Associate Director, DevOps Engineering

Associate Director, DevOps Engineering, IQVIA RDS Inc. Durham, NC.  Devise and help teams implement DevOps strategies and methods throughout the development and deployment process for technical solutions. Lead DevOps teams, monitor project workflow, and ensure the finished product meets quality and reliability standards. Oversee the implementation, deployment, and integration of solutions, taking responsibility for successful delivery. Plan, build, configure, test solutions, maintain systems, analyze and approve new code, perform automation tasks and manage all aspects of solutions deployment and technical operations. Work with the services and technology teams to define and implement CI/CD best practices. Drive cloud and container strategy. Evaluate and adopt various configuration management, build management and continuous integration tools and methodologies. Guide team on SDLC and methodologies like Lean/Agile, CI, Software and Product Security, Scalability, Documentation Practices, Refactoring and Testing Techniques. Work with development manager to align on DevOps roadmap and resource needs. Participate in software and hardware release to ensure service readiness, product usability, and case deflection by identifying product enhancements. Perform DevOps related defect triage with Product and Engineering teams.  Collaborate with Project Teams to implement end-to-end Build and Release process. Supervisory responsibilities for Sr. Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer 2, Sr. Network Systems Engineer, Software Engineer 2, and DevOps Engineer, or related. M-F, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (EST).  Salary Range: $201,885 - $239,700/year.

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, related field or foreign equivalent. Requires five (5) years of Software Development or Cloud Engineering experience, to include five (5) years: DevOps experience; Git, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Shell Scripting, AWS, Azure, and DataDog; utilizing knowledge of Shell Scripting & Python; tailoring technical problem descriptions and root cause analysis statements to various audiences (customer support, end customers and development teams); assisting and directing troubleshooting for Field escalations; AWS, Azure, React, Java, and Postgres database; four (4) years: Kubernetes and Docker; building and implementing CI/CD pipelines; and one (1) year: managing software engineering teams. Apply: reference # 118677.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

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The potential base pay range for this role is $201,885 - $239,700 The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.