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.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott:

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

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.

The opportunity

This **Tech Lead Cloud and DevOps Engineeringposition works out of our **Alameda, CA, location.

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE

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

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Apply Now

• Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter AbbottNews and AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is

$130,700.00 – $261,300.00In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Product Development

DIVISION:

LNGO Lingo

LOCATION:

United States > Alameda : 2901 Harbor Bay Parkway

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

• EEO is the Law link

• English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

• EEO is the Law link

• Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf