This is where your work makes a difference.
At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.
Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.
Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride.
Baxter is seeking a highly experienced Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join our dynamic team in Gloucester on a mission to save and sustain lives through a growing portfolio of connected devices.
In this role, you will be responsible for providing administration, operation support and monitoring of customer facing digital health software applications and platforms deployed in the Baxter’s Azure cloud platform. You will also be responsible for defining and documenting processes to ensure that required security, privacy and other compliance standards are maintained.
What you'll be doing
- Drive strategies to ensure 24x7 availability of services and business continuity for customer facing healthcare software applications and platforms hosted on Microsoft Azure cloud.
- Manage and administer Azure resources, including virtual machines, databases, and networking components.
- Define and document operating procedures to ensure required security, privacy and other compliance standards are maintained for digital solutions deployed in cloud.
- Manage process, planning, and execution for Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
- Define and refine Operations SLAs to maintain high level of Customer Satisfaction. Establish non-functional requirements to meet SLAs.
- Establish infrastructure and application monitoring dashboards and workflow for automatic routing of notifications.
- Define key performance indicators that can be monitored, measured, and used to derive opportunities.
- Standardize site metrics for partners, reporting on various benchmarks including SLAs, availability, capacity utilization, service metrics and cost utilization.
- Work closely with DevOps Engineers to automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment processes.
What you'll bring
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Prior experience in Site Reliability Engineering and cloud-based infrastructure management
- Experience in enterprise engineering, including 24x7 uptime, regulated environments, and planning/operations
- Azure administration and operations experience, with certifications a plus
- Knowledge of related technologies, including cloud, encryption, and security protocols
- Systems administration experience in Windows and Linux environments
- Proven problem-solving skills and experience with scripting and automation tools
- Ability to create accurate documentation and reports, with excellent communication skills
What we offer
- Competitive Annual Salary
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (Increasing with service)
- Working hours, 37.5 p/w M-F. (on call out rotation, notified in advance once every 1-2 months)
- Up to 8% pension contribution
- Subsidised canteen
- Westfield healthcare
- Employee discount scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Strong internal progression opportunities
Thank you for being so interested in Baxter, we look forward to discussing this role with you!
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Prior experience in Site Reliability Engineering and cloud-based infrastructure management
- Experience with enterprise engineering, including 24x7 uptime, regulated environments, and planning and operations
- Azure administration and operations experience
- Knowledge of cloud, encryption, and security protocols
- Systems administration experience in Windows and Linux environments
- Problem-solving skills and experience with scripting and automation tools
- Ability to create accurate documentation and reports, with excellent communication skills
- Azure certifications
Baxter International Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage begins on day one and includes medical, dental, and company-paid life and disability, indicating robust protection. This breadth of coverage is positioned as a strong component of the total rewards package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match and related retirement programs support long-term savings. An additional savings infrastructure enhances overall financial security for many roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO scales with tenure and is complemented by paid holidays and meaningful paid parental leave. The scope of time-off programs contributes to a well-rounded benefits offering.
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What We Do
Every day, millions of patients, caregivers and providers around the world rely on Baxter’s leading portfolio of diagnostic, critical care, nutrition, kidney care, hospital and surgical products and solutions. For 90 years, we’ve been making an impact at the critical intersection where innovations that save and sustain lives meet the healthcare providers who make it happen. With products, therapies and digital health solutions available in more than 100 countries, Baxter’s employees worldwide are now building upon the company’s rich heritage of medical breakthroughs to advance the next generation of transformative healthcare innovations. We welcome Hillrom to Baxter, where we are uniting to advance patient care worldwide. We’re building on the strengths of two historically innovative and socially responsible companies that will better serve our patients, customers and communities.
