Site Reliability Engineer (Hybrid)

AbbVie•North Chicago, IL

21h•$96,500 - $183,500•Hybrid

About The Position

AbbVie Information Security is seeking a 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, hybrid on-premise and cloud-native environment, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that the production systems used by our Security Teams operate smoothly and reliably. Collaborating closely with developers and subject matter experts, you will help automate repetitive tasks to reduce 'toil', monitor system performance, and maintain essential toolsets and microservices. With GitOps at 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.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree with 6 years’ experience; or Master’s Degree with 5 years’ 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.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency with 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 or GitOps practices (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 authorization controls

Responsibilities

Assist in maintaining and improving systems to enhance performance, reliability, and scalability.
Support the building, implementation, and iteration of CI/CD pipelines.
Assist with the management and deployment of microservice and containerized applications.
Help implement strong security controls across distributed systems and agents.
Coordinate with engineers to help automate configurations and deployments across platforms.
Write automation scripts and standardize alerts for established monitoring tools.
Contribute to post-mortems and assist teams with root cause analysis.
Support Agile/Scrum practices and promote DevOps methodologies within the team.
Assist in maintaining hybrid cloud and containerization service offerings.
Work alongside subject matter experts to learn toolsets and suggest day-to-day operational improvements.