Site Reliability Engineer (Hybrid)

Allergan; North Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie Information Security seeks a Site Reliability Engineer to join the Cyber Security Engineering team. In a hybrid on-premise and cloud-native environment, you will help automate toil, monitor performance, and maintain tools and microservices.

With GitOps at the core, you’ll grow skills in cloud platforms, observability, and containerized apps while strengthening security across systems. You will collaborate with developers and SMEs to implement deployment automation, incident response, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher with relevant experience; alternative degrees considered with experience.
• Cloud platform administration experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Hands-on with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Bamboo, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
• Experience with Docker workloads and orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS).
• Understanding of observability pillars (metrics, logs, tracing).
• Proficient in Linux and Windows environments.
• Familiar with Agile and DevOps methodologies.
• Security-first mindset; integrate security into daily work.
• Ability to work independently and in teams; quick learner.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve system architecture for performance and reliability.
• Build, implement, and iterate CI/CD pipelines and workflows.
• Manage deployment of microservices and containerized apps.
• Apply strong security controls across distributed systems.
• Coordinate deployments and automation across platforms.
• Develop automation scripts and standardize alerts for monitoring.
• Assist with incident post-mortems and root-cause analysis.
• Promote DevOps practices within the team and Agile ceremonies.
• Support hybrid cloud and containerization offerings.
• Learn toolsets with SMEs and propose day-to-day improvements.

Skills

Cloud Platform Administration

CI/CD Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Observability

Linux/Windows

Agile/DevOps

Security Mindset

Independent / Team Player

Learning Agility

Education

Bachelor's Degree with 6 years' experience; or Master's Degree with 5 years' experience; or PhD

Tools

GitHub Actions

Bamboo

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Terraform

ArgoCD

Helm

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

AbbVie Information Security isseekinga highly motivated and skilled Site Reliability Engineer to join our Cyber Security Engineering (CSE) Team, helping us defend against adversaries so our business can continue making a remarkable impact on people's lives. In this dynamic, hybridon-premiseand cloud-native environment, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that the production systems used by our Security Teamsoperatesmoothly and reliably. Collaborating closely with developers and subject matter experts, you will help automate repetitive tasks to reduce 'toil',monitorsystem performance, and maintain essential toolsets and microservices. WithGitOpsat the core of our operations, this role offers an exciting opportunity to grow your skills in cloud platforms, observability, and containerized applications while contributing to a vital security mission.

Responsibilities:

• System Architecture Support: Assistinmaintainingand improving systems to enhance performance, reliability, and scalability.
• CI/CD Pipeline Maintenance: Support the building, implementation, and iteration of CI/CD pipelines.
• Microservices Deployment: Assist with the management and deployment of microservice and containerized applications.
• Security Implementation: Help implement strong security controls across distributed systems and agents.
• Deployment Automation: Coordinate with engineers to help automate configurations and deployments across platforms.
• Observability Management: Write automation scripts and standardize alerts for established monitoring tools.
• Incident Response: Contribute to post-mortems and assist teams with root cause analysis.
• DevOps Promotion: Support Agile/Scrum practices and promote DevOps methodologies within the team.
• Hybrid Cloud Support: Assistinmaintaininghybrid cloud and containerization service offerings.
• Toolset Operations: Work alongside subject matter experts to learn toolsets and suggest day-to-day operational improvements.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 6years’ experience; or Master’s Degreewith 5years’ experience; or PhD
• Foundational knowledge of Cloud Platform administration (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Experience with or a strong understanding of CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Bamboo, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
• Familiarity with running Docker workloads and orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Amazon ECS).
• Foundational understanding of observability tools and pillars (metrics, logs, tracing).
• Comfortable working in and administering Linux and Windows environments.
• Knowledge of Agile and DevOps methodologies.
• A security-first mindset, treating best practices for security as a core requirement rather than an afterthought.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively within a group.
• A strong passion for learning new concepts quickly and adapting to a changing environment.

Preferred:

• Proficiencywith development tools and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go, Bash, Git).
• Entry-level cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Cloud Practitioner, Azure AZ-900).
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) systems such as Terraform orGitOpspractices (ArgoCD, Helm).
• Familiarity with observability solutions (e.g.,OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Knowledge of database management systems (NoSQL and Relational Databases).
• Prior hands-on experience working within an Agile team structure.
• Exposure to SPIRE/SPIFFE and authorization controls.
• Familiarity with serverless architectures and distributed system concepts.
• Experience with data management and pipeline technologies (e.g., Kafka, Spark, Hadoop).
• Basic understanding of integrating MCP servers with authorizationcontrols

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at thetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographiclocation,andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible toparticipatein our short-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company'ssoleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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