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Abbott DevOps Software Engineer ( IaC using Terraform, C#, PowerShell) in Charlottesville, Virginia
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
WORKING AT ABBOTT
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:
Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of
Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
THE OPORTUNITY
The position of DevOps Software Engineer is within our Cardiometabolic and Informatics (CMI) business unit of the Abbott Rapid Diagnostics (ARDx) Division. It is a position for our Charlottesville, VA, Lake Forest, IL, or Remote locations, working with our DevOps and Scrum teams based in the Charlottesville office, UK personnel, and other remote employees.
The DevOps Software Engineering role will drive the overall design and implementation of software and IT solutions, as part of a diverse DevOps team; the individual must demonstrate strong knowledge of IT infrastructure and software development.
The DevOps Software Engineer is responsible for leading the continual evolution of our cloud services, and automation of our development processes. The individual should have solid understanding of software development, cloud technology, automated deployment of infrastructure, configuration management, and cybersecurity.
The DevOps Software Engineer role requires substantial software development experience, excellent communication and facilitation skills, and the ability to closely collaborate with our Development Teams for the successful integration of software and infrastructure.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Drive the design, development, and deployment of high availability systems in our Microsoft Azure cloud environment.
Lead the design and develop of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, C#, PowerShell, and similar technologies.
Lead the design and development of container-based application deployments using Kubernetes and similar technologies.
Establish operational strategy and procedures for management of our cloud services, such as disaster recovery, monitoring, and maintenance.
Provide ongoing management, administration, monitoring, and support of deployed cloud environments; provide after-hours escalated support as necessary.
Generate any necessary project documentation such as, requirements, design documents, test documents, specifications, white papers, training guides, installation guides.
Participate in product cybersecurity assessments and evaluations.
Contribute to the implementation and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines, using tools like Azure DevOps Server and Jenkins.
Drive the adoption of new tooling or technologies to improve the efficiency of our product development process and lifecycle management.
Provide administration and maintenance of development systems such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and Octopus.
Contribute to the improvement and maintenance of our Quality Management System procedures.
Provide guidance and mentorship to junior DevOps team members and software development team members.
Perform evaluation and qualification of third party suppliers and systems.
Serve as liaison with our corporate IT department.
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred education is a Bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science, Information Technology (IT), or related degree.
Minimum education is an Associate degree plus 10 years of work experience in similar field.
Preferred Qualifications:
5+ years of relevant professional experience in software development or IT services.
Expertise in cloud environments, technologies, and infrastructures such as Azure, Kubernetes, PaaS, DBaaS
Experience with Terraform.
Experience with C# or similar object oriented language.
Familiarity with microservice architectures and RESTful API services
Experience in development of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Experience in IT infrastructure, and high availability systems administration.
Ability to analyze information and communicate with clarity and effectiveness.
Experience with management and administration of a data center
Strong technical writing skills
Experience with infrastructure configuration management tools, such as System Center, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or similar.
Software Development Lifecycle experience.
Use of Git source/version control repository
Use of Microsoft Azure DevOps Server pipelines
Experience with cybersecurity and secure-by-design methodologies
Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.
The base pay for this position is $95,000.00 – $190,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.
We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.
To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com
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