Associate Director - Data Engineering
Core
Lead the design, implementation, and lifecycle management of enterprise data platforms, including AWS cloud infrastructure, Databricks, data visualization, and governance tools, to support Amgen's data-driven initiatives and AI ambitions.
Role type
Associate Director, Enterprise Data Platforms (IC + Management)
Builds
Enterprise-scale cloud data platforms, data pipelines, and automation services for biotech R&D and operations.
Domain
Biotechnology / Cloud Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
AWS cloud architecture and administration, Databricks platform management, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), cloud cost optimization (FinOps), data governance, team leadership (25+ people), cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
Experience with Azure, Power BI, Tableau, Informatica, relational/No-SQL/graph databases, cloud-native innovation
Technologies
AWS, Databricks, Tableau, Power BI, Collibra, Informatica, Kubernetes, Terraform
Responsibilities
Provision and operate AWS cloud platforms; manage Databricks clusters and job orchestration; oversee data quality and governance tools; drive SRE practices and automated recovery; optimize cloud spend; lead a global team of platform engineers; establish strategic roadmaps for platform evolution.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with significant management responsibilities
