Tech Lead Cloud & DevOps Engineering

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

ABOUT LINGO

Meet Lingo, a new biosensing technology that provides users a window into their body. Lingo tracks key biomarkers such as glucose, ketones, and lactate to help people make better decisions about their health and nutrition.

Biowearable technology will digitize, decentralize and democratize healthcare, enabling consumers to take control of their own health.

WORKING FOR 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 student debt program and 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 Tech Lead Cloud and DevOps Engineering position works onsite at our Alameda, CA location in the LINGO Division.

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.

What you’ll do

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.

QUALIFICATIONS

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

Preferred

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

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

The base pay for this position is $125,700.00 $251,500.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.