At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.
The PositionShape the Future of Secure Engineering with RocheAre you ready to tackle bold challenges and make a real impact? At Roche, we’re not just building IT infrastructure — we’re engineering secure, scalable, and highly innovative software solutions that protect and empower digital health systems globally. We're looking for passionate and driven individuals to join our Certman PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) team as a Senior DevOps Engineer and help us lead the way in cutting-edge, trust-based technology.
Our Certman team issues and manages the digital certificates that secure Roche's internal systems and services worldwide. We're looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to help us automate, scale, and secure that trust infrastructure end-to-end.
Who We Are: A Better Tomorrow Starts TodayAt Roche, everything we do is powered by our passion to transform patients’ lives. We embrace science, ethics, and innovation. We're bold in our decisions and actions because we know a brighter future depends on it. Every day, we show up to build that future — for a better world, for humankind.
Diversity and inclusion aren’t just buzzwords here; they’re essential to who we are. We believe that unique perspectives breed innovation and creativity, which is why we are committed to building teams that reflect the extraordinary range of human potential.
What You'll DoYou'll own the infrastructure that keeps our PKI running. That means designing and maintaining Terraform modules across multi-cloud environments, operating Kubernetes in a genuinely hybrid setup, and running the secrets and PKI plumbing that everything else depends on.
Day-to-day, you'll shape how we ship and observe things: improving CI/CD pipelines in GitLab CI and GitHub Actions, maturing our ArgoCD-based GitOps, managing self-hosted runners, and building observability with Grafana Cloud. When on-prem workloads need it, you'll build VM images.
Beyond the tools, you'll support three product teams in the Certificates organization, balancing their operational needs with the longer-term infrastructure work — and you'll have the autonomy to propose better ways of doing things rather than just executing tickets.
What You Bring
We are looking for thinkers that implement solutions to technical problems (optimisation, reliability). Someone with production Kubernetes experience who's comfortable owning clusters end-to-end, and who has solid hands-on experience with Terraform, AWS, secrets management, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tooling. Scripting in Python or Bash should feel natural, and your English — written and spoken — needs to be excellent. Your communication skills must be so good that we can see you leading technical conversations at all levels from day one.
But honestly, the mindset matters more than the checklist. In a cohesive DevOps and delivery team, we need someone who takes ownership without being asked, communicates openly when things are unclear, asks for help before getting stuck, and treats teammates and stakeholders with patience and respect. We value people who are curious, pragmatic, and genuinely enjoy improving the things around them.
Your Opportunity to Shine:
This role is about taking ownership and leading the charge toward transformational DevOps best practices, precision engineering, and cutting-edge cloud integration. Show your skills, grow your career, and make a measurable impact on enterprise security — all alongside a team that has your back.
Why Choose This Role?
At Roche, you're more than just an employee — you're part of a mission-driven global team that celebrates diversity, creativity, and modern engineering through inclusion and innovation. Beyond that foundation, you'll find significant growth opportunities to expand your technical horizons in both advanced enterprise security and cloud-native software engineering, sharpen your architectural skills, and explore exciting, global challenges at the intersection of IT and life sciences. Finally, you'll work in a dynamic environment where no two days are the same, making it an ideal opportunity if you thrive on solving complex, real-world software and automation problems.
Ready to elevate your career while playing a pivotal role in saving lives? Join Roche, where your work meets purpose — our shared commitment ensures our software (and teams) are always striving for excellence.
Where pay transparency applies, details are provided based on the primary posting location. For this role, the primary location is Sant Cugat del Vallès. If you are interested in additional locations where the role may be available, we will provide the relevant compensation details later in the hiring process.Who we are
A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.
Let’s build a healthier future, together.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Skills Required
- Production Kubernetes experience, owning clusters end-to-end
- Terraform experience, designing and maintaining modules across multi-cloud environments
- AWS experience
- Secrets management experience
- CI/CD pipelines experience (GitLab CI and GitHub Actions)
- ArgoCD and GitOps experience
- Observability tooling experience, specifically Grafana Cloud
- Scripting skills in Python or Bash
- Excellent written and spoken English and strong communication skills
- Experience building VM images and operating on-prem workloads when required
Roche Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Roche and has not been reviewed or approved by Roche.
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Retirement Support — U.S. materials describe a 401(k) with both matching and an additional company contribution, supported by formal plan documents and true‑up features. This structure is positioned as a standout element of the total package, particularly at Genentech.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time‑off provisions include substantial vacation, a year‑end shutdown, and a paid six‑week sabbatical after six years. These elements indicate a recharge‑oriented approach within the U.S. offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials emphasize comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental‑health resources alongside well‑being programs. Benefits pages consistently highlight breadth across core health coverage elements.
Roche Insights
What We Do
Roche is a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people’s lives. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics under one roof have made Roche the leader in personalised healthcare – a strategy that aims to fit the right treatment to each patient in the best way possible. Roche is the world’s largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the central nervous system. Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management. Founded in 1896, Roche continues to search for better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and make a sustainable contribution to society. The company also aims to improve patient access to medical innovations by working with all relevant stakeholders. Thirty medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organization Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and cancer medicines. Roche has been recognised as the Group Leader in sustainability within the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Industry ten years in a row by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).
