Exelixis · 3 months ago
Staff Engineer - DevOps
Alameda, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $199K/yr
7+ years expExelixis is a growing company looking for a Staff Engineer – DevOps to enhance its IT Infrastructure. This role focuses on designing and creating cloud-based products and services, including cloud automation tools and CI/CD pipelines, while collaborating with application support teams to improve Microsoft platform integrations.
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Responsibilities
Enterprise Azure Landing Zone Greenfield Deployment: Architect, deploy, and optimize new Azure Landing Zones to establish secure, scalable, and compliant cloud environments from the ground up
GitHub CI/CD Pipelines: Design, implement, and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using GitHub Actions to streamline application delivery and infrastructure automation
M365 Governance via Code and 3rd Party Governance Tools: Develop and enforce Microsoft 365 governance policies using infrastructure-as-code approaches and integrate third-party governance solutions to ensure compliance, security, and operational efficiency
Entra ID Management via Code: Automate the management of Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) resources and policies using code-based solutions to enhance identity lifecycle management, access controls, and security posture
Assist in the development of technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity
Participates in the successful completion of major initiatives or programs and leads small to medium size standard projects
Participate in end-to-end development processes, from ideation through CI/CD, security scanning, and production monitoring
Implement improvements to overall processes and development procedures
Applies complex and often long term strategies on specific projects
Participates in the successful completion of major initiatives or programs and leads small to medium size standard projects
Partner with Product and Business stakeholders to prioritize features and help set technical or business objectives of assignments
Represents the department as the prime technical contact on contracts and projects
Document infrastructure and work instructions for systems and applications, including architecture diagrams, runbooks and code-level commits / READMEs
Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and resolution for critical system issues
Serve as the SME for assigned capabilities, providing technical leadership and guidance
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 7 years of related experience; or
Associate's degree and 9 years of experience; or
Equivalent combination of education or years of experience
Technical certification may be required
At least 7 years of experience in cloud infrastructure in a highly available and production environment
Advanced level knowledge of Microsoft Azure, especially with services related to hosting: Azure Virtual Machines, Azure SQL Database, Azure Automation, Azure Active Directory, etc
Intermediate level knowledge with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, especially Terraform
Preferred
Azure DevOps Engineer or similar Azure certification preferred
Benefits
401k plan with generous company contributions
Group medical, dental and vision coverage
Life and disability insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Discretionary annual bonus program
Sales-based incentive plan
Opportunity to purchase company stock
Receive long-term incentives
15 accrued vacation days in their first year
17 paid holidays including a company-wide winter shutdown in December
Up to 10 sick days throughout the calendar year
Company
Exelixis
Exelixis works is focused on discovering, developing and commercializing therapies for the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (39)
2024 (25)
2023 (25)
2022 (28)
2021 (29)
2020 (15)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$514MKey Investors
Deerfield
2015-07-23Post Ipo Equity· $135M
2012-02-16Post Ipo Equity· $65M
2010-06-03Post Ipo Debt· $160M
Leadership Team
Michael Morrissey
President and CEO
Christopher Senner
Executive Vice President and CFO
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