Agilent Technologies: DevOps & Platform Engineer (AWS / CI/CD)

Job Description

Agilent’s CrossLab Connect team is seeking an expert-level DevOps Software Engineer to design, build, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and deployment automation across a hybrid cloud and on-premise ecosystem.

This role combines DevOps engineering, cloud architecture, and software development, requiring strong experience in automation, scripting, and full-stack engineering support. The position supports critical delivery pipelines and helps scale engineering capabilities by consolidating responsibility for CI/CD and DevOps operations, while also contributing to application development when needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, and GitHub Enterprise

• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS-native tools and automation frameworks

• Build and optimize cloud-native deployment pipelines on AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, ECS/EKS)

• Develop and maintain containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes orchestration

• Implement automation scripts using Bash, PowerShell, and Python

• Support continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment (CI/CD) best practices

• Improve build automation, release engineering, and software delivery lifecycle (SDLC) processes

• Implement monitoring, observability, and alerting using tools such as Sentry, New Relic

• Collaborate with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) on system reliability, scalability, and performance optimization

• Manage multi-tenant distributed systems and microservices architectures

• Support database operations (SQL and NoSQL), including performance tuning, migrations, and data lifecycle management

• Contribute to application development using modern programming languages and frameworks

• Support API development, testing, and integration using tools such as Postman and curl

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

• 8+ years of experience in:

  • DevOps engineering

  • Cloud architecture

  • Software development

• Strong hands-on experience with:

  • CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions

  • Cloud platforms: AWS (preferred)

  • Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes

  • Version control: Git

• Strong programming and scripting experience in:

  • C# / .NET

  • JavaScript / TypeScript

  • Python

  • Bash / Shell scripting

  • PowerShell

• Experience with:

  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (CloudFormation, Terraform preferred)

  • Microservices and distributed systems

  • REST APIs and API integrations

• Knowledge of:

  • Monitoring & observability tools (New Relic, Sentry)

  • SSO / Identity management (Okta)

• Strong understanding of:

  • Software development lifecycle (SDLC)

  • DevOps best practices and automation frameworks

• Ability to work effectively in globally distributed Agile teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with:

  • .NET Core / ASP.NET