Your Role:

As a Senior IT Systems & DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for IT systems, incident, change, and release management. You will ensure the seamless deployment of new releases, maintaining system stability, security, and compliance in a regulated environment. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage stakeholder communications, and drive automation and optimization across cloud-based platforms supporting drug discovery and development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee incident, change, and release management for IT systems, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
• Manage Azure AD  for identity and access management, including authentication flows for internal and third-party services.
• Implement and advocate DevOps best practices, including CI/CD, automation, and observability across platforms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to influence architectural decisions and align infrastructure with business goals.
• Ensure compliance and security within a regulated (GxP) environment, implementing RBAC, secrets management, and monitoring frameworks.
• Design, develop, test, and document business requirements related to IT systems and infrastructure.
• Coordinate and perform system management tasks, ensuring alignment with quality and compliance standards.
• Autonomous review and clarification of business requirements, creation of technical designs, and stakeholder alignment.
• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure (AWS & Azure), including cost management and performance tuning.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and ArgoCD (GitOps).
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
• Automate workflow and integration using Python and configuration management tools like Ansible.
• Ensure observability, including logging, monitoring, and tracing with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, and AWS-native solutions.
• Participate in compliance activities, including audits, patch management, and cybersecurity initiatives.
• Provide technical guidance and support for IT systems, assisting users and resolving incidents efficiently.

Your Skills & Experience:

Must-Have:

• 8+ years of experience in IT systems management, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and automation.
• Strong expertise in Change, Release, Incident, and Problem Management.
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (project configurations, repositories, pipelines, environments).
• Strong knowledge of AWS services (VPC, IAM, STS, EKS, RDS, EC2, ECS, Route53, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Secrets Manager, S3, API Gateway, Lambda, MWAA).
• Experience with Linux, Windows servers, and Oracle PLSQL.
• Strong understanding of IT landscapes and a willingness to work on diverse IT systems.
• Hands-on experience with containerization and Kubernetes (Docker, Helm, ArgoCD).
• Proficiency in Python scripting for automation and workflow integration.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
• Strong experience in observability, security, and compliance frameworks, including RBAC, secrets management, and monitoring tools.
  • Global stakeholder management experience with excellent English communication skills (written & oral).