate
- Familiarity with high level network infrastructure and problem solvingintermediate
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field (experience)
- 10-15 years of experience in Project Management, with at least 8 years in AWS Cloud (experience)
- Proven experience in handling cloud-based teams and operations at scale (experience)
- Strategic thinking and planning (experience)
- Strong decision-making abilities (experience)
- Excellence in stakeholder management (experience)
- Outstanding communication skills (experience)
- Team building and development (experience)
- Change management expertise (experience)
- Crisis management capabilities (experience)
- Strong presentation and public speaking skills (experience)
- A passion for applying technology to make a real-world impact (experience)
- Fluency in English (experience)
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of cloud engineers and SREs, ensuring dedication and career growth
- Define and implement the cloud strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives
- Lead all aspects of and be hands-on with the design, deployment, and management of AWS-based Amgen cloud platform
- Ensure the availability, performance, and security of cloud services through automation and standard methodologies
- Implement cost optimization strategies and handle cloud budgets effectively
- Deep experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, and CI/CD pipelines using the GitOps methodology
- Lead incident response and root cause analysis to minimize downtime and improve resiliency
- Develop and carry out observability and monitoring strategies across Amgen cloud platform
- Ensure cloud environments are aligned with industry standards
- Work closely with security teams to carry out IAM, encryption, and compliance standard methodologies
- Collaborate with engineering, security, and business teams to define cloud requirements
- Manage relationships with cloud service providers and third-party vendors to ensure optimal service delivery
Benefits
- general: Comprehensive benefits in healthcare, finance, and well-being
- general: Hybrid work model with time split between our Lisbon office and remote work
- general: Access to certifications, trainings, mentorship, and career mobility
- general: Work That Matters – Build tech that accelerates scientific breakthroughs and helps patients worldwide
- general: Modern Tech Stack – Cloud-first, automation-focused, AI-powered
- general: Global Scale, Agile Mindset – Collaborate across continents while working in nimble, high-impact teams
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