DevOps Engineer

About Sanofi:

We are an innovative global healthcare company, driven by one purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Our team, across some 100 countries, is dedicated to transforming the practice of medicine by working to turn the impossible into the possible. We provide potentially life-changing treatment options and life-saving vaccine protection to millions of people globally, while putting sustainability and social responsibility at the center of our ambitions. 

Sanofi has recently embarked into a vast and ambitious digital transformation program. A cornerstone of this roadmap is the acceleration of its data transformation and of the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions, to accelerate R&D, manufacturing and commercial performance and bring better drugs and vaccines to patients faster, to improve health and save lives.

Who You Are:

The DevOps Engineer enables product teams to deliver new capabilities faster through a closer partnership with operations teams and increased use of automation and tooling. They identify and optimize interdependencies between applications development and infrastructure operations through a collaborative approach and continuous delivery. 

Our vision for digital, data analytics and AI:

Join us on our journey in enabling Sanofi’s Digital Transformation through becoming an AI first organization. This means: 

• AI Factory - Versatile Teams Operating in Cross Functional Pods: Utilizing digital and data resources to develop AI products, bringing data management, AI and product development skills to products, programs and projects to create an agile, fulfilling and meaningful work environment 
• Leading Edge Tech Stack: Experience build products that will be deployed globally on a leading-edge tech stack
• World Class Mentorship and Training: Working with renowned leaders and academics in machine learning to further develop your skillsets 

There are multiple vacancies across our Digital profiles and NA region. Further assessments will be completed to determine specific function and level of hired candidates.  

Job Highlights:

• Drive value using agile IT life cycle management from product prototyping to development, deployment, and optimization 
• Lead the engineering through development of patterns and practices for CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions across a broad variety of technologies with deployment targets including AWS, Azure, and numerous SaaS solutions (technologies to be confirmed) 
• Lead technical execution of product-related, end-to-end customer and business operations and experiences
• Inform and influence relevant stakeholders to deliver and support successful DevOps functionality
• Partners with peers within Digital drive the continuous improvement of service processes, user experiences, and application optimization in alignment with business stakeholders
• Quickly understand the current state of DevOps and bring the knowledge and experience to chart the course to daily releases for hundreds of products on dozens of technologies  
• Technical expert in DevOps and reliability engineering skilled at YAML pipeline creation, strong experience with AWS and AWS Code Deploy, hands on experience with GitHub Actions, Static Code Analysis, Kubernetes, AMIs, Ansible 

Key Functional Requirements & Qualifications:

• Experience working in agile cross-functional teams 
• You are curious, have excellent analytical capabilities, and have the drive to find solutions and strong problem-solving skills 
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly 
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment; ability to manage multiple priorities  
• Drives proof of concept implementations 
• Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and in writing 

Key Technical Requirements & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering or similar field 
• Experience in Python, Shell scripting 
• Experience in GIT-based source code management systems (GitHub, GitLab) and Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) practices (GitHub Actions) 
• Experience in automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications 
• Experience in specifying Infrastructure as a code (Terraform, Ansible) 
• Experience in Linux based operating systems 
• Experience with cloud-based services (AWS,) 
• Experience in agile development processes and DevOps methodology / principals 
• Experience in data storage technologies (Object, structured, and unstructured) 
• Familiarity with fundamentals of networking concepts 

Nice To Have:

• Experience with monitoring and dashboarding solutions like Google Analytics, PowerBI, Grafana, Prometheus, and MLFlow is a plus 
• Experience with code quality and security solutions like SonarQube and Checkmarx is a plus 
• Experience with artifact and container repositories like Artifactory and ECR is a plus 
• Experience with Identity and Access Management solutions like Keycloak is a plus 
• Experience applying FinOps, SecOps, and GitOps principles in practice is a plus 
• Experience with distributed systems (Spark, Hadoop) is a plus 
• Knowledge of SQL and relational databases (AWS RDS) is a plus 
• Experience in Integration Services (Informatica Cloud, Airflow) is a plus 
• Experience in cloud-based machine learning platforms (Databricks, AWS Sagemaker) is a plus 
• Experience in Data warehousing solutions (Snowflake, AWS Redshift) is a plus 
• Experience in working within compliance (e.g.: quality, regulatory - data privacy, GxP, SOX) and cybersecurity requirements is a plus  
• Relevant cloud certifications are a plus 
• For more senior roles, mentoring and/or technology evangelism/advocacy experience is a plus 

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

CAN EEO Language

Sanofi is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Our goal is to attract, develop and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified applicants.  Accommodations for persons with disabilities required during the recruitment process are available upon request. 

Thank you in advance for your interest. 

Only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. 

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