Senior DevOps Engineer

As a Senior DevOps Engineer you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.

What you will be doing:

• Design, develop, deploy, and manage automated CI/CD pipelines to support rapid, continuous delivery of features and updates.
• Architect, deploy, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS (with flexibility to leverage Azure when needed) and orchestrate containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Work closely with application development teams to seamlessly integrate DevOps processes with business applications, ensuring operational excellence and rapid troubleshooting.
• Implement comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions (e.g., Prometheus, ELK Stack, AWS CloudWatch) to continuously assess system performance, ensure high availability, and optimize resource usage.
• Work closely with Global Security Team to enforce infrastructure security best practices, manage authentication/authorization protocols (OAuth, OIDC, SAML), and ensure compliance with data protection and industry regulatory standards.
• Keep abreast of emerging DevOps trends, tools, and methodologies to continually innovate and enhance system capabilities and operational efficiency.

You are:

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Over 8 years of experience in DevOps, infrastructure automation, or a related role.
• Proven expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), with hands-on experience in deploying and managing containerized applications.
• Strong proficiency in scripting and programming (e.g., .NET, Python, Java) for developing infrastructure automation tools.
• In-depth understanding of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure monitoring, logging tools, and performance optimization.
• Solid knowledge of security frameworks and compliance standards relevant to cloud and infrastructure environments.

What ICON can offer you:

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximise savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others

Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON: https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know through the form below.

https://careers.iconplc.com/reasonable-accommodations

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.