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The PositionJob description
The Azure Cloud IT Infrastructure Network Engineer is a highly skilled, technology-agnostic expert responsible for solving unusually complex business problems with innovative solutions across the entire infrastructure technology space. In this role, you will leverage your deep knowledge of IT infrastructure's impact on Roche's business to make critical technical decisions with considerable independence. As a leader, you will proactively influence technology strategy, mentor global teams, and ensure that all technical designs and deliveries align with long-term organizational objectives and regulatory standards.
Description of the area
Job Responsibilities
Scope / (Content Leadership): Acts as a multi-disciplinary, technology-agnostic solution architect, designing, building, testing, and implementing integrated and resilient solutions across the entire infrastructure technology space. Demonstrates a broad view of how different solutions work together and adapt to business demands, taking accountability for ultimate decision-making in technical design and delivery with considerable independent judgment.
Accountability/Problem Solving: Utilizes outstanding problem-solving skills to develop innovative technological ideas and guide them into final products. Follows industry advancements closely to evaluate promising technologies via Proofs of Concept (PoCs) across technology domains. Leads the end-to-end design of infrastructure solutions, maintains related component standards, and provides internal escalation support to resolve major incidents proactively.
Stakeholder Management: Communicates complex information and potential solutions across the organization, including to the most senior levels of the business, in non-technical terms. Leads as a consultant to senior managers on technology strategy, policies, and objectives, while managing relationships with line-of-business stakeholders. Influences technology vendors and collaborates extensively with IT partners, such as Enterprise Architects and Solution Owners, to integrate feedback.
Impact/Strategy: Makes strategic decisions that significantly affect departmental goals and leads large to enterprise-level project teams to ensure successful implementation. Ensures that all solutions comply with Quality/Regulatory standards and adhere to the organization’s Technical Architecture Framework (TAF). Plays a pivotal role in project planning by estimating engineering resources, dependencies, risks, and timelines.
Complexity / (Product Size): Drives success across multiple product lines within a domain by collaborating effectively with diverse, virtual teams from various locations and cultural backgrounds. Leads geo-distributed teams through influence and mentorship, providing specialized guidance to optimize performance and innovation.
Business / Technical ability: Applies advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts, acting as a recognized expert with proven depth and breadth across many areas. Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of multiple Roche business areas beyond IT infrastructure, understanding exactly how infrastructure impacts business processes.
Qualifications
Education / Experience
Demonstrated hands-on experience architecting and implementing Azure cloud network solutions, in depth knowledge of advanced Azure networking architectures and interconnectivity options
General network engineering experience
Infrastructure as code software: Terraform, Ansible, Python.
Experience with the development of automation scripts and tools.
Distributed version control and source code management tools: GIT, github or equivalents
Demonstrated experience making strategic technical decisions and leading large to enterprise-level project teams.
Proven track record of architecting, designing, and implementing integrated, reliable infrastructure solutions across the entire technology space.
Experience in estimating complex engineering resources, dependencies, and timelines to deliver successful enterprise projects.
Technical / Business Skills
Advanced technical expertise in Azure Cloud Network solutions.
In-depth knowledge of multiple business areas beyond IT infrastructure and a detailed understanding of how IT infrastructure impacts business processes.
Proven strong and wide experience applying best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service environment utilizing Scrum and Agile methodologies.
Additional Qualifications
Azure official certifications
CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure
Coding and scripting: Terraform, Powershell, Python
Outstanding problem-solving and decision-making skills with the ability to integrate advanced technological concepts into viable final products.
Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, capable of translating complex technical issues for senior business leaders and influencing technology vendors.
Strong mentorship and leadership capabilities, with proven ability to guide and optimize geo-distributed teams.
Who we are
A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.
Let’s build a healthier future, together.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Skills Required
- Hands-on experience architecting and implementing Azure cloud network solutions
- General network engineering experience
- Infrastructure as code tooling: Terraform, Ansible, Python
- Coding and scripting experience including PowerShell
- Experience developing automation scripts and tools
- Experience with distributed version control and source code management (Git, GitHub or equivalents)
- Demonstrated experience making strategic technical decisions and leading large to enterprise-level project teams
- Proven track record architecting, designing, and implementing integrated, reliable infrastructure solutions across technologies
- Experience estimating complex engineering resources, dependencies, and timelines for enterprise projects
- Proven experience applying best practices and IT operations in always-up service environments using Scrum and Agile
- Outstanding problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills
- Strong mentorship and leadership capabilities for geo-distributed teams
- Azure official certifications
- CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure
Roche Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Roche and has not been reviewed or approved by Roche.
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Retirement Support — U.S. materials describe a 401(k) with both matching and an additional company contribution, supported by formal plan documents and true‑up features. This structure is positioned as a standout element of the total package, particularly at Genentech.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time‑off provisions include substantial vacation, a year‑end shutdown, and a paid six‑week sabbatical after six years. These elements indicate a recharge‑oriented approach within the U.S. offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials emphasize comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental‑health resources alongside well‑being programs. Benefits pages consistently highlight breadth across core health coverage elements.
Roche Insights
What We Do
Roche is a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people’s lives. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics under one roof have made Roche the leader in personalised healthcare – a strategy that aims to fit the right treatment to each patient in the best way possible. Roche is the world’s largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the central nervous system. Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management. Founded in 1896, Roche continues to search for better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and make a sustainable contribution to society. The company also aims to improve patient access to medical innovations by working with all relevant stakeholders. Thirty medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organization Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and cancer medicines. Roche has been recognised as the Group Leader in sustainability within the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Industry ten years in a row by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).
