Tech Lead Cloud & DevOps Engineering

Abbott Laboratories • Alameda, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Tech Lead Cloud & DevOps Engineering leads the cloud operations, developer experience and data infrastructure practice at Lingo. Accountable for delivering a comprehensive set of operational services including: monitoring systems, application health and availability, level 1 and 2 incident resolution, backups and disaster recovery. Participates in product releases providing support to the development teams as releases progress through environments. Partners with the engineering team on operational improvements to the underlying cloud infrastructure. Develops best practices for using data services in the cloud including SQL, NoSQL, Data Lakes, and Blob Storage.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Science discipline
• 10+ years of relevant experience in cloud operations and DevOps
• Experience setting up robust observability and monitoring infrastructure
• Experience setting up teams for 24x7 coverage
• Experience setting up infrastructure compliant with PCI, PHI and other related privacy and governance standards
• Experience managing strict SLAs, operational KPIs and cost optimization of cloud and PaaS infrastructure
• Seasoned technologist and cloud expert with deep insights into the newest cloud technologies and trends
• Ability to make architectural decisions at a team and production level
• Experience working on projects that span multiple organizations and business units
• Extensive knowledge on app development, cybersecurity, cloud development, and deployment

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with cloud security and identity management services
• University degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or similar technical disciplines
• Experience with New Relic, Sentry and Pager Duty for end-to-end monitoring tools

Responsibilities

• Work with R&D Software Engineering to implement observability, end-to-end monitoring, alerting and troubleshooting capabilities for the web and mobile applications.
• Work with cyber security in ensuring continuous hardening of the cloud infrastructure and services
• Lead cloud operations organization in cloud service disciplines and maintains up-to-date technical skills in anticipation of future Abbott technical opportunities, demand and requirements.
• Define best practices and guardrail for deploying data infrastructure in Azure Cloud.
• Responsible for compliance to applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.
• Nurture relationships with key suppliers of cloud technologies to keep abreast of emerging technologies, ensure solution stability, optimal pricing, and influences their product direction to align with Abbott.
• Keep appraised of service levels, customer satisfaction and project results; serves as point of escalation and takes prompt corrective action to address issues and problems.
• Proactively asses the effectiveness of standards, methodologies and processes; driving change as appropriate for continuous improvement.
• Create and manage a 24x7 monitoring and support strategy for cloud and DevOps infrastructure
• Implement and oversee all aspects of the cloud environment, including provisioning, scale, monitoring, and security
• Develop and document technical designs for integration and implementation of new cloud applications and systems including infrastructure qualification plans and reports.

Benefits

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

What This Job Offers

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