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Job Summary:
Valeris is a fully integrated life sciences commercialization partner focused on improving patient experiences and access to medications. As a Cloud Systems Engineer, you will work within the infrastructure group to manage and support enterprise cloud and on-premises infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance while collaborating with various teams to meet project goals.
Responsibilities:
• Hybrid Infrastructure Engineering (On-Prem + Cloud)
• Review, implement, administer, and support enterprise infrastructure across on-premises data centers and cloud environments (Azure primary)
• Manage Valeris cloud production and non-production environments ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance
• Support core infrastructure components (Cloud/Premise)
• Virtual machines and hypervisors (VMware / Nutanix)
• Storage platforms (NetApp)(Azure files/NetApp files)
• Compute platforms (UCS / physical infrastructure)
• Administer critical services:
• Active Directory (AD), Group Policy
• DNS / DHCP File services (DFS, SMB)
• Azure Cloud Services (IaaS / PaaS / Native)
• Deploy, configure, and support Azure services (compute, storage, networking)
• Cloud Native services
• Support hybrid identity integrations between on-prem AD and Entra ID
• IaaS: Virtual Machines, networking, storage
• PaaS: Azure SQL, App Services, Storage Accounts, API Management
• Native services: Azure Monitor, Azure Services, Azure Apps, Log Analytics, Microsoft Entra ID
• Support hybrid identity integrations between on-prem AD and Entra ID
• Contribute to Azure landing zone, security baselines, and governance standards
• Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives
• Monitoring, Observability, and Incident Response
• Support and operate enterprise monitoring solutions
• Datadog (primary platform)
• Azure Monitor and native Azure telemetry services
• Build and maintain
• Infrastructure and application dashboards
• Alerting strategies and thresholds
• Synthetic tests and availability monitoring
• Ensure monitoring coverage across
• On-prem infrastructure
• Virtual machines and cloud services
• Network connectivity and dependencies
• Perform incident triage, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
• System Administration and Lifecycle Management
• Install, configure, patch, and maintain operating systems and infrastructure components
• Perform system upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management across hybrid environments
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across application, OS, and infrastructure layers
• Participate in capacity planning, workload modeling, and performance tuning
• Automation and Infrastructure as Code
• Develop and maintain automation using PowerShell and infrastructure tools
• Support Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) initiatives (e.g., Terraform (Azure))
• Improve provisioning, monitoring, and operational efficiency through automation
• Standardize build and configuration processes
• Reporting, Analytics, and Cost Optimization
• Develop reporting and analytics
• Datadog dashboards
• Azure Monitor / Log Analytics
• Analyze trends for performance, capacity, and availability
• Support FinOps initiatives by providing visibility into resource utilization and cloud costs
• Governance, Security, and Compliance
• Ensure adherence to change management processes and standard operating procedures
• Support implementation of security controls, identity governance, and system hardening
• Maintain compliance with enterprise policies and audit requirements
• Operational Support
• Participate in on-call rotation and support after-hours maintenance
• Support infrastructure projects including data center consolidation, cloud migration waves, and application modernization
• Collaborate with infrastructure, network, DevOps, and security teams
• Utilize Valeris ’ values as the driving force behind the team’s success
• On time adherence to training deadlines for all corporate policies and procedures
• Ensure all SOPs are followed with consistency
• Perform additional tasks or projects as assigned
Qualifications:
Required:
• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering or infrastructure engineering
• Strong hands-on experience
• Experience with Microsoft Azure
• IaaS services (VMs, networking, storage)
• Azure-native services (Entra ID, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics)
• Experience supporting hybrid environments (on-prem + cloud)
• Windows Server (2012–2019 and newer)
• VMware vSphere
• NetApp storage systems
• Cisco UCS infrastructure (or similar)
• Active Directory, DNS, DHCP
• Monitoring & Observability Experience (Critical Requirement)
• Experience implementing and supporting monitoring platforms
• Datadog strongly preferred
• Azure Monitor / native cloud monitoring tools
• Experience with alerting and incident response
• Experience with infrastructure and application visibility
• Experience with log aggregation and telemetry analysis
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across infrastructure stack
• Scripting and automation
• PowerShell
• Ansible / Terraform
• Networking fundamentals (routing, firewalls, hybrid connectivity)
• Backup, DR, and high availability architectures
Preferred:
• Azure landing zone architecture
• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
• Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) / Nerdio
• Enterprise monitoring expansion and observability platforms
• Experience supporting large-scale Azure migration initiatives
• Familiarity with FinOps and cloud cost optimization practices
Company:
Mercalis is an integrated life sciences commercialization that offers comprehensive solutions across the healthcare value chain. Founded in 2000, the company is headquartered in Morrisville, USA, with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.