Senior DevOps & Release Engineer

Zimmer, Inc.•Salt Lake City, UT

9d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior DevOps & Release Engineer, you will join a multidisciplinary engineering organization responsible for delivering regulated Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) solutions. You will work closely with Software Engineering, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, Security, IT, Product, and Research teams to ensure the delivery of secure, reliable, compliant, and audit-ready software platforms used in clinical and field environments. This role serves as the technical authority for DevOps, CI/CD, release engineering, and operational infrastructure within a regulated medical device environment. At Orthogrid Systems, we develop advanced software applications that assist surgeons during intraoperative procedures using fluoroscopic imaging systems.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in DevOps, Release Engineering, or Platform Engineering
Strong experience with Linux systems, preferably Debian-based environments
Strong understanding of system security, networking, deployment architectures, and operational best practices
Experience with GitHub administration, CI/CD tooling, Jira, and source control governance
Hands-on experience with Jenkins, TeamCity, or similar CI platforms
Experience with AWS and Azure cloud ecosystems
Experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform or CloudFormation
Experience supporting GPU-enabled systems and native application build environments
Experience in C++, Python

Nice To Haves

Experience with QT-based applications
Experience in scripting languages
Experience working in regulated industries such as medical devices, healthcare, or life sciences
Familiarity with IEC 62304, ISO 13485, and ISO 14971 standards
Experience supporting validation activities, audits, inspections, and compliance evidence generation
Prior experience supporting Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) products
Experience with ML/AI deployment workflows in regulated environments
Experience designing DevOps systems intended for regulatory evidence and audit readiness

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain secure and reproducible DevOps infrastructure supporting Linux-based medical software platforms.
Own the end-to-end software build, packaging, release, deployment, and operational lifecycle while ensuring compliance with FDA, ISO 13485, IEC 62304, and ISO 14971 expectations.
Contribute to operational excellence by implementing scalable automation, secure deployment mechanisms, validated CI/CD systems, and traceable release processes suitable for regulated environments and audit readiness.
Design, maintain, and evolve DevOps and release engineering platforms.
Support Linux-based deployment environments.
Ensure reliability, reproducibility, and operational consistency across development, validation, testing, and production systems.
Align operational practices with risk management and post-market surveillance activities.
Own software build, packaging, release, rollback, and patch management processes.
Support controlled software release strategies consistent with regulated medical environments.
Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting regulated software development workflows.
Administer and optimize tooling including GitHub, Jenkins, TeamCity, or equivalent systems.
Automate build generation, testing, static analysis, packaging, and artifact management.
Ensure CI/CD outputs are auditable and suitable as objective evidence during inspections and audits.
Ensure infrastructure and DevOps practices comply with the field norms such as IEC 62304, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, and FDA cybersecurity guidance.
Implement defense-in-depth security controls across build systems, deployment pipelines, and operational environments.
Enforce least-privilege access, authentication controls, secure secrets management, and audit logging.
Support internal audits, FDA inspections, and ISO certification activities through proper documentation and evidence generation.
Support lifecycle management of ML/AI inference components within regulated environments.
Ensure model versioning, traceability, controlled promotion, and alignment with released software versions.
Maintain reproducible ML build environments and containerized workflows where appropriate.
Implement monitoring, logging, and operational observability for on-premise clinical systems and development environments.
Support incident response, root cause investigations, CAPAs, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Maintain operational records and deployment logs supporting audit and compliance requirements.
Act as the primary technical authority for DevOps and release engineering practices.
Mentor junior DevOps and platform engineers.
Translate regulatory and quality requirements into practical, scalable technical implementations.
Maintain clear operational documentation, deployment procedures, rollback guides, and technical runbooks.