This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.

Principal Site Reliability Engineer 

Digital Platforms & Innovation 

 
Role Description 

Baxter International is seeking a skilled Principal Site Reliability Engineer to join our dynamic team on a mission to save and sustain lives through a growing portfolio of connected devices. In this role, you will be responsible for providing administration, operation and monitoring of customer facing digital health software applications and platforms deployed in the Baxer’s Azure cloud platform.  You will also be responsible for defining and documenting processes to ensure that required security, privacy and other compliance standards are maintained. 

Key Responsibilities 

Manage and administer Azure resources, including virtual machines, databases, and networking components.  

Define and document operating procedures to ensure required security, privacy and other compliance standards are maintained for digital solutions deployed in cloud.  

Manage and support the execution for Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP)​ 

Drive operational SLAs to maintain high level of Customer Satisfaction. Establish non-functional requirements to meet SLAs. 

Establish infrastructure and application monitoring dashboards and workflow for automatic routing of notifications. 

Define key performance indicators that can be monitored, measured, and used to derive opportunities.  

Standardize site metrics for stakeholders, reporting on various KPIs including SLAs, availability, capacity utilization, service metrics and cost utilization. 

Work closely with DevOps Engineers to automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment processes 

Key Qualifications 

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience). 

Prior working experience in Site Reliability Engineering managing cloud-based infrastructure and applications 

Enterprise related engineering experience in 24x7 uptime, regulated environments. Proven experience in Product, Platform, and system planning and operations.  

Proven experience in Azure administration and operations leveraging azure monitoring services. 

Azure certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator) are a plus. 

Working knowledge of related technologies including cloud, encryption, IPsec, VLANs, VPNs, routing, WAF/firewalls, proxy services, LAN/WAN connectivity, advanced security & threat protection. 

Experience with systems administration, including Windows and Linux environments. 

Experience in proactive approach to identifying problems, performance bottlenecks, and areas for improvement. 

Experience with Azure DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, Terraform, etc. are a plus 

Proficiency in scripting and automation tools (e.g., PowerShell, Bash). 

Excellent communication skills with a capacity to present, discuss, and explain issues coherently and logically, both in writing and verbally. 

Reasonable Accommodations

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