AWS Platform Engineer - Enterprise Data Platform

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We're looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Lilly's Purpose

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We're looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Come help us unlock the power of the AWS Platform Operations through AI & Automation!

The Cloud and Connectivity organization is actively looking for an AWS Platform Engineer to join them. Do you like to solve challenges and have an interest in large scale impact Would you like the ability to impact a global public and private cloud infrastructure operations through AI and Automation If so, please apply.

Job Summary

You will work in AWS services including Amazon RDS PaaS, serverless technologies and etc. Goal will be to help qualify new AWS Services, provision & maintain Platforms and create CI / CD pipeline to automate entire deployment process.

This role will have the opportunity to work with AWS PaaS / IaaS services. Our goal is to improve service qualification and management through automation in enterprise level.

Also responsible to manage cost effective cloud environments, you need to make sure we follow the Lilly security standards while qualifying and automating the services.

In this role, you will work closely with Lilly SMEs, Cloud Infrastructure team and Self-service enabling team to bring enhancements and automation scopes in the system. You need to improve the security of the system by performing the vulnerabilities scanning and timely upgradations.

You Responsibilities

• Design and Implement CI / CD Pipelines : Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure to support business applications and services using GitHub Actions or any relevant tool.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Development : Using Cloudformation Templates, or Terraforms to automate infrastructure provisioning. Apply modular and reusable code practices for cloud infrastructure deployment.
• Source Code Management & Version Control : Manage Git repositories and branching strategies (GitFlow, trunk-based development). Enforce pull request (PR) approvals, code reviews, and quality gates. Secure GitHub repos using GitHub advanced security.
• Monitoring, Logging & Observability : Set up AWS Cloudwtach Monitoring, and logs insights or Splunk for platform observability. Define alerting rules and dashboards for performance and availability.
• Security, Identity, and Compliance : Understanding of AWS Identity centre for access management and Follow fine-grained IAM access. Periodic upgradations of cloud platforms and infrastructures.
• Automation and Scripting : Automate routine tasks using PowerShell, Bash, or Python scripts. Create automation for Service provisioning and management through self-service portal.
• Collaboration with Lilly SMEs : Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and operation of platform services.
• Performance Optimization and Scalability : Ensure high availability, security, and scalability of cloud-based systems with horizontal / vertical scaling strategies.
• Incident Response, Troubleshooting, Operational Support and RCA : Provide L2 / L3 operational support for cloud and DevOps environments. Troubleshoot pipeline failures, deployment issues, and infrastructure outages. Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and implement preventive measures. Provide timely and effective support to customers on an as-needed basis. Address and resolve technical issues, ensuring minimal disruption to services.
• Documentation & Trainings : Document system architectures, configurations, and operational / security procedures. Provide training and support to team members and participate in periodic reviews of documentation and processes.

Soft Skills

Required Qualification

Additional Skills / requirements

Desirable Skills

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https : / / careers.lilly.com / us / en / workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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Skills Required

Yaml, Aws Services, Terraform, Aws Cli, Cloudformation, Powershell, Json, Amazon Rds, Sql, Python