Cloud DevOps Engineer

Posted:
7/15/2024, 6:11:13 AM

Location(s):
Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland ⋅ Poznan, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
DevOps & Infrastructure ⋅ Software Engineering

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

The Azure DevOps Engineer in GSK is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining efficient CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure, and provisioning Azure PaaS services using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to support the application stack.

This role plays a crucial part in IT/OT operations, enhancing the productivity and reliability of software development and deployment.

Additionally, the Azure DevOps Engineer will lead collaboration efforts with application owners and the Central Infrastructure team to troubleshoot any application or infrastructure services issues, ensuring seamless integration and operational efficiency within the Azure environment.

Cloud DevOps Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

  • CI/CD Pipeline Management: Design, implement, and manage robust CI/CD pipelines to streamline the software delivery process.
  • Ensure pipelines are scalable, efficient, and secure to support continuous integration and delivery.
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Automate the provisioning of infrastructure using tools like Terraform, ARM templates, or Azure Resource Manager.
  • Provision and manage Azure PaaS services to support various application stacks, ensuring reliability and consistency. •
  • Monitoring and Logging: Collaborate with the Central Infrastructure team to leverage standard monitoring and logging tools. •
  • Use Azure native monitoring tools (e.g., Azure Monitor, Azure Log Analytics) to monitor application performance and troubleshoot issues
  • Collaboration and Troubleshooting: Lead efforts in collaborating with application owners and the Central Infrastructure team to troubleshoot and resolve application or infrastructure issues.
  • Provide support and guidance during incident resolution and post-mortem analysis.
  • Integrate IT and OT operations to ensure seamless and secure communication between systems.
  • Implement and enforce security best practices within CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure.

Why You?

Necessary Skills and Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • Considerable experience in a DevOps role, preferably within an Azure environment.
  • Experience in IT/OT integration and operations.
  • Proficiency in designing and managing CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, ARM templates, or similar tools. o Expertise in scripting and automation using Python and Azure Python SDK
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across various teams and departments

Preferred qualifications (not a must):

  • Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Proficient in monitoring and logging tools, with a focus on application performance and reliability.
  • Other relevant certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate or Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert are a plus.

Why GSK?

  • Career at one of the leading global healthcare companies
  • Hybrid working model
  • Attractive reward package (annual bonus & awards for outstanding performance, recognition awards for additional achievements and engagement, holiday bonus)
  • Life insurance and pension plan
  • Open and inclusive environment which is supportive and welcoming of all diversity strands (gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, or any other characteristic)
  • Private medical package with additional preventive healthcare services for employees and their eligible counterparts
  • Sports cards (Multisport)
  • Possibilities of development within the role and company’s structure
  • Personalized learning approach (mentoring, online trainings’ platforms: Pluralsight, Business Skills, Harvard Manage Mentor, Skillsoft and external trainings)
  • Extensive support of work life balance (flexible working solutions including working from home possibilities, health & wellbeing activities)
  • Supportive community and integration events
  • Modern office with creative rooms, fresh fruits everyday
  • Free car and bike parking, locker rooms and showers

We want to hear from you and support with any adjustments that you may require during the recruitment process. Please get in touch with our Recruitment Team ([email protected]) to further discuss this today.

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Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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