DevOps Engineer II

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You'll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of .
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This DevOps Engineer II position works out of our Sylmar, CA location in the CRM Cardiac Rhythm Management division.

We are seeking a high caliber DevOps Engineer. Working under general supervision, performs a variety of development and production operation activities including, but not limited to, supporting and troubleshooting production applications, planning and coordinating software deployment, developing and maintaining software tools. You will be working on various Cloud services involving PAAS and IAAS services. You will also contribute to our existing operations hosted onsite which includes managing several java applications, support middleware technologies, continuous automation, adapt Site reliability engineering (SRE) principles to operations problems and participate in quality, compliance, security initiatives.

About the team: The DevOps Engineering team provides a fast-paced, dynamic work environment where engineers work closely to provide remote care software services to patients and physicians. You will collaborate with other engineers in Architecture, Development, Product, IT, Systems engineering teams to continue finding new areas that can be improved by bringing a DevOps/SRE mindset to product offerings. We're passionate about building products that improve the quality of life for patients. We like to learn along the way and depend on everyone's input to help us grow as a team. Employees act on their strong desire to make a difference, partner with others and put ideas into action. Employees are engaged by a work culture that is team oriented, fast-paced and progressive.

What You'll Work On

• Deploy CI/CD pipelines and demonstrate scripting skills through Ruby, Python, Shell or other scripting languages.
• Support releases and deployment of code from Development, Test, Stage and Production environments.
• Ensure code quality, test and distribute code updates and monitor the health and stability of the servers.
• Design and implement software using core Java (J2SE).
• Assist in the preparation of software design requirements and detailed design specifications for implementation of software designs per Abbott design development process.
• Assist in the evaluation of selected designs through testing and full documentation of the results.
• Work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Ability and willingness to learn new things quickly, good verbal and written communications skills as well as teamwork skills are highly desirable.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Minimum 3 years of work experience in a range of software engineering disciplines using a variety of programming methods.
• Good understanding of software programming, software development, software releases, database management, networking concepts, cybersecurity, and cloud computing.
• A good understanding of modern, cloud centric architectures and microservices.
• Understanding of the Linux operating system, standard networking protocols, and components
• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.
• Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.

Preferred

• Experience with tools such as Jenkins, Chef, Ansible or Puppet.
• Experience working on Azure Kubernetes Services, Azure DevOps and Bitbucket/Git.

Apply Now

* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The salary for this role is between:
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JOB FAMILY:
Product Development

DIVISION:
CRM Cardiac Rhythm Management

LOCATION:
United States > Sylmar : 13150 Telfair Avenue

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:
Standard

TRAVEL:
No

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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