Senior Software Engineer (DevOps)

Job description

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a measurable impact in life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology? At Phenomenex, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work directly contributes to improving and saving lives. We foster an inclusive, high-performance culture where diverse perspectives matter, and where Danaher’s system of continuous improvement enables ideas to scale into real-world impact—at the speed of life. Founded nearly 40 years ago, Phenomenex is a global technology leader delivering innovative analytical chemistry solutions that power scientific discovery and ensure the quality of everyday essentials—from food and water to medicines. Join our global team and help accelerate the future of science and human health. We are seeking a DevOps Engineer – Azure Cloud & Software Release to drive the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of Phenomenex’s digital platforms. This role is centered on cloud infrastructure, software delivery, and platform operations, with responsibility for designing secure, automated, and scalable Azure-based environments that support enterprise applications and digital experiences. The role partners closely with frontend, backend, platform, and enterprise teams to establish efficient deployment processes, observability standards, and infrastructure governance while maintaining ownership of DevOps practices and release management. AI-enabled capabilities are viewed as a strategic enabler and future-facing competency, complementing—rather than defining—the core responsibilities of this role. In this role you will be responsible for:Own and define the DevOps and cloud infrastructure strategy for enterprise-scale digital platforms on Microsoft Azure and lead CI/CD, automation, and deployment modernization initiatives. Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available Azure environments using Infrastructure-as-Code practices, ensuring platform reliability, resilience, and operational excellence. Establish and govern software release management processes, deployment standards, monitoring frameworks, and operational best practices across development, staging, and production environments. Partner with engineering, architecture, and business teams to understand application integrations, system communication patterns, data flows, and operational dependencies while maintaining architecture documentation, technical diagrams, and platform knowledge repositories. The required qualifications for the job include:Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field. 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Operations, Infrastructure Engineering, or Production Engineering roles. Hands-on expertise with Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps, Git, Azure CLI, PowerShell, scripting, and CI/CD automation, including experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code solutions. Strong understanding of enterprise application architecture, system integrations, data flows, database technologies (RDBMS), and troubleshooting across distributed systems and cloud environments. Demonstrated experience working in Agile/Scrum environments using tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, MS Project, and Miro, along with strong technical documentation and diagramming skills. It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:Experience with Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker, container orchestration, and modern cloud-native architectures. Working knowledge of Python, PowerShell, or other scripting languages for automation, monitoring, and operational efficiency initiatives. Experience implementing observability solutions using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Grafana, or comparable monitoring platforms. Exposure to AI-enabled capabilities, MLOps, platform engineering, or intelligent automation initiatives within enterprise environments. Experience supporting regulated industries such as life sciences, diagnostics, healthcare, or other compliance-driven environments. Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life. For more information, visit www.danaher.com.