Systems Engineer Monitoring, Storage, and Virtualization

Job description

The Role

Joining Moderna offers the unique opportunity to be part of a pioneering team that's revolutionizing medicine through mRNA technology, with a diverse pipeline of development programs across various diseases.

As an employee, you'll be part of a continually growing organization, working alongside exceptional colleagues and strategic partners worldwide, contributing to global health initiatives.

Moderna's commitment to advancing the technological frontier of mRNA medicines ensures a challenging and rewarding career experience, with the potential to make a significant impact on patients' lives worldwide.

Moderna is solidifying its presence within our international business services hub in Warsaw, Poland, a city renowned for its rich scientific and technological heritage.

This hub provides critical functions, meeting the growing demand of Moderna’s global business operations.

We're inviting professionals from around the world to join our mission and contribute to the future of mRNA medicines.

As a Systems Engineer in Warsaw, you will join a dynamic IT team supporting biotech innovation, with a core focus on compute, storage, virtualization, and automation.

You will be at the forefront of driving reliability and performance optimization across Moderna’s hybrid on-prem/cloud environment.

Collaborating with senior engineers and application teams, you will build resilient infrastructure that underpins Moderna’s digital platforms.

Your expertise in monitoring, configuration management, and backup strategies will ensure continuity and scalability for critical operations.

The role also brings exposure to automation frameworks and scripting, enabling efficiencies and supporting innovation.

As part of Moderna’s global IT operations, you will be engaged in incident response, troubleshooting, and 24/7 operational support.

This position offers the opportunity to contribute technical depth while advancing your skills in emerging cloud and automation technologies, getting close to generative AI-driven tools and digital innovations that power Moderna’s mission.

Here’s What You’ll Do

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Manage virtualization platforms (VMware, Nutanix, Hyper-V, or similar).

• Provision, monitor, and maintain virtual machines across on-prem and cloud environments.

• Apply patches and security updates; ensure platform reliability and performance.

• Automate patching and system updates using configuration management tools (Ansible, SCCM, WSUS or similar).

• Collaborate closely with senior engineers and application teams to support critical services.

Your responsibilities will also include:

• Operate monitoring and automation tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Stack, Aria Operations, SaltStack, Ansible).

• Implement automated configuration and deployment using agent-based or agentless tools.

• Administer enterprise storage platforms (Pure Storage, NetApp, Dell EMC, or similar).

• Conduct capacity planning, performance tuning, and routine storage management.

• Support hybrid backup strategies with tools like Veeam, Commvault, or Rubrik.

• Maintain SAN technologies, including zoning and connectivity (Brocade, Cisco MDS, or similar).

• Perform patching and configuration on Linux-based systems.

• Develop automation scripts using Python, PowerShell, YAML, or JSON.

• Support integration with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).

• Manage cloud resources via portals and CLI tools.

• Serve as an escalation point for infrastructure incidents, providing troubleshooting and resolution.

• Document SOPs, runbooks, and recovery procedures.

• Participate in a global 24/7 on-call rotation.

The key Moderna Mindsets you’ll need to succeed in the role:

• We obsess over learning.
  
  We don’t have to be the smartest we have to learn the fastest. This mindset is essential as you will continuously adopt new tools, frameworks, and practices in hybrid infrastructure and automation to ensure Moderna stays ahead of evolving technology.

• We digitize everywhere possible using the power of code to maximize our impact on patients. Your focus on scripting, automation, and cloud integration directly aligns with this mindset, ensuring Moderna’s IT platforms are scalable, efficient, and capable of supporting innovative biotech solutions.

Here’s What You’ll Need (Basic Qualifications)

• 4–6 years of experience in systems engineering focused on compute, virtualization, and storage.

• Proficiency with virtualization platforms and automation tools.

• Experience in Linux patching and configuration.

• Familiarity with backup, recovery, and monitoring systems.

• Familiarity with public cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, or GCP).

• Strong scripting and communication skills.

• Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in regulated environments (e.g., GxP) or willingness to learn compliance frameworks.

• Deep knowledge of storage architectures, SAN zoning, and performance optimization.

• Industry certifications (e.g., virtualization, cloud, backup, storage solutions).

• Interest in or ability to grow into AI infrastructure support (e.g., SQL, APIs).

At Moderna, we believe that when you feel your best, you can do your best work.

 That’s why our global benefits and well-being resources are designed to support you—at work, at home, and everywhere in between.

• Quality healthcare and insurance benefits
• Lifestyle Spending Accounts to create your own pathway to well-being
• Free premium access to fitness, nutrition, and mindfulness classes
• Family planning and adoption benefits
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, bank holidays, volunteer days, sabbatical, global recharge days, and a discretionary year-end shutdown
• Savings and investments
• Location-specific perks and extras!

The benefits offered may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Moderna and the country where you work.