Senior Cloud Engineer

At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families. Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career. As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.Job OverviewDo you have expertise in Cloud Engineering?Are you a Subject Matter Expert in AWS?Charles River Laboratories is looking for an energetic professional to provide engineering and architecture expertise within the Global Infrastructure Services team as an individual contributor and part of a cross functional team of engineers.The Senior Cloud Engineer will be an integral component in delivering effective and secure end-to-end cloud infrastructure technology solutions.This role will require a mix of subject matter expertise in cloud computing technologies along with legacy data center environments. You will be challenged to find approaches that enable rapid adoption of new cloud services and drive transformation for our business and IT processes. The cloud engineer will take part in infrastructure as code deployment tooling and supporting services.Through excellence in delivery, they will help to achieve and maintain a high level of employee engagement, customer satisfaction and team productivity.This is a remote position, with the ideal candidate based in the UK/IRL or EU.Job DescriptionSupporting the digital transformation initiative and cloud strategy by designing and implementing cloud migrations and services as part of a dedicated team of engineers.Contributing to a high performing team that delivers consumable, standardized hybrid cloud infrastructure services and solutions (resilient, high quality, secure, highly automated and up to date).Collaborating and consulting with other IT practices to support technical solution development and deployment.Working with external strategic partners to develop and deliver technical solutions.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Lead AWS architecture and solution design, owning architectural decisions, standards and technical direction, while leveraging Terraform modules and automation to consistently implement scalable, secure, and maintainable cloud infrastructure.Drive legacy application modernization and lift-and-shift migrations to AWS, utilizing automated migration frameworks and industry best practices.Balance dynamic project workloads and technical priorities across cross-functional teams to drive key cloud infrastructure milestones.Develop and document technical designs and requirements for integration and implementation of new and existing cloud applications and systems.Establish standard operating procedures (SOPs) and runbooks for cloud infrastructure while partnering with IT, Security, and DevOps teams on cross-functional initiatives.Continuously advance platform management strategies, leveraging automated configuration tools and advanced troubleshooting techniques to maximize uptime.Champion a culture of continuous learning by mentoring junior cloud engineers, facilitating knowledge-sharing sessions, and fostering cross-team technical growth.Required Qualifications and General Skills:Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) or equivalent in computer science, engineering, or related discipline.Effective communication skills for large, multi-national audiences.Able to work collaboratively across geographical regionsUtility player – broad understanding of tools and technologiesFlexibility and willingness to learn new toolsets and solutionsBusiness acumen – understanding of customer valueTechnical Experience:Proven track record designing and maintaining multi-cloud environments (AWS & Azure), with deep expertise in Hub-and-Spoke architectures, AWS Transit Gateway, network micro-segmentation, Zero Trust security models, and cloud agnostic solutions.Proven expertise in building modern cloud implementation frameworks across IaaS and PaaS, leveraging automation workflows and core DevOps principles.Experience interfacing with cloud architects and security teams to lead in defining, structuring, and securing cloud infrastructure from the implementation side.Expert-level knowledge of cloud networking fundamentals, including VPC/VNet peering, next-gen firewalls, WAFs, DNS, and layer 4/7 load balancers (ALB/NLB).Hands-on experience enforcing "everything as code" principles using Terraform, Ansible, and modern CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Pipelines).Practical experience embedding governance, vulnerability remediation, and compliance frameworks (NIST, CIS Benchmarks) into cloud environments.Experience operating in cross-functional Agile/Scrum environments, participating in sprint planning, retrospectives, and iterative delivery cycles.Additional Skill Sets and Experience to Enhance Applications: Experience with containerisation and orchestration platforms (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, AKS/EKS) is strongly preferred.Exposure to Native AWS AI tooling like Bedrock, Sagemaker or any equivalent is a plus.Ability and willingness to cross train, document and operationalise new technologies.Proven expertise in bridging legacy systems and public cloud infrastructure through secure, resilient hybrid cloud solutions.Experience with building and maintaining systems for regulated workloads.Certification/Licensure: AWS certification would be highly advantageous.Geographic VariationsPlease note that this role is advertising across a number of locations and as such salaries and benefits vary based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications and geographic location.If you are interested in contributing to the well-being of our communities, not only across the country but around the world, please join us. This is Your Moment.About Corporate Functions The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement. About Charles RiverCharles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.For more information, please visit ID: 237261_en_USEmployment Type: ExemptJob Area: Digital Technology and InnovationPosted Date: 04/11/2026