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Abbott · 2 months ago

Senior Manager Infrastructure & Delivery Operations

Alameda, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$149K/yr - $297K/yr

10+ years exp

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. They are seeking a Senior Manager Infrastructure & Delivery Operations to lead the evolution of their global platform infrastructure and delivery practices, focusing on enabling faster and safer delivery through modern DevOps and scalable backend foundations.

BiotechnologyEmergency MedicineGeneticsHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsManufacturingMedicalMedical DeviceNutritionPharmaceutical

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Guide the design and evolution of distributed microservices, REST/GraphQL APIs, and event-driven systems that power our data and user experiences

Ensure enterprise-grade code quality, secure coding practices, and scalable design patterns (DDD, reactive programming)

Drive performance optimization, ensuring p95/p99 latency targets are consistently met

Partner with multi-region delivery teams to align backend architecture and operational standards

Define and maintain standards for Infrastructure-as-Code, Kubernetes orchestration (multi-region, HA clusters), and service meshes

Oversee CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies (blue/green, canary), leveraging modern toolchains to accelerate delivery

Ensure observability, monitoring, and logging frameworks deliver actionable insights, not just metrics

Partner with Security and Compliance teams to maintain regulatory alignment (HIPAA, GDPR, ISO)

Optimize for scalability, cost, and simplicity across multi-region deployments

Collaborate with Product, Data, and Security leaders to shape platform roadmaps and unblock execution

Identify capability gaps, lead architecture reviews, and drive build-vs-buy and standardization decisions

Champion developer experiences improvements through automation and shared tooling

Support release cadence and global delivery readiness in partnership with Release Management and QA

Qualification

JavaSpring BootCloud InfrastructureDevOpsDistributed MicroservicesEvent-driven SystemsKubernetesInfrastructure-as-CodeCI/CD AutomationPerformance TuningObservabilityStakeholder CommunicationTechnical Leadership

Required

10+ years combined experience in backend engineering (Java/Spring Boot) and cloud infrastructure/DevOps

4+ years in technical leadership or engineering management roles

Proven success in implementing distributed microservices architectures

Proven success in implementing event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ or equivalent)

Proven success in implementing database scaling strategies

Proven success in implementing multi-region cloud deployments with enterprise security requirements

Knowledge of CI/CD automation and deployment strategies

Knowledge of Kubernetes and IaC (Terraform or equivalent)

Knowledge of observability, monitoring, and performance tuning

Strong track record of leading teams and delivering enterprise-grade systems at scale

Preferred

Background in digital health, IoT, or other regulated industries (HIPAA, GDPR)

Familiarity with distributed analytics platforms (Databricks, Spark)

Experience defining SLAs/SLOs and leading capacity planning for high-throughput workloads

Strong stakeholder communication skills; ability to present technical strategy to executives and cross-functional partners

Benefits

Free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.

An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.

Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

Company

Abbott

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Abbott is a healthcare company that produces diagnostic kits, medical devices, nutritional products, and branded generic medicines.

Founded in 1888

Illinois City, Illinois, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.abbott.com

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