Senior Windows Platform Engineer

• Location: Budapest – Sanofi Business Services, Váci Greens
• Hybrid working

About the job

As Senior Windows Platform Engineer within our Digital team, you'll serve as our technical authority for enterprise Windows platforms, combining automation-first engineering with hybrid cloud expertise to accelerate pharma innovation. Ready to get started?

Join the digital engine driving Sanofi's transformation - where AI, automation, and bold experimentation power faster science and smarter decisions. Here, you'll help build the first biopharma company powered by AI at scale.

About Sanofi

We're an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people's lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives.

Join an Award-Winning Team at Sanofi Budapest Hub!

Be part of something exceptional. Our Budapest Hub has been recognized for workplace excellence, innovation, and our commitment to putting people first. See the full list of our awards at the end of this posting.

Main responsibilities

• Design and maintain automated Windows infrastructure across Azure, AWS, and VMware environments using Ansible Automation Platform and GitHub Actions
• Develop CI/CD pipelines for Windows image building, testing, and deployment with Infrastructure as Code principles
• Serve as escalation point for critical Windows operations and lead root cause analysis for platform issues
• Partner with application teams to deliver standardized, GxP-compliant Windows platforms that support SQL Server, .NET, and Oracle workloads
• Architect Windows update management solutions and lifecycle strategies while maintaining regulatory compliance
• Create reusable automation tools and self-service capabilities that reduce operational overhead
• Mentor teams on Windows fundamentals and automation best practices

About you

• Experience: Extensive Windows Server administration with deep expertise across versions: 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025
• Technical skills: Windows Server platform, expert-level PowerShell scripting, Ansible Automation Platform proficiency, GitHub Actions CI/CD experience, and cloud deployment knowledge (AWS, Azure)
• Automation expertise: Advanced Python/Bash scripting, REST API integration, and Infrastructure as Code methodologies
• Platform knowledge: Windows update management (WSUS/SCCM/Intune), Active Directory, and enterprise integration patterns
• Education: Bachelor's degree preferred
• Languages: Proficiency in English required

Why choose us?

• An international work environment, in which you can develop your talent and realize ideas and innovations within a competent team

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team

• An environment based on last technologies and frequent training to reinforce your profile

• Be part of a simpler, digital- and AI-powered business that’s rethining how we work and engage with the world.

Office of the Year 2025 – Evolution Award
Our most recent award – Sanofi is recognized for creating an innovative workspace that supports collaboration and adaptability.

Marketing Diamond Award 2026 – Employer Branding
One of the highest honours at Hungary's prestigious Marketing Diamond Awards, recognizing excellence in employer branding.

BSC Investor of the Year 2025
Awarded by HIPA, ABSL Hungary, and AmCham Hungary for our contribution to Hungary's business services sector.

PwC Workforce Preference Survey 2025 – Top 3 Most Attractive Employers
Ranked 3rd among the most attractive employers in Hungary.

Hungarian Employer Branding Awards 2025 – Gold & Silver
Best Strategic Employer Branding Campaign (Gold) and Best Employer Branding Campaign in the Pharma Sector (Silver).

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Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

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