Director of Architecture – Core Technology

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Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Director of Architecture – Core Technology

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be Director of Architecture – Core Technology responsible for advising on the strategic design and implementation of the company’s Core Technology. This role ensures that the organization’s Core Technology aligns with business objectives, enabling scalability, security, reliability, and operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise in cloud and on-premise environments, strong leadership skills, and a strategic approach to drive transformation, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Defining and enforcing consistent Core Technology standards across several domains (incl. Cloud, Compute, Storage/Backup, Virtualization, Automation, Network) to ensure reliability, efficiency, and security.
• Leading transformation by planning and executing the transition to an Infrastructure-as-a-Platform capability, driving automation, scalability, and operational agility.
• Advancing new capabilities around the AI/ML Model lifecycle, AI/ML Core Technology, and High-Performance Computing (HPC) to meet evolving business needs.
• Develop standards to meet evolving business needs around new capabilities like AI/ML and High-Performance Computing (HPC).
• Ensuring Security Alignment – Collaborating closely with Security Architecture to embed security-by-design principles into all Core Technology capabilities.
• Advising Leadership on Strategy – Providing insights on infrastructure trends, risks, and opportunities to guide decision-making.
• Increasing efficiency by applying DevSecOps principles throughout the Core Technology lifecycle via automation and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Seamless integration of Core Technology capabilities and processes into broader ecosystems such as Digital Asset Management and Financial Planning.
• Reducing risk exposure through standardized Core Technology architecture and …