Site Reliability Engineer (Hybrid)

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie Information Security is seeking a highly motivated Site Reliability Engineer to join our Cyber Security Engineering Team. In a hybrid on-premise and cloud-native environment, you will help ensure production systems used by our Security Teams operate smoothly and reliably, collaborating with developers and subject matter experts to automate tasks and reduce toil.

With GitOps at the core, this role offers growth in cloud platforms, observability, and containerized applications while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 6 years experience; or Masters with 5 years; or PhD.
• Foundational knowledge of Cloud Platform administration (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Bamboo, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
• Familiarity with Docker workloads and orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Amazon ECS).
• Foundational understanding of observability tools and pillars (metrics, logs, tracing).
• Comfortable in Linux and Windows environments; knowledge of Agile/DevOps.
• Security-first mindset; independent and collaborative work capability.

Responsibilities

• System Architecture Support: Maintain and improve systems for performance, reliability, and scalability.
• CI/CD Pipeline Maintenance: Build, implement, and iterate CI/CD pipelines.
• Microservices Deployment: Manage deployment of microservices and containerized apps.
• Security Implementation: Apply strong security controls across distributed systems.
• Deployment Automation: Automate configurations and deployments across platforms.
• Observability Management: Write automation scripts and standardize alerts.
• Incident Response: Contribute to post-mortems and root-cause analysis.
• DevOps Promotion: Support Agile/Scrum and promote DevOps within the team.
• Hybrid Cloud Support: Maintain hybrid cloud and containerization services.
• Toolset Operations: Learn toolsets and suggest day-to-day improvements.

Skills

Cloud platform administration

CI/CD tools

Docker & Kubernetes

Observability basics

Linux & Windows

Agile / DevOps

Security-first mindset

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Masters Degree

PhD

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Bamboo

Kubernetes

Job 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 atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.

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 atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.

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 andassistteams 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

• Bachelors Degree with 6years experience; or Masters 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

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes 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 Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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