Site Reliability 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 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.About AbbottAbbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott''s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for the treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) is a creative operations professional who defines and implements Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Systems Integration, and IT technical solutions. Key areas include code repository management, database object synchronization, environment configuration management, release management, continuous integration/delivery, application load management, and IT architecture design (cloud and on-prem). The SRE strives to create efficiency, enforce accuracy, and use technological innovation to streamline processes and systems that are scalable and resilient. The SRE focuses on optimizing existing systems, and building infrastructure that reduces work through automation.This job description will be reviewed periodically and is subject to change by management.WHAT YOU''LL DOResponds to production incidents and determining how we can prevent them in the futureIdentify process and infrastructure gaps and implement process improvements to increase operational reliabilityTriage and troubleshoots complex production issues to ensure reliability and performancePromoting and applying best practices for building scalable and reliable services across engineeringParticipates in design discussions, review sessions and prototypingBuilds and supports infrastructure and software in Microsoft Azure and On-Prem EnvironmentsProduces and Manages Infrastructure as codeWorks with software development teams to design reliability and scalability into solutionsManages Development, QA, and Production environment configurationManages the design and architecture for network and storage implementations in Development, QA, and Production environmentsCollaborate closely with Developers/Solution Architects to ensure a designed solution responds to non-functional requirements such as availability, performance and maintainabilityResearches and implements new technology and practicesServes as final escalation path in application, server, network, and systems level troubleshooting for issues resulting in negative customer impactActively pursues collaboration, open communication and cross-functional participationWorks with Application Development, Systems Administration, Operations Support, Cloud Engineering, and Networking teams to improve monitoring mechanisms to react to application failures before they are reported as well as determining and solving for the root cause of those failuresEducates team members on DevOps processes, systems, and workflowsWill be required to work nights and weekends as needed to support releases for production deployments during scheduled maintenance windowsMay assume technical lead role on projects and may provide technical direction to Application Development, Systems Administration, Operations Support, and Networking teamsTravel expected rarely for this positionEDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU''LL BRINGRequiredBachelor''s degree in Computer Science, or related degree, or equivalent work experienceExperience with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Release Management Tools is requiredExperience in IIS Configuration Management is requiredExperience in systems and network level troubleshooting is requiredExperience with containerization technologies such as Docker and KubernetesHas managed infrastructure services in a production environment to ensure high availability and reliabilityExperience in all aspects of the software development lifecycleProven experience operating highly-automated, mission-critical 24/7 productionPreferredExperience with Windows Server Configuration Management is preferredExperience in designing and configuring network load balancing appliances such as F5 is preferredKnowledge of MS SQL Server and RedGate SQL Tools preferredDemonstrated ability to set and meet tight deadlines and function well under pressureAbility to work in a dynamic and fast paced environmentStrong problem-solving skillsWorking knowledge of writing infrastructure as codeLinux/Windows administration, automated deployments, scripting (Bash/Powershell/Python)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 assistanceFinancial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plansHealth care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programsPaid time off401(k) retirement savings with a generous company matchThe stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communitiesLearn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully: your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.Connect with us at on Facebook at and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

Created: 2021-11-29