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Join our Mission to Protect Humankind! Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked. Working to eradicate or treat bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, and Shigella is just the beginning. Our path to success is clear and well-defined, and Vaxcyte is set up to go the distance.    WHAT  we do is every bit as important as  HOW  we do it! Our work together is guided by four enduring core values:   *RETHINK CONVENTION: We bring creative and intellectual diversity to every facet of the work we do in order to innovate and re-innovate the way vaccines are delivered.   *AIM HIGH: We embody our collectively audacious goal to courageously make the most complex biologics ever attempted to protect humankind.   *LEAD WITH HEART: Everyone leads at Vaxcyte with a kindness-first, inclusive approach to collaboration and vigorous debate that advances our business objectives.   *MODEL EXCELLENCE:  The magnitude of our challenge requires our shared commitment to demonstrating integrity, accountability, equality and clarity across communications and decision making. Summary: We are seeking a skilled and passionate Azure Cloud Engineer to join our growing engineering team. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure, using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices — primarily Terraform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable hosting solutions that meet the highest standards of security and compliance. The ideal candidate holds an Azure certification, brings strong software engineering fundamentals, and has hands-on experience with a broad range of Azure services. Experience in validated or regulated environments, particularly within the Life Sciences sector, is considered a valuable plus. Essential Functions: Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering Design, deploy, and manage Azure cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices. Provision and maintain Azure services including AKS, ADF, Microsoft Fabric, Managed SQL Instances, Virtual Machines, and Batch Accounts. Build and maintain secure virtual networks, including firewalls, private endpoints, NSGs, and network segmentation. Ensure infrastructure meets organizational security standards, including identity and access management via Azure AD / Entra ID and RBAC. Configure and monitor logs and notifications to proactively identify issues and minimize downtime. Monitor Azure end of support components and plan changes and updates to the infrastructure as needed. Develop, test and maintain backup and disaster recovery plans for infrastructure. Security & Compliance Enforce security controls and conduct regular audits to maintain compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements. Support validated and regulated environmental requirements (e.g. GxP, ISO, SOC 2) where applicable. Monitor infrastructure health and respond to security incidents promptly and effectively. Collaboration & Continuous Improvement Collaborate with software, data engineering, and platform teams to support application hosting and CI/CD pipelines. Document architecture decisions, runbooks, and operational procedures to support team knowledge sharing. Evaluate and adopt new Azure services and cloud-native tooling to improve platform reliability and efficiency. Contribute to monitoring, logging, and observability improvements across the infrastructure estate. Requirements:  Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with a minimum of 5+ years of experience. Other co