This role pays less than
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of similar roles. Most pay
$157,262–$254,487
— the shaded band above.
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$194k
versus about
$206k
for comparable roles.
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About Gilead Sciences
Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a leading American biopharmaceutical company specializing in discovering, developing, and commercializing innovative medicines for unmet medical needs.
Gilead Sciences currently has
22 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$169,320–$219,120
across 21 roles with salary data.
Assoc Director, IT Systems Engineering leads the engineering of a scalable, secure platform infrastructure for self-serve data, AI, and agentic AI systems. This role involves defining target-state architecture based on data mesh principles and regulatory requirements while establishing standards for semantic layer services, LLM gateways, and API-based access. The position requires building out the agentic AI stack, including runtimes, orchestration, and evaluation harnesses, while managing infrastructure as code via Terraform and CI/CD pipelines. Key technical components include AWS services like S3, Glue, EKS, and Bedrock, alongside Databricks tools such as Unity Catalog and MLflow. The candidate will manage vendor partners, oversee FinOps for AI workloads, and ensure GxP and Part 11 compliance. This role solves complex data governance and infrastructure challenges within a highly regulated biopharmaceutical environment to enable automated, real-time decisioning.
Systems Architecture
Data Center Infrastructure
Thermal Management
Control Systems
Telemetry
IT Infrastructure
Automation
Block Diagrams
Product Requirements
Reference Designs