DevXOps Platform Engineer | Hybrid, Cloud-Scale CI/CD

Merck & Co.; Rahway (NJ); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck & Co. is seeking a Platform Engineer for its DevXOps Platform team in the United States. You will design, build, and maintain scalable platform solutions that power product development teams.

Expect strong collaboration with developers to ensure performance, reliability, and secure cloud infrastructure. Key duties include implementing IaC with Terraform and Ansible, managing CI/CD via GitHub Actions, and deploying containerized workloads on Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or SRE.
• Hands-on production systems on AWS; familiarity with Azure is a plus.
• Strong Linux skills and scripting (Python or similar).
• Extensive CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate production-grade platform solutions.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure performance and reliability.
• Implement IaC using Terraform and Ansible for scalable platforms.
• Develop self-service capabilities and automated provisioning.
• Maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting with Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch.

Skills

Platform Engineering

DevOps

AWS Architecture

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Kubernetes

Ansible

Python scripting

Education

Highschool Diploma

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Prometheus

Job description

Merck & Co. is seeking a Platform Engineer for its DevXOps Platform team in the United States. You will design, build, and maintain scalable platform solutions that power product development teams.

Expect strong collaboration with developers to ensure performance, reliability, and secure cloud infrastructure. Key duties include implementing IaC with Terraform and Ansible, managing CI/CD via GitHub Actions, and deploying containerized workloads on Kubernetes.