Senior DevOps / DevSecOps Engineer

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, making people’s lives easier, fuller, and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today.

Job Summary 

We are seeking a highly motivatedDevOps/DevSecOpsEngineerwith5–8 years of experiencein cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, containerization, and platform engineering. The ideal candidate will have strongexpertisein cloud-native technologies, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Kubernetes, andDevSecOpsbest practices. This role willbe responsible fordesigning, automating, securing, andoperatingscalable application platforms while enabling development teams through robust CI/CD pipelines and observability solutions.

Key Responsibilities

CI/CD & Automation

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines usingJenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.

  
  

• Automate build, test, deployment, and release processes across multiple environments.

  
  

• Develop reusable automation scripts usingPython and Bash.

  
  

• ImplementGitOpsand infrastructure automation best practices.

  
  

Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering

• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure onAWS.

  
  

• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions usingTerraform.

  
  

• Automate configuration management and server provisioning usingAnsible.

  
  

• Optimizecloud resourceutilization, security, and cost.

  
  

Containerization & Kubernetes

• Build and manage containerized applications usingDocker.

  
  

• Deploy and manage workloads onKubernetes.

  
  

• Package and deploy applications usingHelm Charts.

  
  

• Troubleshoot cluster performance, networking, and scalability issues.

  
  

Monitoring & Observability

• Implement monitoring and alerting usingPrometheusandGrafana.

  
  

• Manage centralized logging and analytics using theELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).

  
  

• Perform root cause analysis and proactively improve platform reliability.

  
  

Application & Platform Engineering

• Support microservices-based architectures and distributed systems.

  
  

• Collaborate with development teams to design and deployREST APIs.

  
  

• Improve system performance, resiliency, and scalability.

  
  

• Participate in architecture reviews and platform modernization initiatives.

  
  

Security &DevSecOps

• Integrate security scanning and compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines.

  
  

• ImplementDevSecOpspractices including vulnerability management, secrets management, container security, and policy enforcement.

  
  

• Collaborate with security teams to ensure compliance with enterprise security standards.

  
  

• Promote secure coding and deployment practices across engineering teams.

  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.

  
  

• 5–8 yearsof hands-on experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), orDevSecOps.

  
  

• Strong experience with: 

  
  

• Git

  
  

• Linux administration

  
  

• Bash/Python scripting

  
  

• Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions

  
  

• Docker

  
  

• Kubernetes

  
  

• Helm

  
  

• Terraform

  
  

• Ansible

  
  

• AWS Cloud

  
  

• Prometheus & Grafana

  
  

• ELK Stack

  
  

• Strong understanding of: 

  
  

• TCP/IP networking

  
  

• DNS

  
  

• Load Balancing

  
  

• SSL/TLS

  
  

• Microservices architecture

  
  

• RESTful APIs

  
  

• Experience troubleshooting production issues in cloud-native environments.

  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience withGitOpstools such asArgoCDor Flux.

  
  

• Exposure to Kubernetes security and policy management.

  
  

• Knowledge of Security Scanning tools (SAST, DAST, Container Scanning).

  
  

• Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio,Linkerd).

  
  

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

  
  

• AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, or DevOps certifications are a plus.

  
  

Key Competencies

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

  
  

• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

  
  

• Ownership mindset with a focus on automation and continuous improvement.

  
  

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

  
  

• Passion for cloud-native technologies andDevSecOpsculture.