Agilent Technologies · 12 hours ago
AVP Platform Engineering & DevOps
US-CA-Santa Clara
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$232K/yr - $363K/yr
7+ years expAgilent Technologies Inc. is a global leader in the life sciences, diagnostics, and applied markets, delivering insight and innovation that advance the quality of life. The role involves leading the development and scaling of the internal platform for the global R&D organization, focusing on architecting and operating engineering infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms to enhance software delivery efficiency.
BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsLife SciencePharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Own the design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise-wide CI/CD pipelines across the R&D organization, leveraging tools such as Azure DevOps, GitLab, and Jenkins
Establish a standardized, scalable platform that accelerates developer productivity and software delivery consistency
Define and enforce platform engineering best practices across teams and regions
Lead adoption of Infrastructure as Code principles across all environments, including compute, networking, container orchestration (Kubernetes), and artifact management
Drive cloud-native platform capabilities across AWS and Azure environments to support SaaS and hybrid deployments
Ensure platforms are reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient
Evolve operations from reactive monitoring to predictive, AI-enabled observability, proactively identifying and resolving performance and scalability risks
Establish operational metrics, dashboards, and feedback loops to continuously improve platform reliability and availability
Partner with Security and Compliance teams to embed automated security and compliance controls directly into CI/CD pipelines
Ensure regulatory and quality requirements are met through automation, without introducing friction into developer workflows
Lead and develop global platform engineering and DevOps teams
Harmonize tools, processes, and ways of working across diverse engineering organizations
Foster a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and customer-centric platform thinking
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
7+ years of progressive leadership experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or cloud infrastructure roles
Demonstrated experience scaling cloud-based or SaaS platforms in complex, global environments
Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence senior technical stakeholders
Platform Engineering & DevOps Leadership
CI/CD Architecture & Automation
Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure)
Infrastructure as Code & Kubernetes
AI-Enabled Monitoring & Operations
DevSecOps & Compliance Automation
Strong communication, collaboration, and people leadership skills
Benefits
Bonus
Stock
Benefits
Company
Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies addresses the scientific and laboratory management needs of analytical scientists and clinical researchers.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$500M2019-09-05Post Ipo Debt· $500M
1999-11-26IPO
Leadership Team
Mike McMullen
CEO and President
Padraig McDonnell
President and CEO
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