Eli Lilly and Company · 2 months ago
Associate Director – Platform Operations, Linux and Storage Backup
US, Indianapolis IN
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$132K/yr - $194K/yr
7+ years expEli Lilly and Company is a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, dedicated to making life better for people around the world. They are seeking an Associate Director for Platform Operations to lead the Linux and Storage/Backup operations team, focusing on enhancing infrastructure availability and reliability through AI and automation.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Maintain service operations to ensure sustainability
Incident, Change, Service Request and Problem management
Maintaining, tracking, and reporting of service levels
Manage day-to-day operations and enhance systems, processes, and best practices
Collaborate with other Tech@Lilly functions and stakeholders to align operations with organizational objectives
Manage an infrastructure budget with a focus on spend optimization across multiple vendor contracts, annual budget planning, and monthly forecast
Manage a high-performing team by challenging employees to continuously improve and deliver business-impacting results
Ensure individual growth through appropriate coaching, development/career planning, and talent identification
Prioritize operational workload and escalation to ensure the team is focused on the most impactful work for the business
Provide expertise and leadership to turn ideas and concepts into effective solutions
Embrace an automation-first mindset and work with team to leverage scripting and exposure to various tools to automate processes and improve efficiency
Work closely with other IT teams and vendors to implement and support innovative solutions, fostering a collaborative environment
Assist in periodic external and internal audits of server environments and configurations to identify and mitigate risks
Ensure adherence to organizational security policies and regulatory compliance requirements
Optimize, configure, and maintain private cloud infrastructure capabilities
Build, configure, and maintain systems to enhance overall performance
Participate in incident response and root cause analysis to prevent recurrences, be available on-call as needed and participate in an on-call schedule
Able to work off-hours and weekends if needed for any major incidents/critical activities
Work under pressure to guide teams in resolving incidents quickly
Oversee changes to all infrastructure team, ensuring adherence to processes with minimal production impact
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's / master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field
7+ years' experience as a Platform/ Infrastructure operations leader
Demonstrated experience leading and managing operations of a global large-scale Infrastructure service
Benefits
Company bonus
401(k)
Pension
Vacation benefits
Medical benefits
Dental benefits
Vision benefits
Prescription drug benefits
Flexible benefits
Life insurance and death benefits
Time off and leave of absence benefits
Well-being benefits
Employee assistance program
Fitness benefits
Employee clubs and activities
Company
Eli Lilly and Company
We're a medicine company turning science into healing to make life better for people around the world.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.5M2024-02-12Post Ipo Debt· $6.5M
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
David Ricks
Chair, CEO
Lucas Montarce
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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