Senior DevOps Engineer

About McKesson Compile

Established in 1833 McKesson is a US Fortune 10 global leader in healthcare supply chain management solutions retail pharmacy healthcare technology community oncology and specialty care. We partner with life sciences companies manufacturers providers pharmacies governments and other healthcare organizations to help provide the right medicines medical products and healthcare services to the right patients at the right time safely and cost effectively.

Based in Bangalore India McKesson Compiles data is a comprehensive full linked system of record for the US Healthcare market with intelligence on 2M healthcare professionals (HCPs) and over 800K facilities. Compiles data includes high capture medical and pharmacy claims closed capture Medicare claims (100%) along with best-in-class provider affiliations and customer master.

At McKesson we deliver careers with purpose and potential. Our focus on better health starts with creating an inclusive environment with strong values where you can build a fulfilling career. You can count on us to provide you with resources and opportunities to grow and be your best while contributing to our pursuit of improving lives.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join McKesson Specialty Health Technology Products LLC. This role is heavily focused on application support production stability and operational excellence in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

The ideal candidate will play a critical role in supporting and optimizing CI/CD pipelines cloud infrastructure and application platforms ensuring high availability reliability and performance across multiple environments. You will work closely with Development QA Database and SRE teams to support the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) production operations and release management.

This role requires strong experience in production support incident management and proactive monitoring along with a clear understanding of the criticality of healthcare production systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Application & Production Support

  • Provide L2/L3 support for applications running in Azure AKS Kubernetes clusters.

  • Actively monitor production systems using Dynatrace Azure Monitor and other observability tools.

  • Handle on-call support respond to incidents perform troubleshooting and drive root cause analysis (RCA).

  • Ensure system stability performance and quick resolution of production issues.
    

• CI/CD & Release Management

  • Design maintain and support CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions Jenkins and Azure DevOps.

  • Support release deployments across environments (DEV QA PROD).

  • Collaborate with teams to improve release cycles deployment reliability and rollback strategies.

  • Ensure smooth coordination during releases with Dev QA and DB teams.
    

• Cloud & Platform Operations

  • Manage and support Azure cloud infrastructure including AKS networking and storage.

  • Work with Kubernetes (AKS) for application deployment scaling and troubleshooting.

  • Support service mesh (Istio) configurations and traffic management.
    

• Automation & Infrastructure

  • Implement automation using scripting (Python Bash PowerShell terraform ) to improve operational efficiency.

  • Support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices where applicable.

  • Automating repetitive task through Agentic AI
    

• Monitoring Logging & Security

  • Utilize tools like Dynatrace Azure Monitor and logging platforms to ensure observability.

  • Integrate and support security and code quality tools such as Wiz CLI and SonarQube.

  • Proactively identify potential risks and ensure compliance with enterprise security standards.
    

• Cross-Team Collaboration

  • Work closely with Development QA Database and SRE teams to resolve issues and improve system performance.

  • Support troubleshooting across application layers including APIs services and databases.

  • Participate in troubleshooting war rooms and critical incident calls.
    

• ServiceNow & Operational Excellence

  • Manage and track incidents changes and service requests using ServiceNow.

  • Ensure proper documentation ticket updates and adherence to SLA/OLA expectations.

  • Contribute to runbooks SOPs and knowledge base documentation.
    

• Continuous Improvement & Mentorship

  • Mentor junior engineers and improve overall DevOps and operational practices.

  • Identify automation and optimization opportunities to reduce manual effort.

  • Drive adoption of DevOps best practices with a focus on reliability and supportability.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).

• 3 years of experience in DevOps SRE or application support roles.

• Strong experience in production support and incident management.

• Hands-on experience with:

  • CI/CD tools: GitHub Actions Jenkins Azure DevOps

  • Cloud: Azure (preferred)

  • Containers & Orchestration: Docker Kubernetes (AKS)

  • Service Mesh: Istio

  • Monitoring: Dynatrace Azure Monitor

  • Security/Quality Tools: Wiz CLI SonarQube

  • ITSM: ServiceNow

• Strong scripting skills (Python Bash).

• Experience supporting full SDLC releases and multi-environment deployments.

• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across applications infrastructure and databases.

• Strong understanding of production criticality uptime requirements and healthcare systems sensitivity.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work across multiple teams.

• Willingness to participate in on-call rotation and support critical systems.

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