Job Description
Cloud DevOps Principal Engineer
The Future Begins Here
At Takeda, we are creating a future-ready organization that uses data and digital to meet the needs of patients, our people, and the planet. We need your help to make this happen. Join our new Innovation Capability Center (ICC) in Bratislava, Slovakia.
In this role at our state-of-the-art center, you will have the opportunity to grow your skills and create solutions that will benefit patients around the world. Become the heart of our internal innovation engine.
At Takeda we unite in diversity
Takeda is committed to creating an inclusive workplace, where individuals are recognized for the diverse backgrounds and abilities they bring to our company. We are continually improving workplace experience and accessibility for everyone, and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Here, you will feel welcomed, respected, and valued as an important contributor to our Team.
The Opportunity
As a Cloud DevOps Principal Engineer, you'll lead team of engineers and work as technical specialist alongside business, product development and infrastructure teams within a scaled agile environment, continuously managing short change cycles to drive to our future state strategy. You are passionate about DevOps and Reliability engineering, expert on public cloud(s) and hands-on experienced with CI/CD tooling (GitHub or equivalent like Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.). You will design/build/deploy complex, forward-looking Infrastructure as Code to support the Takeda Enterprise Cloud Platform and Applications deployed onto the Takeda Enterprise Cloud.
Responsibilities
- Design/build/deploy complex, forward-looking Infrastructure as Code to support the Takeda Enterprise Cloud Platform and Applications deployed onto the Takeda Enterprise Cloud.
- Apply deep cloud infrastructure knowledge with respect to microservices architecture, design patterns, continuous integration, and continuous deployment
- Lead and coach engineers' team
- Foster a diverse workplace that enables all participants to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational objectives
- Contribute to Takeda's mission by leading the development and adoption of cloud-first solutions that deliver business outcomes and drive innovation
- Monitor for vulnerabilities and troubleshoot performance issues by implementing alert strategies for production environments
- Provision AWS environments using infrastructure-as-code and partner with development teams to design a robust deployment and patching strategy
- Work closely with product leads, scrum master, business customers to define feature specifications and build the next generation of digital health solutions
- Collaborate with infrastructure, network, and security teams to provision environments, configure services, and perform capacity planning
- Participate in support rotation, respond to system health alerts, and triage issues alongside helpdesk, managed services, and cloud ops teams
- Develop and maintain application documentation according to Takeda Quality Systems and Software Development Life Cycle standards and procedures
Skills and Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related study, or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of experience spanning multiple IT disciplines, including systems engineering, cloud infrastructure, integration.
- 5+ years of expert level experience building and maintaining AWS infrastructure (VPC, IAM, EC2, LBs, AWS Native CI/CD Services, S3).
- Highly proficient in provisioning AWS resources using Infrastructure as a code (IaC), Hands on experience developing Cloud Formation Templates and/or Terraform.
- Expert in system level scripting using BASH and/or PowerShell.
- Strong hands on experience with containerization (EKS, OpenShift) is an advantage.
- Hands on programming skills in one or more high level languages like Python, Golang, Node.js, Java.
- Strong in handling CI/CD integrations with GitHub, GitHub Actions or equivalent and deploying infrastructure and applications on AWS.
- Mastery of modern DevOps concepts and CI/CD pipeline processes.
- Strong Operating System level debugging skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, business acumen, and enterprise knowledge.
What Takeda Can Offer You
At Takeda, you may build your career, while contributing to better people's lives. Expect trust driven culture built around Integrity, Fairness, Honesty and Perseverance. Joining ICC will give you access to high end technology, training and colleagues who will support your growth.
Salary
As a motivated employee, you should be compensated appropriately. The minimum salary for this position is € 4450 per month (full time), but your final remuneration package may be higher depending on your qualifications and experience.
Benefits
Here are a few benefits our employees are enjoying at Takeda. To get a full picture of what we are offering, follow this link.
- Cafeteria
- Medical - High standard medical care
- Bridge days
- Summer Hours
- Multisport Card
Your application and any and all conversations that occur with the recruiter, HR, and the hiring manager as part of that application will be treated in the strictest confidence.
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Locations
SVK - Bratislava - Svatoplukova
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time
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What the Team is Saying
What We Do
For over 240 years, Takeda’s propensity to evolve has driven the next generation of innovation, and as a future-focused organization, we’re continuing to drive forward with endurance in our steadfast pursuit to achieve the best outcomes for our patients in a rapidly changing world.
We have been preparing for this period of value creation by investing in data, digital and technology, and we’re proud of our employees and their commitment to turning groundbreaking ideas into life-changing impacts.
Since our founding in Japan, integrity and putting patients first have been at the heart of our identity, and we will emerge ready for our future as one of the most trusted and science-driven digital biopharmaceutical companies. Join a team where your innovation impacts lives.
Together, we’ll realize improved outcomes by improving data quality, enhancing launch execution and improving the patient journey. You’ll play a critical role in accelerating data collection and increasing accuracy across all parts of the business. Patients across the globe will benefit from access to treatments afforded by greater opportunities and efficiency in our research and development.
Why Work With Us
We connect to our history and Japanese heritage through everything we do to bring our purpose, values, vision, and imperatives to life. We are committed to bringing better health and a brighter future to patients. Being a part of Takeda means having the opportunity to be a part of something bigger than yourself.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Takeda's hybrid policy varies by role. Be sure to ask your recruiter about the requirements for the role that you are applying for.
