Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two. Worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
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Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 99 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first.
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The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
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No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area.
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What Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Senior Platform Engineer - CRM Applications” (Information Technology Project Managers) in DE: $149k–$176k, median $163k.
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Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
Details and sources
- Employer is on a government sponsor record
- The US Department of Labor certified 99 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- No salary bar for this route
- H-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp paid sponsored hires in similar roles
- 2 certified filings for “Senior Platform Engineer - CRM Applications” (Information Technology Project Managers) in DE: $149k–$176k, median $163k. Most were filed at wage level III (50%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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About the role
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES / 主 要 职 责
Alibaba Cloud Solution Design
• Requirements Analysis & Solution Design: Partner with engineering and delivery teams to translate application and business requirements into Alibaba Cloud target architectures, covering compute, storage, networking, database, middleware, and security services.
• Configuration Recommendations: Provide recommendations on service selection, sizing, high availability, disaster recovery, and security configuration, and codify them as standardized configuration baselines.
• Security & Compliance by Design: Embed security controls (least-privilege access, encryption, network isolation, logging and audit trails) into every design, in alignment with Cloud Security, GxP, and Data Integrity requirements.
Cloud Implementation & AI-Driven Automation
• Resource Provisioning & Implementation: Implement and configure Alibaba Cloud resources and environments according to approved designs, supporting delivery teams from build and migration through go-live and handover to operations.
• AI-Assisted Infrastructure as Code: Use AI tools (e.g., AI coding assistants and LLM-based agents) together with IaC tools such as Terraform and Alibaba Cloud ROS to generate, review, and automate infrastructure build-out, reducing manual effort and configuration errors.
• Pipelines, Guardrails & Drift Control: Build CI/CD pipelines and policy-as-code guardrails for infrastructure delivery, and continuously verify deployed configurations against baselines to detect and remediate configuration drift.
Cross-Team Collaboration & Enablement
• Delivery Collaboration: Act as the Alibaba Cloud technical point of contact for engineering and delivery teams, resolving implementation blockers and coordinating with Alibaba Cloud support and implementation partners.
• Technical Enablement & Training: Deliver documentation, tech talks, and hands-on workshops on Alibaba Cloud services, IaC, and AI-assisted automation to drive team self-sufficiency.
• Reusable Assets & Knowledge Base: Build and maintain a library of reusable IaC modules, templates, architecture blueprints, and runbooks to accelerate future cloud onboarding.
JOB REQUIREMENTS & COMPETENCIES
Job requirements
Academic / Professional qualification
• Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related technical disciplines.
• Professional-level public cloud certifications preferred (e.g., Alibaba Cloud ACP / ACE, AWS / Azure / GCP associate or professional); Kubernetes (CKA / CKAD) or HashiCorp Terraform certification is a plus.
Technical / skill training
• Hands-on training in core public cloud services (Alibaba Cloud / AWS / Azure), including compute, networking, storage, databases, containers (Kubernetes), and IAM.
• Training in Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Terraform, Alibaba Cloud ROS, and Ansible, and in CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Practical training in load and performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Locust, k6) and observability tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, CloudMonitor / ARMS) for troubleshooting and tuning.
Working experience:
Essential
• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or application delivery, with hands-on deployment experience on at least one major public cloud (Alibaba Cloud preferred) in enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on troubleshooting skills across cloud networking, IAM permissions, configuration, and environment issues, with practical experience writing IaC (e.g., Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven track record of working alongside development, delivery, and Ops teams to take cloud workloads from PoC to production.
Desirable
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