Principal Engineer, DevOps

Baxter International Inc. • Raleigh, NC

2d

About The Position

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.
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. If you are passionate about leveraging the latest DevOps tools and technologies, we welcome you to apply and be part of our mission to save and sustain lives.

Requirements

• 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.

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.

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal