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.
Here’s What You’ll Do
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with GMP and data integrity standards, supporting inspections, audits, deviations, CAPAs, and SOP adherence.
- Provide Tier 1 support for manufacturing operations, responding to shop floor issues across workstations, HMIs, scanners, label printers, and Thin Clients.
- Triage and resolve IT incidents, requests, and change controls using a service‑oriented mindset and SLAs.
- Manage infrastructure operations including troubleshooting of Windows servers, VMs (VMware/Hyper‑V), Active Directory, DNS/DHCP, and time sync services.
- Support change execution activities in a validated GxP environment, maintaining audit trails and system states.
- Use observability tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, and PagerDuty to monitor system health and resolve performance issues.
- Participate in endpoint protection and vulnerability management in coordination with security teams using tools like CrowdStrike.
- Maintain CMDB accuracy, system inventories, configuration baselines, and network documentation.
Additional Responsibilities
- Provide day‑to‑day end‑user IT support, including configuration and maintenance of laptops, mobile devices, and peripherals.
- Diagnose and resolve issues related to OS, Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, and third‑party applications.
- Maintain detailed documentation for tickets, repairs, imaging, data wiping, and asset tracking.
- Deliver a high‑quality, customer‑centric experience in all end‑user interactions.
- Collaborate with QA, QC, Automation, Plant and Lab Engineering, and Digital Core teams to coordinate system downtime, restoration, and change advisory reviews.
- Participate in after‑hours or weekend support activities as needed based on manufacturing demands.
The key Moderna Mindsets you’ll need to succeed in the role
- “We behave like owners. The solutions we’re building go beyond any job description.”
In this role, taking ownership is vital — you’ll be the bridge between IT, automation, and the GMP shop floor, managing essential systems that directly impact product delivery. Your ability to act proactively and think holistically ensures production continuity and regulatory alignment. - “We digitize everywhere possible using the power of code to maximize our impact on patients.”
As a GxP IT Systems Engineer, you’ll operate in a highly digitized environment using advanced monitoring, cybersecurity, and infrastructure automation tools. Your contribution will enable faster, smarter, and safer operations that ultimately accelerate the delivery of mRNA medicines to patients.
Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Industrial Engineering, physical science or related field or relevant experience.
- Minimum of 3‑5 years of experience supporting IT/OT systems in manufacturing and labs.
- Experience working in a BioPharma, GxP environment.
- Some experience working with virtual environment (VMware/Hyper‑V) and/or cloud platform (AWS preferred).
- Some experience working with RDBMS (SQL Server or Oracle).
- Some experience working with backup/recovery systems (Acronis, Veeam, N2WS, etc.).
- Some experience working with Cybersecurity endpoint protection applications (CrowdStrike, Symantec, McAfee, Carbon Black, etc.).
- Some experience working with infrastructure tools (Dynatrace, Pager Duty, Splunk).
- Excellent Windows and Microsoft Office Suite troubleshooting skills, as well as hardware troubleshooting skills.
- Experience with Apple device support for both macOS and iOS, including the JAMF environment.
- Experience with Service Now a plus.
- Basic understanding of network routing, switching and firewall concepts.
Skills and Competencies
- Creative, analytical, and strong problem‑solving skills.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex issues in a high‑pressure environment.
- Ability to react under pressure to any given situation that may arise, in a professional manner and with positive results, in support of a multi‑location, 24x7 environment.
- Ability to work hard to effect change in a dynamic, high‑standards environment while maintaining a positive approach with management and peers.
- Highly collaborative work style. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build successful professional working relationships. Ability to work effectively in a cross‑functional, fast‑paced project environment.
Pay & Benefits
- Best‑in‑class healthcare, plus voluntary benefit programs to support your unique needs.
- A holistic approach to well‑being with access to fitness, mindfulness, and mental health support.
- Family building benefits, including fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support.
- Generous paid time off, including vacation, bank holidays, volunteer days, sabbatical, global recharge days, and a discretionary year‑end shutdown.
- Savings and investments to help you plan for the future.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Moderna is committed to equal opportunity in employment and non‑discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry or citizenship, ethnicity, disability, military or protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, or any other personal characteristic protected under applicable law. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
Accommodations
Moderna is committed to offering reasonable accommodation or adjustments to qualified job applicants with disabilities. Any applicant requiring an accommodation or adjustment in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should contact the Accommodations and Adjustments team at leavesandaccommodations@modernatx.com.
