Sr SAAS Engineer

Elanco; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in animal health is seeking a Sr Engineer - EKS to act as the primary engineering contact for applications. This role involves driving vendor accountability and performing root cause analyses on incidents to ensure quality standards are met. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and 5-8 years in application engineering. Experience with cloud platforms and agile methodology is essential. Join us to improve animal health and contribute to innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in application engineering.
• Knowledge of relational databases and integration technologies.
• Familiar with Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform.

Responsibilities

• Act as a primary engineering contact for assigned applications.
• Drive vendor accountability and resolve blockers.
• Perform root cause analysis on incidents.

Skills

Enterprise SaaS experience

SQL for data queries

Familiarity with Public Cloud platforms

Agile/Scrum environment

Understanding of DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science

Tools

SSRS

Power BI

Databricks

Job description

Overview

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals! As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People. Elanco prides itself on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, works with dynamic individuals, and acquires new skills and experiences to propel your career. Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role: Sr Engineer - EKS

Responsibilities

• Act as a primary engineering contact for assigned applications.
• Drive vendor accountability through technical depth - not just follow-ups.
• Identify blockers early and remove them before they become escalations.
• Ensure scope, timeline, and quality standards are met.
• Perform root cause analysis on incidents and ensure durable fixes (not temporary patches).

• Contribute to modernization initiatives: Data modernization, Application isolation, architecture hardening
• Work hands-on with vendors during upgrades, refactoring, and improvements.
• Strengthen resilience, scalability, and performance.
• Improve deployment, access, and operational patterns.

• Perform structured reviews of Critical and High security alerts.
• Lead remediation in partnership with InfoSec, IAM, InfraOps, and AD teams.
• Deliver tangible improvements such as Credential rotation implementation, Access control enhancements, Authentication hardening
• Drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs) to closure.
• Support audit readiness with clear technical documentation.
• Proactively identify system vulnerabilities and close gaps before audits surface them.

• Contribute significantly to the Application Security Dashboard.
• Develop reporting that tracks security posture, incident trends, operational health
• Reduce vendor dependency by building internal analytics capability
• Ensure data accuracy, integrity and actionable insights

• Participate in technical reviews
• Align designs to enterprise security standards
• Ensure compliance without slowing delivery
• Communicate clearly across technical and business audiences.

Qualifications

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• 5-8 years of experience in enterprise SaaS or application engineering.
• Knowledge of relational database concepts, integration technologies, virtualization, and application interfaces.
• Familiarity with Public Cloud platforms, specifically Microsoft Azure or Google cloud Platform.
• ITSM and/or ITIL knowledge.
• Experience of working with third-party vendors in large organization.
• Experience with SQL for data queries to support troubleshooting, data extraction, and report generation.
• Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum environment.
• Familiarity with the concepts of DevSecOps, including Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) and source control (Git).

• Understanding or interest of the animal health industry / life science industry.
• Experience with IOT projects.
• Reporting tools i.e., SSRS / Power BI.
• Knowledge of Databricks.

Additional Information

• Travel: 0%
• Location: India, Bangalore

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrecognized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don\'t necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!

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