Cloud DevOps Engineer II

About Abbott

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.

Working at 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.
• 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 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 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 DevOps (Engineer 2, DevOps Engineering) position works onsite from our Sylmar, CA or Sunnyvale, CA location in the Cardiac Rhythm Management Division. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

We are seeking a skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer 2 to join our team. In this role, you will apply engineering principles to streamline development and deployment processes, support cloud infrastructure, and ensure the reliability and scalability of our applications that support our life-changing medical device software. You’ll work closely with developers, QA, and regulatory teams to ensure our systems are fast, reliable, and compliant with FDA and ISO standards.

What You’ll Work On

As a DevOps Engineer 2 working under general supervision, you will apply engineering principles and practices to a variety of development and deployment activities, including but not limited to:

Core Responsibilities

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that support traceability, automated testing, and documentation for regulatory compliance.
• Help design, implement, and deploy cloud-based applications (primarily in Microsoft Azure).
• Coordinate software deployments into validated environments, ensuring everything is well-documented and compliant.
• Create tools and automation that make our workflows more efficient and reliable.
• Monitor and support production systems, ensuring they’re running smoothly and safely.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in both development and production environments.

Team Collaboration

• Partner with developers to catch potential issues early and ensure smooth releases.
• Work with QA, regulatory, and external partners to bring high-quality, compliant software to market.

Process and Compliance

• Continuously improve our DevOps processes with a focus on efficiency, traceability, and audit readiness.
• Support company policies and maintain strong, respectful communication with teammates, customers, and vendors.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 1-3+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or related roles.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 yrs experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or related roles is strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure or other cloud platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and CI/CD tools like Azure De