Cloud Lead Engineer

At Alcon we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly champion progress and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here youll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers.

We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse talented people to join Alcon. As Cloud Engineering Lead primarily responsible for leading the design and implementation of cloud infrastructure solutions on AWS. This role focuses onstarting provisioning and procurement pipelines conductingmigration analysis and creating theinfrastructure layout structureto support scalable secure and cost-optimized cloud environments in our Fort Worth TX location.

In this role a typical day will include:

• Lead the strategic design of cloud-based and middleware systems ensuring alignment with business goals and system interoperability

• Provide technical leadership to ensure platforms are secure scalable and optimized for performance

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for seamless integration of architecture designs

• Stay informed about emerging technologies and trends evaluating their impact on cloud and middleware systems

• Mentor junior and senior architects fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment

• Shape the organizations cloud and middleware architecture to align with digital transformation objectives

• Drive the development and optimization of architecture systems impacting multiple business units

• Exercise significant autonomy in decision-making regarding architecture strategy design and technology adoption

• Work closely with senior leadership to ensure alignment between architecture solutions and organizational goals

• Provisioning & Procurement Pipelines: Design and implement automated provisioning pipelines for AWS resources using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform CloudFormation) and establish procurement workflows for cloud services ensuring compliance with enterprise standards.

• Migration Analysis: Assess existing workloads and applications for cloud readiness develop migration strategies including re-hosting re-platforming and re-architecting approaches and perform cost-benefit analysis and risk assessments for migration plans.

• Infrastructure Layout in AWS: Define and implement AWS account structures VPC design and network segmentation architect scalable and secure infrastructure aligned with Landing Zone best practices and integrate security monitoring and compliance controls into the infrastructure design.

• Leadership & Collaboration: Lead a team of cloud engineers and collaborate with security networking and application provide technical guidance and mentorship to ensure best practices in cloud engineering.

WHAT YOULL BRING TO ALCON:

• Bachelors Degree Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school 13 yrs; Assoc.9 yrs; M.S.2 yrs; PhD0 yrs)

• The ability to fluently read write understand and communicate in English

• 5 Years of Relevant Experience

Preferred Skills:

• Proven experience in AWS architecture and engineering including VPC EC2 S3 IAM and networking.

• Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform CloudFormation).

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.

• Knowledge of cloud migration methodologies and tools (AWS Migration Hub DMS).

• Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks (SOC2 HIPAA GDPR).

HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON:

• Join Alcons mission to provide top-tier innovative products and solutions to enhance sight & enhance lives.

• Grow your career in a highly collaborative and diverse environment.

• Alcon provides robust benefits package including health life retirement flexible time off and much more!

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Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non-discriminatory in recruitment hiring training promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation marital or veteran status disability or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If because of a medical condition or disability you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process or in order to perform the essential functions of a position please send an email to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.