Principal Engineer, DevOps

Baxter Healthcare; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage from day 1

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

401(k) with company match

Flexible Spending Accounts

Educational assistance

Paid holidays and PTO

Parental leave and other leaves

Job summary

Baxter Healthcare is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to design, automate, deploy, and support cloud infrastructure across multiple environments. The role focuses on Azure, AKS, and CI/CD pipelines to securely connect medical devices and clinical applications with Baxter systems.

You will work in a regulated healthcare environment, collaborating with engineering and operations to improve platform reliability, scalability, and deployment efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and AKS.
• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure using IaC.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, YAML, containers, microservices.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Knowledge of Azure networking and security controls.
• Scripting in PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Azure infrastructure using IaC.
• Build and support AKS infrastructure, clusters, namespaces, and scaling.
• Develop Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests for environments.
• Create secure CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
• Support Azure services like PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB, Redis, Key Vault.
• Maintain platform components such as Traefik, RabbitMQ, Grafana.
• Collaborate with teams to validate deployments and resolve incidents.

Skills

Azure

AKS

Helm

Terraform

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

PowerShell

Python

Networking

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

AKS

Helm

Kubernetes manifests

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

PostgreSQL

Cosmos DB

Redis

Key Vault

Job description

This is whereyour work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride.

Baxter is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to support enterprise cloud platforms that securely connect medical devices and clinical applications with Baxter and third-party systems. This role will design, automate, deploy, and support cloud infrastructure across multiple environments. The successful candidate will bring strong technical skills, personal ownership, and the ability to collaborate effectively within a regulated healthcare environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and maintain Azure infrastructure using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code principles.
• Build and support Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) infrastructure, including clusters, node pools, namespaces, workloads, resource configurations, ingress, networking, and scaling.
• Develop and maintain Helm charts, Kubernetes manifests, and environment-specific configurations.
• Develop and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and related automation tools.
• Support Azure services including PostgreSQL Flexible Server, Cosmos DB, Azure Managed Redis, Storage Accounts, Key Vault, App Configuration, and Azure Container Registry.
• Support platform components and services such as Traefik, RabbitMQ, VerneMQ, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Plan and implement infrastructure changes associated with platform releases and application integrations.
• Evaluate infrastructure dependencies, service versions, support timelines, and upgrade requirements as part of infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, deployment, networking, performance, and application-integration issues across non-production and production environments.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, logging, and operational dashboards using Azure-native and platform observability tools.
• Apply security best practices involving managed identities, secrets management, role-based access, network controls, vulnerability management, and least privilege access.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, implementation plans, impact assessments, deployment specifications, and Jira work items.
• Collaborate with engineering and operational teams to coordinate changes, validate deployments, resolve incidents, and improve platform reliability.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve automation, standardization, resilience, scalability, and delivery efficiency.
• Take ownership of assigned work from planning through implementation, validation, documentation, and closure.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure and Azure Kubernetes Service.
• Strong experience in designing, deploying, and maintaining cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and practices.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, YAML, containerization, and microservices-based platforms.
• Experience developing and supporting CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or comparable platforms.
• Working knowledge of Azure networking, including virtual networks, subnets, routing, load balancers, private endpoints, DNS, and network security controls.
• Experience supporting production‑grade cloud infrastructure and resolving complex technical issues.
• Scripting or automation experience using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar languages.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to independently plan work, communicate risks, follow through on commitments, and collaborate across teams.

Join Baxter International's technology team and contribute to the development of cutting-edge medical products that enhance patient care worldwide. As a DevOps Engineer, your role will be pivotal in driving continuous improvement, innovation, and reliability in our software delivery processes.

US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles.

• medical and dental coverage that start on day one
• insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• educational assistance programs
• paid holidays
• paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service
• family and medical leaves of absence
• paid parental leave
• commuting benefits
• Employee Discount Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• childcare benefits

Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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Reasonable Accommodations

Baxter is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities globally. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information.

1501 Nowell Rd|Raleigh, NC 27607|United States of America