Hybrid Staff Engineer, Senior Manager

at Pfizer

• Job title: Staff Engineer, Senior Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $124,400 - $207,400 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, Grafana, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Senior Manager driving cloud infrastructure migration and high-performance computing solutions at Pfizer. Collaborating with HPC engineers to modernize the scientific computing platform.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, operate, and own robust infrastructure for HPC and ML/AI workloads in a cloud environment (AWS/GCP)
• Lead containerization, deployment, and operation of user- and admin-facing HPC platforms (Slurm, Open On Demand, Prometheus/Grafana, batch and distributed computing platforms)
• Translate stakeholder input into robust, high-performance, scalable, cost effective computing platforms
• Partner with HPC specialists to capture institutional knowledge and manual processes in IaC workflows
• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using IaC tools like Terraform and CloudFormation
• Create reusable Terraform modules and enforce standards
• Operationalize containerized solutions using Docker and Kubernetes
• Own full lifecycle of infrastructure management, from provisioning to operations
• Perform troubleshooting, system analysis, and benchmarking
• Develop and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting for the infrastructure
• Design new dashboards, workflows, and utilities to improve observability and workload efficiency
• Document architecture, deployment processes, and operational procedures
• Partner closely with team members to deliver scientific computing services including user support and resource optimization

Requirements

• B.S. in computer science, life science, data science or similar fields
• 6+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering with a proven track record of developing and supporting robust IaC deployments
• Experience managing scientific computing workloads in an enterprise environment
• Advanced experience with at least one of AWS and GCP, including knowledge of core compute and storage services relevant to HPC
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, identity, and security controls
• Prior experience with HPC deployment utilities including AWS ParallelCluster, AWS Parallel Computing Services, and Google Cloud Cluster Toolkit
• Proficiency with distributed computing environments, especially EKS/GKE/Kubernetes
• Familiarity with HPC environments, job schedulers (Slurm), HPC application containers (Docker, Singularity, Apptainer) and NVIDIA GPU computing
• Candidate demonstrates diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including influencing and collaborating with peers, developing and coaching others, overseeing and guiding colleagues' work to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution
• Paid vacation, holiday and personal days
• Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
• Health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage