Sr. Director, Cloud Engineering & Architecture

Location: Hybrid, New Jersey

Medidata follows a hybrid office policy in which employees who are hired for an in-person position are expected to work on site a certain number of days per week in accordance with Company policy.

About our Company:

Medidata is powering smarter treatments and healthier people through digital solutions to support clinical trials. Celebrating 25 years of ground-breaking technological innovation across more than 36,000 trials and 11 million patients, Medidata offers industry-leading expertise, analytics-powered insights, and one of the largest clinical trial data sets in the industry. More than 1 million users trust Medidata's seamless, end-to-end platform to improve patient experiences, accelerate clinical breakthroughs, and bring therapies to market faster. Discover more at www.medidata.com.

About the Team:

We are looking for a high-impact, hands-on Sr. Director of Cloud Engineering to lead the architecture, automation, and operational stability of our hybrid-cloud ecosystem. Reporting directly to the VP of Cloud Engineering, you will be responsible for the "paved road" of our engineering organization—designing the AWS/Azure foundations and CI/CD pipelines that allow our developers to ship secure, high-quality code at velocity.

We need a technical powerhouse who can architect a multi-cloud strategy on Monday and dive into a Terraform debugging session or a complex IAM policy refactor on Tuesday.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement secure, resilient, and scalable infrastructure across AWS and Azure, ensuring high availability and cost-efficiency.
• Lead the transition to a fully automated environment using Terraform or Pulumi. You will personally build and maintain core modules that standardize deployments across the org.
• Architect and optimize robust delivery pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, or Jenkins) that integrate automated testing, security scanning, and seamless deployments.
• Partner with QA and Dev teams to embed automated infrastructure testing (e.g., Terratest) and application-level integration tests into the deployment lifecycle.
• Implement Policy as Code (Kyverno, OPA, or Sentinel) to automate compliance and security guardrails, ensuring the platform meets rigorous internal and external controls.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex architectural failures. Drive observability strategy (monitoring, logging, tracing) to ensure 24/7 platform health.
• Lead a high-performing team by example. Conduct deep-dive code reviews, pair-program on critical infrastructure components, and foster a culture of engineering rigor.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years in Cloud/DevOps, with the ability to demonstrate recent, deep experience writing production-grade Terraform and complex CI/CD scripts.
• Proven experience managing production workloads in AWS (primary) and Azure, including networking (VPCs, VNETs, ExpressRoute) and identity (IAM, Entra ID).
• Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes (EKS/AKS), including cluster hardening, ingress controllers, and service meshes.
• Proficiency in at least one backend language (Python, Go, or Node.js) to build custom tooling and automation.
• Experience implementing automated testing for infrastructure and applications to reduce deployment risk.
• Experience leading teams or large-scale projects without losing your technical edge. You should be comfortable moving from the boardroom to the terminal.

As with all roles, Medidata sets ranges based on a number of factors including function, level, candidate expertise and experience, and geographic location. Pay ranges for candidates in locations other than New York City, may differ based on the local market data in that region.

The salary range for positions that will be physically based in the NYC/NJ Metro Area is $184,500- $246,000.

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Medidata provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a commission on the terms of applicable plan documents, and many of Medidata's non-sales positions are eligible for annual bonuses. Medidata believes that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most and provides best-in-class benefits, including medical, dental, life and disability insurance; 401(k) matching; flexible paid time off; and 10 paid holidays per year.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Medidata are based on merit, qualifications and abilities. Medidata is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, military service, application for military service, genetic information, receipt of free medical care, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Medidata will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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