Full Stack Operations Engineer

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

About the Tech@Lilly Organization: 

Tech@Lilly builds and maintains capabilities using cutting edge technologies like most prominent tech companies. What differentiates Tech@Lilly is that we create new possibilities through tech to advance our purpose – creating medicines that make life better for people around the world, like data driven drug discovery and connected clinical trials. We hire the best technology professionals from a variety of backgrounds, so they can bring an assortment of knowledge, skills, and diverse thinking to deliver innovative solutions in every area of the enterprise. 
 

About the Business Function: 

Tech@Lilly Business Units is a global organization strategically positioned so that through information and technology leadership and solutions, we create meaningful connections and remarkable experiences, so people feel genuinely cared for. The Business Unit organization is accountable for designing, developing, and supporting commercial or customer engagement services and capabilities that span multiple Business Units (Bio-Medicines, Diabetes, Oncology, International), functions, geographies, and digital channels. The areas supported by Business Unit includes: Customer Operations, Marketing and Commercial Operations, Medical Affairs, Market Research, Pricing, Reimbursement and Access, Customer Support Programs, Digital Production and Distribution, Global Patient Outcomes, and Real-World Evidence. 
 

Job Title: Full Stack Operations Engineer (6–8 Years Experience)

The Full Stack Operations Engineer is responsible for ensuring the seamless deployment, performance, reliability, and scalability of full stack applications. This role bridges development and operations by automating infrastructure, managing CI/CD pipelines, monitoring application health, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to maintain production-grade environments. With expertise across the tech stack—from cloud services and backend APIs to container orchestration and observability—this role plays a critical part in enabling rapid, reliable, and secure software delivery.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Manage end-to-end deployment pipelines, CI/CD workflows, and cloud infrastructure for modern web applications.
• Monitor and support full stack application performance, reliability, and availability across production and staging environments.
• Implement and maintain automated deployment scripts and infrastructure-as-code using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Collaborate with developers and architects to optimize backend logic, database access, and cloud service integrations.
• Design and manage secure, scalable cloud architectures on AWS (Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, RDS, S3, Secrets Manager, etc.).
• Maintain observability tooling (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.) for real-time monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Coordinate incident response and root cause analysis, driving continuous improvements to operational resilience.
• Support microservices and APIs built in Python, Node.js, or Django, ensuring uptime and performance in production environments.
• Integrate automated testing and validation at various stages of the delivery pipeline.
• Conduct infrastructure audits and enforce compliance/security best practices.

How You Will Succeed:

• Deliver scalable, fault-tolerant solutions by leveraging automation, monitoring, and resilient architectures.
• Demonstrate ownership in incident management, system uptime, and operational KPIs.
• Collaborate effectively with developers, QA, security, and business teams to streamline releases and feedback loops.
• Identify opportunities to optimize cloud costs, reduce latency, and improve service reliability.
• Drive operational excellence through documentation, proactive risk mitigation, and governance.

What You Should Bring:

• Strong foundation in full stack technologies with hands-on experience in backend development (Python, Node.js) and infrastructure operations.
• Expertise in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Practical experience in deploying and managing applications on AWS (Lambda, ECS, S3, RDS, CloudFront, Secrets Manager).
• Good understanding of networking, VPC, load balancers, DNS, and firewall/security group configuration.
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and scripting (Shell, Python).
• Familiarity with monitoring tools like CloudWatch, New Relic, ELK stack, or Prometheus/Grafana.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Working knowledge of testing frameworks and automated test integration.
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles, Agile methodologies, and release management.

Basic Qualifications and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 6–8 years of professional experience in full stack development and cloud operations.
• Proven success in managing production workloads, handling incidents, and deploying resilient systems.
• Proficient in using Git, branching strategies, and managing version control.
• Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible or AWS Systems Manager.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex system issues across distributed environments.

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Domain knowledge in healthcare, pharmaceutical master data (Customer, Product, Alignment, Activity, Consent), or regulated industries is a plus.
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or CKAD.
• Experience with audit, compliance, and data privacy in cloud environments.
• Experience managing large-scale enterprise deployments in Agile/Scrum environments.

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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