Senior Cloud Engineer
Syngenta Group4 days ago
Durham, NC, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Design, engineer, and support secure, resilient, scalable AWS and hybrid infrastructure solutions.
- Lead infrastructure automation with Terraform Cloud, including reusable modules, workspace patterns, policy controls, CI/CD integration, and migration from manually managed environments.
- Enable Snowflake workloads through networking, identity, data movement, monitoring, governance, and operational-readiness integrations.
- Establish observability and reliability practices using Datadog and AWS monitoring, including dashboards, service indicators, alerting, logging, performance analysis, and incident-response improvements.
- Deliver HPC, AI/ML, and research-computing solutions using AWS ParallelCluster, Slurm, FSx, SageMaker, scientific pipelines, and scalable workload patterns.
- Lead technical workstreams for laboratory modernization by translating laboratory device and workflow needs into secure cloud, network, storage, security, and support designs.
- Provide architecture guidance, mentoring, technical leadership, risk and dependency management, incident resolution, reliability improvements, and cost optimization.
- Partner with engineering, research, data, cybersecurity, network, laboratory, vendor, and leadership stakeholders to drive standards adoption and operationally supportable solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant technical discipline.
- 5+ years of relevant experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, systems engineering, or a related technical field.
- Advanced hands-on AWS and Terraform Cloud engineering experience.
- Advanced hands-on Python coding experience.
- Experience supporting Snowflake, Datadog, hybrid infrastructure, and container platforms.
- Strong knowledge of cloud networking, IAM, security, storage, databases, and operational resilience.
- Ability to lead technical workstreams, troubleshoot complex problems, and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.
- Preferred experience with AWS ParallelCluster, Slurm, SageMaker, GPU workloads, scientific computing, laboratory, research, life sciences, or high-volume data environments.
- Preferred knowledge of FinOps, service management, disaster recovery, security governance, vendor engagement, and hybrid connectivity between on-premises environments and AWS.
- Relevant AWS, HashiCorp, Snowflake, Datadog, Kubernetes, or Linux certification is preferred.
Benefits
- Flexible work options are offered, and the role is based in Durham, NC with a hybrid designation.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits begin on the first day.
- 401(k) plan with company match, profit sharing, and retirement savings contribution.
- Paid vacation, paid holidays, maternity and paternity leave, education assistance, wellness programs, and corporate discounts.
- Professional development, belonging and collaboration initiatives, and work-life balance support are offered.
About Syngenta Group
Syngenta Group builds and sells seeds, crop‑protection products (herbicides, fungicides, insecticides), and digital agronomy tools that help farmers increase yields and manage risk. Its business spans R&D, manufacturing, and global distribution to growers and agricultural retailers, complemented by advisory and data services. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, the company was formed in 2020 and is privately owned by China’s Sinochem Holdings, operating across more than 90 countries.