Engineer, Azure - Genmab

At Genmab, we’re committed to building extra[not]ordinary futures together, by developing antibody products and pioneering, knock-your-socks-off therapies that change the lives of patients and the future of cancer treatment and serious diseases. From our people who are caring, candid, and impact-driven to our business, which is innovative and rooted in science, we believe that being proudly unique, determined to be our best, and authentic is essential to fulfilling our purpose.

Genmab is driving the next generation of innovative and differentiated antibody-based medicines to transform the lives of patients with cancer and other serious diseases. We’re transforming the treatment landscape for patients with cancer and other serious diseases by combining deep antibody expertise with unique methods of scientific discovery. We focus exclusively on antibodies, putting our deep understanding of disease biology and treatment targets to work using innovative antibody technology platforms.

The Opportunity: At Genmab, AI and cloud computing are being developed, implemented, and utilized at a pace never seen before. In our Azure Center of Excellence we support our Development, R&D, and business to become a become a key player in revolutionizing antibody-based medicines for cancer and serious diseases. We believe that our business and scientists deserve the best support from a state of art high quality cloud platform and to ensure they can be at the forefront of merging deep antibody expertise with groundbreaking scientific discovery. Dive into the dynamic world of cloud computing and AI at Genmab!

Your Role: We are looking for an innovation-centric Azure Engineer to join our Azure Center of Excellence who is passionate about cloud computing, designing, developing, and maintaining cloud-based software applications meeting the business requirements at Genmab. The Azure Engineer will interface directly with the business and their product-oriented-delivery teams, providing technical guidance, and ensuring that the PODs get high quality cloud services. The Cloud Engineer will support primarily the US business but will be part of a multinational team covering US, Holland, and Denmark where we work actively to help each other succeed and build a high-quality cloud platform.

This position will be based out of Princeton, NJ and will be onsite 60% of the time.

Your Responsibility:

• Execute the design, development, and deployment of a robust and scalable cloud-based applications and platforms tailored for our business needs.
• Leverage automated scripting for software deployment, deploy IaC and spin up resources for software stacks working with the product-oriented-delivery.
• Enable migrations to the cloud, configure cloud infrastructure components like networking and security services, create applications and databases that perform on the cloud, monitor cloud management and data storage services.
• Become a trusted advisor to the business and help them leverage state-of-the-art cloud services such as AI.
• Collaborate with the rest of the Azure Center of Excellence helping us develop new services that will allow the business to move faster and be more successful.
• Ensure the security, reliability, and performance of the platform, adhering to best practices for cloud infrastructure.
• Embrace the Agile framework, the iterative and incremental approach for solving technical problems.
• Continuously discover and evaluate options for development efficiency. Contribute to code reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing within the engineering team.
• Ensuring that implementations follow best practices and relevant standards such as GxP.
• Play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining a state-of-the-art cloud-based platform that empowers our business.

Your Qualifications:

• Experience in Life Sciences, Biotech or Pharma industry is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related field is preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in developing cloud-based applications, Infrastructure as code, systems engineering or infrastructure administration.
• Strong knowledge in Cloud computing, containerization, orchestration, programming, automated pipelines, cloud migration and cloud services.
• Advanced level proficiency in programming languages Terraform, Biceps or similar.
• Expertise in CI/CD pipeline building for building, integrating, and deploying new software while conducting code quality checks, security checks and integration tests.
• Experience with agile mode of delivery DevSecOps processes (tools such as GitLab), DevOps Configuration Management, automation, and testing in an enterprise environment. Knowledge of cloud security and compliance.
• Strong knowledge of IT Infrastructure, including networking, servers, storage, security, and experience working with IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions.
• Experience in virtualization, scalability, load balancing, cost optimization for resilient and reliable infrastructure.
• Knowledge of Azure services such as Azure App Service, Azure Logic Apps, Azure VM, Azure Open AI etc.
• Excellent Communication skills, problem solving skills and technical expertise.
• Azure Certified AZ-900, AZ-303, AZ-302 etc. are nice to have.

For US based candidates, the proposed salary band for this position is as follows:

$114,375.00---$190,625.00

The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of compensation, such as bonuses.

About You

• You are passionate about our purpose and genuinely care about our mission to transform the lives of patients through innovative cancer treatment
• You bring rigor and excellence to all that you do. You are a fierce believer in our rooted-in-science approach to problem-solving
• You are a generous collaborator who can work in teams with diverse backgrounds
• You are determined to do and be your best and take pride in enabling the best work of others on the team
• You are not afraid to grapple with the unknown and be innovative
• You have experience working in a fast-growing, dynamic company (or a strong desire to)
• You work hard and are not afraid to have a little fun while you do so

Locations

Genmab leverages the effectiveness of an agile working environment, when possible, for the betterment of employee work-life balance. Our offices are designed as open, community-based spaces that work to connect employees while being immersed in our state-of-the-art laboratories. Whether you’re in one of our collaboratively designed office spaces or working remotely, we thrive on connecting with each other to innovate.

About Genmab

Genmab is an international biotechnology company with a core purpose guiding its unstoppable team to strive towards improving the lives of patients through innovative and differentiated antibody therapeutics. For more than 20 years, its passionate, innovative and collaborative team has invented next-generation antibody technology platforms and leveraged translational research and data sciences, which has resulted in a proprietary pipeline including bispecific T-cell engagers, next-generation immune checkpoint modulators, effector function enhanced antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates. To help develop and deliver novel antibody therapies to patients, Genmab has formed 20+ strategic partnerships with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. By 2030, Genmab’s vision is to transform the lives of people with cancer and other serious diseases with Knock-Your-Socks-Off (KYSO™) antibody medicines.

Established in 1999, Genmab is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark with locations in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. and Tokyo, Japan. 

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

We are committed to fostering workplace diversity at all levels of the company and we believe it is essential for our continued success. No applicant shall be discriminated against or treated unfairly because of their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, or genetic information. Learn more about our commitments on our website. 

Genmab is committed to protecting your personal data and privacy. Please see our privacy policy for handling your data in connection with your application on our website https://www.genmab.com/privacy.

Please note that if you are applying for a position in the Netherlands, Genmab’s policy for all permanently budgeted hires in NL is initially to offer a fixed-term employment contract for a year, if the employee performs well and if the business conditions do not change, renewal for an indefinite term may be considered after the fixed-term employment contract.