Senior DevOps Engineer
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AI Summary
Oversee incident, change, and release management for IT systems while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive automation and optimization across cloud-based platforms supporting drug discovery and development.
Your Role:
As a Senior IT Systems & DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for IT systems, incident, change, and release management. You will ensure the seamless deployment of new releases, maintaining system stability, security, and compliance in a regulated environment. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage stakeholder communications, and drive automation and optimization across cloud-based platforms supporting drug discovery and development.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee incident, change, and release management for IT systems, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
- Manage Azure AD for identity and access management, including authentication flows for internal and third-party services.
- Implement and advocate DevOps best practices, including CI/CD, automation, and observability across platforms.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to influence architectural decisions and align infrastructure with business goals.
- Ensure compliance and security within a regulated (GxP) environment, implementing RBAC, secrets management, and monitoring frameworks.
- Design, develop, test, and document business requirements related to IT systems and infrastructure.
- Coordinate and perform system management tasks, ensuring alignment with quality and compliance standards.
- Autonomous review and clarification of business requirements, creation of technical designs, and stakeholder alignment.
- Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure (AWS & Azure), including cost management and performance tuning.
- Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and ArgoCD (GitOps).
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
- Automate workflow and integration using Python and configuration management tools like Ansible.
- Ensure observability, including logging, monitoring, and tracing with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, and AWS-native solutions.
- Participate in compliance activities, including audits, patch management, and cybersecurity initiatives.
- Provide technical guidance and support for IT systems, assisting users and resolving incidents efficiently.
Your Skills & Experience:
Must-Have:
- 8+ years of experience in IT systems management, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and automation.
- Strong expertise in Change, Release, Incident, and Problem Management.
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (project configurations, repositories, pipelines, environments).
- Strong knowledge of AWS services (VPC, IAM, STS, EKS, RDS, EC2, ECS, Route53, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Secrets Manager, S3, API Gateway, Lambda, MWAA).
- Experience with Linux, Windows servers, and Oracle PLSQL.
- Strong understanding of IT landscapes and a willingness to work on diverse IT systems.
- Hands-on experience with containerization and Kubernetes (Docker, Helm, ArgoCD).
- Proficiency in Python scripting for automation and workflow integration.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
- Strong experience in observability, security, and compliance frameworks, including RBAC, secrets management, and monitoring tools.
- Global stakeholder management experience with excellent English communication skills (written & oral).
Good to Have:
- Experience in a regulated industry (GxP, Pharma, Life Sciences).
- Familiarity with Agile ways of working.
- Knowledge of Next.js, Storybook, Tailwind, TypeScript for front-end development.
- Experience with PostgreSQL, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch for data management.
- Familiarity with R and SAS for data analysis and statistical modeling.
- Understanding of AWS billing practices and cost optimization tools.
Why Join Us?
- Work in a high-impact role contributing to cutting-edge R&D in drug discovery and development.
- Be part of a multicultural, agile team with high autonomy in decision-making.
- Exposure to a diverse tech stack combining Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Python, and CI/CD tools.
- Opportunities for career growth and skill development in cloud computing, security, and automation.
- Work in a collaborative and innovative environment with global teams in the US, Europe, and India.
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