Job Description Summary

BD Biosciences is seeking a Staff DevOps Platform Engineer with team leadership and solid DevOps implementation experience to join our exciting and growing team. At BD Biosciences you will have the opportunity to create software applications that are used to help all people live healthy lives. Our software portfolio powers industry-leading, groundbreaking medical instruments. The Staff DevOps Platform Engineer plays a key role in understanding our developers' challenges and defining innovative solutions to solve them.

Do you want to join a DevOps team that is transforming the way software engineering is done? Do you have experience in delivering high-quality code and deploying it seamlessly? Do you want to learn and apply the latest technologies in platform engineering? If you answered yes to these questions, then you are the associate we are looking for. You are not just a hard worker; you are a smart worker. You are always looking for ways to improve your skills and processes. You can inspire and influence others with your empathy, passion, and expertise.

Job Description

We are the makers of possible 

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities. 

We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us. 

As Staff DevOps Platform  Engineer, you will:

• Work very closely and integrated with our developers to adopt and drive culture change.

• Together with a team of engineers, design, architect and deliver the next-generation internal developer platform.

• Work with peer technical leaders and their teams to enable engineers to seamlessly deploy their software components using GitOps.

• Focus on continuously improving the DevOps tooling, software installers, and software delivery processes.

• Own and maintain highly reliable environments and toolchains with clear communication and timeliness of any disruptions to internal stakeholders.

• Leverage industry-standard techniques and processes to help enable and provide better feedback to the developers.

• Monitor and continually improve the capacity of our production environments infrastructure.

• Investigate and fix stability, performance and scalability bottlenecks.

Essential Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in computer science, IT, software engineering, or similar

• Strong communication skills (verbal and written).

• Minimum of 10 years of hands-on experience in Software Engineering roles as DevOps Platform engineer.

• Expert in maintaining and managing software build infrastructure. (Azure DevOps(preferable), Jenkins, TravisCI, TeamForge, etc.)

• Expert in container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes

• Expert in IaC technologies such as Helm, Packer, and Terraform.

• Expert experience creating, maintaining, and supporting CI/CD pipelines.

• Expert experience in version control and source control management (Git)

• Expert in deploying, managing, and maintaining at least 2 of the following SCM toolchain such as Jenkins, Artifactory, SonarQube, Nexus, TFS, Azure DevOps

• Strong understanding of programming principles, structure, and Versioning.

• Experience in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, and PowerShell, and others are nice to have.

• Experience with system management technologies such as Puppet, Ansible, Salt, or Chef.

• Experience and knowledge of Microsoft and/or Linux system administration and networking.

• Experience in managing a VMware-based virtualization environment or similar.

• Knowledge of test-driven development, software configuration management, and automated testing.

Highly Desirable Requirements

• Experience operating in a highly regulated industry.

• Experience in managing CI/CD pipelines for a mixed set of software assets.

• Experience with Crossplane, Kubernetes CRDs

• Experience in creating VM templates and deploying them at scale and tracking revisions.

For certain roles at BD, employment is contingent upon the Company’s receipt of sufficient proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In some locations, testing for COVID-19 may be available and/or required. Consistent with BD’s Workplace Accommodations Policy, requests for accommodation will be considered pursuant to applicable law.

Why Join Us?

A career at BD means being part of a team that values your opinions and contributions and that encourages you to bring your authentic self to work. It’s also a place where we help each other be great, we do what’s right, we hold each other accountable, and learn and improve every day.  

To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of health. At BD, you’ll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow, and thrive. And find satisfaction in doing your part to make the world a better place.  

To learn more about BD visit https://bd.com/careers

Becton, Dickinson and Company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We do not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, or any other protected status. 

Primary Work Location

USA CA - Milpitas 155

Additional Locations

Work Shift

US BD 1st Shift 8am-5pm (United States of America)

At BD, we are strongly committed to investing in our associates—their well-being and development, and in providing rewards and recognition opportunities that promote a performance-based culture. We demonstrate this commitment by offering a valuable, competitive package of compensation and benefits programs which you can learn more about on our Careers Site under Our Commitment to You.

Salary or hourly rate ranges have been implemented to reward associates fairly and competitively, as well as to support recognition of associates’ progress, ranging from entry level to experts in their field, and talent mobility. There are many factors, such as location, that contribute to the range displayed. The salary or hourly rate offered to a successful candidate is based on experience, education, skills, and any step rate pay system of the actual work location, as applicable to the role or position. Salary or hourly pay ranges may vary for Field-based and Remote roles.

Salary Range Information

$126,600.00 - $208,900.00 USD Annual