Senior DevOps / DevSecOps Engineer
About this opportunity
Career Category
Engineering
Job Description
ABOUT AMGEN
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 motivated DevOps/ DevSecOps Engineer with 5–8 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, containerization, and platform engineering. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in cloud-native technologies, Infrastructure as Code ( IaC ), Kubernetes, and DevSecOps best practices. This role will be responsible for designing, automating, securing, and operating scalable 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 using Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions .
Automate build, test, deployment, and release processes across multiple environments.
Develop reusable automation scripts using Python and Bash .
Implement GitOps and infrastructure automation best practices.
Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering
Provision and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS .
Develop Infrastructure as Code ( IaC ) solutions using Terraform .
Automate configuration management and server provisioning using Ansible .
Optimize cloud resource utilization , security, and cost.
Containerization & Kubernetes
Build and manage containerized applications using Docker .
Deploy and manage workloads on Kubernetes .
Package and deploy applications using Helm Charts .
Troubleshoot cluster performance, networking, and scalability issues.
Monitoring & Observability
Implement monitoring and alerting using Prometheus and Grafana .
Manage centralized logging and analytics using the ELK 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 deploy REST 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.
Implement DevSecOps practices 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 years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or DevSecOps .
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 with GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or 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 and DevSecOps culture.
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Job details
How this role compares
Computed from every other active Information Technology role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 378 comparable Senior Information Technology roles across 34 biopharma companies.
Salary context
45 of 378 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.
Where these roles are based
Top locations among the 378 comparable roles
+ 15 more countries
Seniority mix
378 of 378 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
0 of 378 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.
Similar opportunities
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How we calculate "similar"
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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.
0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.