Associate Director - Infrastructure (DevOps) Engineering

Site Name: Bengaluru Luxor North Tower Posted Date: Dec 8 2022 Ready to help shape the future of healthcare? GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years. Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together. GSK is undergoing a strategic Tech Transformation which is underpinned by Five Tech Pillars, Robust Core, Future Proof Technology, Agile ways of working, Skills transformation and Strategic Partnering. These five pillars will enable GSK Core Tech and GSK to accomplish the IPT objectives as they are a cornerstone to GSK’s Science, Technology + Culture Strategy. This role is consistent with Tech’s goal to retain design roles under GSK to build capacity to drive End-User-Services (EUS) objectives and support mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following. This role is responsible for the delivery of App Hosting engineering. The role provides senior leadership in all aspects for delivering the design, deployment and operations of Compute products to be consumed by the business. The App Hosting products and services are global and are the foundation for GSK application hosting while delivering support 24x7x365. The position is not only responsible for the new products and services but is also responsible for the existing Compute and Database, Storage/Backup Services use. Responsibilities: - Lead a team of high performing individuals who deliver engineering to meet current and future needs for GSK. While providing both local and remote management and leadership. Transform the ways of working from a project-based to a product-based organization. Deliver the target architecture and engineering for the App Hosting products to be consumed globally by GSK. Work regularly with senior management to align expectations and deliverables. Deliver quality product against commitment while working in an Agile framework. Develop the strategic supplier to be an extension of the organization and provide elastic support for projects when required. Transform the IT operations team from a ticket-based organization to an intelligence operations team implementing ML/AI with the internal team and strategic supplier Provide leadership, direction and mentorship to engineering staff in the delivery of the App Hosting Architectural roadmap for Hosting solutions, ensuring fit-for-purpose, best-in-class, and currency. Oversee the delivery and engineering, ensuring that designs are scalable, resilient, extensible and secure. Ensure industry best practice is being followed for GSK's hosting, and regular health checks are being performed to ensure we are responding to any changes in the regulatory landscape and emerging security threats. Apply hardware design theories and principles, perform complex work in research, design and development of new or existing products, tools and processes required for the operation, maintenance and testing of products. Seek out emerging and established hosting industry trends, and makes proposals on changes, enhancements, and replacements of our existing identity tools through detailed analysis, proof of concepts and product comparisons. Provide escalation point to supplier when L4 support is needed We are looking for a professional and if you have these skills, we would like to speak to you. Qualifications 16– 20 years of experience. 10+ years of Infrastructure Engineering and Delivery experience. 6+ years in a role with proven success in running large compute teams supporting applications hosting. BSc degree, or equivalent technical qualification with relevant experience. Previous demonstratable excellent relationship building and communication skills. Broad understanding of application hosting services including but not limited to Compute, Containers, Storage/Backup, Database, Networking. Prior experience in successfully delivering enterprise programs across functional IT Teams. Proven experience with developing leaders and staff to be a high functioning team. Experience in working in Agile ways of working Experience in DevOPS tooling and automation Experience in developing Cloud based solutions in Azure and GCP. Experience with Linux, Windows and Unix Operating systems. At GSK we value diversity (Gender, LGBTQ +, PwD etc.) and treat all candidates equally. We aim to create an inclusive workplace where all employees feel engaged, supportive of one another, and know their work makes an important contribution.
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