Senior Manager, DevOps Engineer

<h2><b>ROLE SUMMARY</b></h2><p></p><p><span><span>The Digital Technology and AI organization's mission is to innovate, build, standardize, and scale breakthrough AI/GenAI solutions, products, and platforms that enable Pfizer to connect digitally with all our customers.</span></span><span> </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span><span>We are seeking a </span></span><b><span>Senior Manager, DevOps Enginee</span></b><span><span>r who will </span><span>be responsible for</span><span> supporting a portfolio of AI/ML platforms and services. You will play a critical role in defining and implementing DevOps best practices, building robust CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring the security, reliability, and scalability of our AI infrastructure. Your </span><span>expertise</span><span> will help us accelerate the delivery of AI-powered solutions while </span><span>maintaining</span><span> the highest standards of operational excellence.</span></span><span> </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><b><span>ROLE <span>RESPONSIBILITIES </span></span></b><span> </span></p><p></p><p><span><span>The Senior DevOps Engineer's responsibilities include but are not limited to:</span></span><span> </span></p><p></p><h3><b><span><span>Infrastructure</span><span> &amp; Cloud Operations:</span></span></b></h3><ul><li><p><span><span>Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure for AI/ML applications using Infrastructure as Code</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Architect and </span><span>maintain</span><span> </span><span>highly available</span><span>, fault-tolerant systems using AWS services (ECS Fargate, Lambda, Step Functions, S3, DynamoDB, ECR, </span><span>etc.</span><span>)</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Implement auto-scaling strategies and </span><span>optimize</span><span> resource </span><span>utilization</span><span> for cost efficiency</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Lead lifecycle management activities including upgrades, patches, capacity planning, and infrastructure retirement</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Manage multi-environment deployments (dev, prod</span><span>)</span><span> with </span><span>appropriate isolation</span><span> and controls</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><p></p><h3><b><span><span>CI/CD &amp; Automation:</span></span><span> </span></b></h3><ul><li><p><span><span>Build and maintain sophisticated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for containerized microservices</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Automate deployment processes for 50+ microservices across multiple environments</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Implement </span><span>GitOps</span><span> practices and promote <span>infrastructure/configuration</span> as code</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Develop automation scripts for operational tasks and deployment workflows</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Manage Docker container builds and ECR repository lifecycle</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><p><span> </span></p><h3><b><span><span>Security &amp; Compliance</span><span>:</span></span><span> </span></b></h3><ul><li><p><span><span>Integrate security practices throughout the CI/CD pipeline (shift-left security)</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Implement automated security scanning</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Manage secrets and credentials using AWS Secrets Manager and secure CI/CD practices</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Ensure compliance with enterprise security policies, tagging standards, and industry regulations</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Monitor and respond to security incidents and vulnerabilities </span><span>in a timely manner</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Conduct security reviews of infrastructure and application architectures</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><p></p><h3><b><span><span>Monitoring &amp; Reliability:</span></span><span> </span></b></h3><ul><li><p><span><span>Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting using Grafana, Dynatrace, and CloudWatch</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Establish SLIs, SLOs for critical services</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Participate in incident response, troubleshooting, and post-mortem analysis to </span><span>identify</span><span> root causes</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Drive continuous improvement through metrics-driven insights and capacity planning</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Optimize</span><span> system performance through profiling, benchmarking, and tuning</span></span><span>  </span></p></li></ul><p></p><h3><span><span><b>Collaboration &amp; Leadership:</b></span></span><b><span> </span></b></h3><ul><li><p><span><span>Work closely with AI/ML development te