Assoc Director, IT Systems Engineering
Core
Define and evolve the target-state architecture for a self-serve data, AI, and agentic AI platform aligned to enterprise strategy and regulatory requirements.
Role type
Senior IC platform engineering leader (data/AI/Agentic AI)
Builds
Scalable, secure platform infrastructure on AWS and Databricks supporting agentic AI systems, data products, and enterprise data access.
Domain
Biopharma / Life Sciences / Cloud Data & AI
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure | product features
Required skills
AWS data/AI services (S3, Lake Formation, Glue, EKS, Bedrock, IAM), Databricks (Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, DLT, SQL, MLflow), agentic AI/LLM orchestration, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), distributed systems, SQL, Python
Preferred skills
Biopharma/regulatory domain knowledge (GxP, 21 CFR Part 11), data mesh/federated architectures, semantic layer technologies, FinOps for AI, vendor ecosystem management, product management
Technologies
AWS (S3, Lake Formation, Glue, EKS, Bedrock, IAM, Terraform), Databricks (Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, DLT, SQL, MLflow, Mosaic AI), MCP, RAG
Responsibilities
Define enterprise standards and reference architectures for data products and AI/LLM gateways; Lead engineering of scalable platform infrastructure; Drive operational excellence, reliability, and cost management; Contribute to platform product roadmap and delivery leadership; Serve as a trusted advisor and technical leader mentoring engineers.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with delivery leadership
