DevOps Engineer

IQVIA™ is the leading human data science company focused on helping healthcare clients find unparalleled insights and better solutions for patients. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness the power of healthcare data, domain expertise, transformative technology, and advanced analytics to drive healthcare forward.

The DevOps Engineer assists with the identification, development, customization, implementation and support of complex systems and solutions to address business requirements.   At ValueCentric (an IQVIA company), we are looking for a talented and enthusiastic candidate to join our team. We are a very close group with big ambitions, so communication and collaboration are key to success in this role.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure software flexibility, scalability and reuse. Work with colleagues to promote best practices and standards in software design and development.
• Manage and provide support for continuous improvement and viability of integrated 3rd party applications.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external groups to document, deliver, and maintain high-value solutions that conform to business requirements.
• Maintain and optimize integrations adding quality assurance including static code analysis, security scanning, dependency analysis and test automation runs
• Own the relationship with an external vendor to manage our PHI De-ID processing site that is crucial to our specialty business.
• Align with and support SDLC and Change Management/Change Control policies
• Maintain an in-depth understanding of company/division technical strategy and direction in order to deliver consistency, maintainability, and quality balanced against delivery deadlines
• Engage with development/test teams to adopt continuously improving best practices for software delivery
• Work with other IT groups to improve automation of infrastructure provisioning and configuration
• Work with production system operators to improve application health monitoring and feedback to development and TechOps teams
• Document best practices and guidance
• Assist with various projects as assigned by a direct supervisor
  

Skills:

• The tasks are varied and complex, so the desired candidate needs to be able to change focus at a moment’s notice, pick up new technology on the fly, and become effective quickly.
• Understanding how to script, whether it is in Python, Perl, Ruby, or basic shell scripting, is critical to the role in order to take manual processes and automate them.
• Our environment is primarily Linux and therefore vast knowledge and experience in Linux will be essential for success.
• Security is a priority. Understanding security models and compliance is critical
• Maintain existing software applications and infrastructure helping to evolve it with continuous improvements
• Outstanding communication skills are required. The ideal candidate will be able to explain complex concepts in clear and understandable terms. The will be pro-active with their messaging and ensure the entire team is aware of all ongoing developments.
• A great attitude and willingness to constantly learn is what we need, specifically someone who maintains a positive attitude and encourages the team to constantly improve. Treating people with respect, dignity and kindness is the behavior we’re looking for.
• At times, this position requires working with applications and hardware processing sensitive data and therefore HIPAA or PHI data procedural knowledge is a plus.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent experience
• Good understanding of DevOps concepts
• Experience with Linux and Windows VMs (VMWare)
• Understanding build and release engineering or configuration management
• Experience with source control tools (Git, Subversion, TFS, etc.)
• Experience with configuration management and automation tools is a big plus
• Understanding of Agile development, continuous deployment and continuous integration
• Experience with Oracle and SQL Server
• Strong ability to troubleshoot and solve problems independently
• Willing to work in a fast pace and multitasking environment

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Making a positive impact on human health takes insight, curiosity, and intellectual courage. It takes brave minds, pushing the boundaries to transform healthcare. Regardless of your role, you will have the opportunity to play an important part in helping our clients drive healthcare forward and ultimately improve outcomes for patients.

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