Senior Staff Engineer - Cloud Platform
Exelixis · Alameda, CA +1 more
IT & SoftwareFull-time$170k–$240kCompany career page
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Role summary
Senior Staff Engineer will design and develop cloud-based infrastructure and automation solutions at Exelixis. The role involves defining cloud platform architecture, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling, and AWS provisioning automation while mentoring junior engineers and ensuring operational excellence.
What they're looking for
- Master's degree in relevant field with 7 years cloud infrastructure experience, or Bachelor's with 9 years, or Associate's with 11 years
- 7+ years production cloud infrastructure experience in highly available environments
- Advanced AWS knowledge including EC2, RDS, Systems Manager, and IAM
- Advanced infrastructure-as-code expertise, particularly Terraform
- Intermediate cloud and infrastructure automation skills
- SOX and FDA regulated environment experience preferred
What you'll be doing
- Design and develop cloud platform including automation tools, CI/CD pipelines, and AWS account provisioning
- Lead end-to-end development initiatives from design through security scanning and production monitoring
- Serve as subject matter expert and technical lead, mentoring junior engineers on best practices
- Own incident response, root cause analysis, and security decisions for cloud infrastructure systems
- Document architecture, create runbooks, and establish standards for maintainability and observability
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