Associate Director, AWS Cloud Engineering

The posting, as Corcept Therapeutics wrote it

For more than 25 years, Corcept has been singularly focused on the science of cortisol, a powerful hormone that when unregulated, can play a role in a broad range of diseases.

Our commercial portfolio includes treatments for hypercortisolism and oncology, and the company has discovered more than 1,000 proprietary selective cortisol modulators and glucocorticoid receptor antagonists. With advanced clinical trials in patients with hypercortisolism, solid tumors, ALS and liver disease, Corcept is unlocking the power of cortisol modulation to help address some of the most devastating diseases patients face today.

Corcept is headquartered in Redwood City, California. To learn more, visit www.corcept.com .

The Associate Director of AWS Cloud Engineering will report to the Director of IT and provide technical leadership for Corcept’s AWS cloud environment, taking the lead on cloud architecture, engineering, and the AWS technology roadmap. This role will partner closely with IT, Cybersecurity, Biometrics, Quality, business teams, and managed service providers to ensure AWS environments are secure, scalable, reliable, and aligned with business needs.

The role will have a strong focus on supporting Biometrics and GxP environments while establishing AWS standards and building cloud engineering expertise within the Infrastructure team. The Associate Director will also provide technical oversight of managed service providers supporting day-to-day AWS operations.

This is a hybrid role, typically requiring on-site presence 4 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for AWS, providing architecture and engineering direction across cloud initiatives and supporting the development and execution of the AWS roadmap
• Define AWS architecture, engineering standards, and best practices across networking, compute, storage, identity, security, backup, monitoring, and disaster recovery
• Provide technical leadership for AWS environments supporting Biometrics and GxP workloads, partnering with Quality, application owners, and business teams to meet infrastructure, validation, and compliance requirements
• Lead the design and implementation of scalable and resilient AWS solutions supporting new applications, business growth, and infrastructure modernization
• Provide technical oversight and direction to managed service providers supporting AWS operations, ensuring services, changes, and solutions meet Corcept’s technical, security, and operational standards
• Partner with the Infrastructure and Cybersecurity teams to strengthen AWS security, access controls, monitoring, vulnerability management, backup, recovery, and operational readiness
• Drive standardization and automation of the AWS environment, including Infrastructure as Code, account and network standards, monitoring, and repeatable deployment practices
• Lead technical reviews and provide guidance for AWS projects, infrastructure changes, migrations, and new cloud services

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e in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related technical discipline is required

• 8+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud engineering, systems engineering, or related IT disciplines
• 5+ years of hands-on AWS architecture and engineering experience
• 5+ years of experience providing technical leadership, including leading engineering teams, managed service providers, and cross-functional technology initiatives
• Experience supporting cloud infrastructure in Life Sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or another regulated industry is preferred
• Experience supporting GxP environments, infrastructure qualification, and formal change-control processes is preferred
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or similar AWS certification preferred

The pay range that the Company reasonably expects to pay for this headquarters-based position is $185,000-$240,000; the pay ultimately offered may vary based on legitimate considerations, including geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and education.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
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Corcept appreciates the commitment and hard work of all our team members as we strive to discover and develop novel treatments for patients with serious unmet medical needs.

Please visit our website at: https://www.corcept.com/

Corcept is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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