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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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.

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.

• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Chicago Downtown (Willis Tower) location in the BTS Business Technology Services division.

PRIMARY JOB FUNCTION

Lead the development, delivery, and maintenance of cloud services for BTS IS - Cloud Services. A core function of Cloud Services is to provide robust cloud platforms, services, guardrails, observability, and accelerators for cloud end users consuming cloud services via our supported cloud vendors. These services focus on cloud operations, cloud economics, cloud security, and cloud engineering. This role will primarily be responsible for architecting, developing, and maintaining these services and other functionalities based on requirements from cloud customers, functioning as a team lead for 3-5 developers, and operating within an agile framework with a 3-week sprint cadence.

Core Job Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and maintain Terraform code for associated services, platforms, and business accelerators.

• Lead the development and maintenance of services within an existing service delivery framework leveraging Python Django, NextJS, Jenkins, and the BTS IS proprietary automation framework.

• Design and implement asynchronous automated service pipelines using Jenkins and Python-based Celery for the Cloud Services catalog of services.

• Develop and enhance front-end forms and other functionalities as needed using NextJS within an existing front-end framework.

• Collaborate with Service Now to develop services for direct consumption within the Service Now catalog of services.

• Proactively assess and enhance the effectiveness of standards, methodologies, and processes to drive continuous improvement.

• Ensure compliance with applicable corporate and divisional policies and procedures.

• Serve as a technical expert and mentor for other BTS IS cloud services developers

What you will work on

• This position reports directly to the Manager Cloud Services – Customer Enablement in BTS IS.
• Accountable for working with the cloud economics, security, operations, engineering, and enablement teams on joint projects and initiatives.
• Responsible for the development, testing, and demonstration of services within Agile sprints for Cloud Services.
• Ensure awareness of technology trends and maintain current skills through proactive training and learning opportunities.

Required Qualification/ Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technology or management discipline preferred.
• 5+ years of overall IT experience.
• Extensive experience with Python or other scripting languages.
• Proficient in front-end web development frameworks such as NextJS.
• Experience working with New Relic or other observability platforms
• Experience working with or within DevOps teams.
• Experience working with Terraform.
• Experience with ETL tools such as Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Fabric preferred

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Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

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.

     

The base pay for this position is

$72,700.00 – $145,300.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Product Development

     

DIVISION:

BTS Business Technology Services

        

LOCATION:

United States > Chicago : Willis Tower Building 233 S Wacker Dr.

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

No

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

     

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

     

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

     

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf