Senior Mobile DevOps Engineer

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 115,000 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 Senior Mobile DevOps Engineer position for our Sylmar, CA or Sunnyvale, CA location.

We are seeking a high caliber Senior DevOps Engineer for Mobile Software for Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) under a disciplined product development process that meets Abbott quality and appropriate regulatory agency requirements.

You will perform a variety of development and operation activities including, but not limited to, planning, building, deploying Android and iOS mobile applications across various target environments, as well as developing and maintaining software tools for this purpose. You will work on implementing, maintaining and constantly improving our continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipeline, software configuration management and the deployment, operations and maintenance of our mobile applications on Android and iOS app stores globally. You will participate actively in quality, compliance, and security initiatives.

What You'll Work On

• • Design, implement and maintain continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) pipelines for CRM's software development framework, using continuous build environments like Jenkins, Jira, Bitbucket, and Appium.
  • Build, package and deploy Android and iOS applications to pre-production (development and staging) and production environments including TestFlight, App Center, Google Play Store, and Apple App Store.
  • Monitor and assess impact of updates to Android, iOS SDK and toolchain used for building mobile apps and work with product teams to implement updates.
  • Identify and incorporate latest developer certification and approval criteria, including requirements, procedures, and timelines, as defined by Android and iOS app stores.
  • Identify and evaluate external tools, and well as build and/or deploy internal tools to improve developer productivity and contribute ideas to continuously improve the build and deployment pipeline.
  • Implement and monitor dashboards, metrics, and reports for providing and manage reliability and performance of the build and deployment process.
  • Perform troubleshooting and defect repair in the build and deployment framework and deliverables, as well as perform root cause analysis and identify corrective and preventive actions to address current and future issues.
  • Work with a cross-functional team of engineers from mobile and backend software engineering, operations and technical support to maintain and enhance the reliability of the build process.
  • Ensure that all development activities and deliverables conform to and comply with design specifications and coding standards per Abbott and CRM requirements and guidelines, as well as regulatory requirements including but not limited to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Union Medical Device Regulations (EU-MDR).
  • Stay abreast of the latest developments in Mobile software technologies including the Mobile Operating System (OS) platform updates, deployment strategies, cloud interfaces, Cybersecurity, and test environments.
  • Demonstrate familiarity with Agile principles and development environment to ensure quick and timely deliveries to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Demonstrate sound communication skills and judgment in day-to-day tasks, decision-making and productivity.
  • Demonstrate ability to work innovatively in a fast-paced as well as a regulated environment.
  • Support all corporate and department-level initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and other regulatory requirements.

Required Qualifications

• • Minimum 5 years of relevant industry experience in software development using various programming languages
  • Minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience in code management and deployment processes (CI/CD), procedures, and tools
  • Bachelor's Degree - Software engineering, computer science, or a related engineering field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
  • Programming and Scripting (at least two of)
  • Java, Swift, Objective C, C#, JS, Kotlin, Python, Shell scripting
  • Source Management Platform and Tools (at least two of)
  • Jenkins, git, Bitbucket, GitLab, Ansible, Terraform
  Preferred
  • Master's Degree - Software engineering, computer science, or a related engineering field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
  • Experience with creating jobs and/or building CI/CD pipelines, preferably with Jenkins, for one or more IT environments
  • Experience with integrating mobile applications with multiple server endpoints and/or services.
  • Cloud Services
  • Azure DevOps and Deployment Services
  • Mobile OS platforms - Android & iOS
  • Application build processes
  • Deployment in app stores
  • Native vs cross-platform architecture
  • SDKs and Toolchains on Android & iOS
  • Cybersecurity
  • OS and apps hardening
  • Certificate management

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WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
• Paid time off

• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

* 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.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The salary for this role is between:

$82,100 - $164,100

JOB FAMILY:

Product Development

DIVISION:

CRM Cardiac Rhythm Management

LOCATION:

United States > Sylmar : 13150 Telfair Avenue

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

United States > Sunnyvale : 645 Almanor Ave

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

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.

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

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