Senior DevOps Engineer

Abbott; Green Oaks (IL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to enhance the functionality and reliability of our delivery pipeline. This role involves supporting the development team through automation, deployment management, and collaboration with IT teams to streamline processes. Ideal candidates will have 7+ years of experience, sound communication skills, and a passion for development and operational excellence. The position offers career development opportunities within a globally recognized healthcare leader.

Benefits

Free medical coverage after the first year

Excellent retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement programs

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience required.
• Strong background in DevOps tools and practices.
• Experience with CI/CD implementation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deployment and configuration management, release management.
• Liaison with development teams to encourage transparency.
• Define and execute DevOps processes and models.

Skills

Strong written and verbal communication

Interpersonal skills

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

Associate's degree

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field (preferred)

Tools

Atlassian suite – Bamboo, JIRA, Bitbucket, Confluence

PowerShell

Python

Job description

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:

Senior DevOps Engineer

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.

• 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 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 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 Opportunity

Our location in Abbott Park, IL. currently has an opportunity for a Senior DevOps Engineer.

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer with a strong background in DevOps tools and practices. As a part of the team, you will be responsible for supporting the development team, building automated tools, and helping develop and maintain the build/deployment pipeline.

The ideal candidate is someone who has a passion for development and working on complex system software; takes pride in building top-quality software; and is driven to achieve operational excellence.

What You’ll Work On

• Deployment and configuration management, release management, environments management and infrastructure automation

• Apply DevOps thinking - i.e. bring development and IT ops processes, people and tools closer together - to increase the speed, efficiency and quality with which we deliver product solutions

• Liaison with development teams, IT service groups and 3rd parties to encourage process transparency, mutually beneficial design, delivery practices design and implement fully automated delivery pipeline

• Definition and execution of DevOps processes and models

• Develop and test DevOps features and tools

• Pro-actively look for ways to enhance the functionality, reliability, and operation of the delivery pipeline

• Periodically review Windows OS cumulative updates and test deployment of updates and functionality of our software after updates are installed

• Perform regular vulnerability reviews of source code using industry standard tools (e.g. Coverity)

Required Qualifications

• Associate’s degree and 7+ years of experience required

• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills

• Strong interpersonal skills to work collaboratively with the product development team in a solutions-driven approach to resolving roadblocks/troubleshooting

• Capable of working independently to achieve critical program goals and driven to work through any obstacles encountered

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Management Information Systems, or similar curriculum preferred

• Experience with management and configuration of Atlassian suite – Bamboo, JIRA, Bitbucket and Confluence strongly preferred

• Experience in PowerShell scripts, Python scripts and other scripts as needed to automate processes preferred

• Experience in deploying multilayer software to physical infrastructure or environments preferred

• Experience in implementation of continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline preferred

Apply Now

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

$75,300.00 – $150,700.00

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

JOB FAMILY:

Product Development

DIVISION:

TM Transfusion Medicine

LOCATION:

United States > Abbott Park : AP20

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

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