Software Development Engineer III (Jira Engineering)

Would you like to take your full stack engineering skills and help deliver the world's most advanced and life-changing biotech medicines by building creative and ground-breaking software frameworks? Amgen is using cloud technology, DevSecOps frameworks, and migration and continuous deployment pipelines to create new drug therapies for patients that address grievous illnesses. We are seeking a Software Development Engineer with a Jira/Confluence focus to fill a position in Amgen's newly built Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE) team. Our small product team is a high-energy, tight-knit group who builds our DevSecOps framework used globally by Amgen development teams.

This position focuses on developing, improving, and supporting the Jira and Confluence services built into our CI/CD framework for all software teams across Amgen. Our framework is built using opensource and AWS services, with Jira and Confluence used to handle the agile process integration. Our framework runs custom code development, DataOps, as well as tests and deploys Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) applications into Amgen's cloud environment. We are currently extending our capabilities to integrate serverless and microservices CI/CD pipelines with AWS.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work with the core development team to add, refactor, and improve Jira capabilities across our continuous CI/CD pipeline services

• Participate in efforts to design, build, and develop rapid Proof-of-Concept (POC) solutions from Atlassian to determine their value in our pipeline. Quickly and iteratively prove or disprove the concepts being considered.

• Work with our scientific and client teams to provide consulting services that help them better use our Jira and DevSecOps services

• Provide guidance and expertise to the Office of the CIO to modernize Amgen's product teams and provide better standardization of development processes

• Be an integral member of the core DevOps/DataOps development team and help develop, test, deploy, and operate the service 24x7x365 globally.

Basic Qualifications

Doctorate degree

OR

Master's degree and 2 years of related experience

OR

Bachelor's degree and 4 years of related experience

OR

Associate degree and 10 years of directly related experience

OR

High School Diploma / GED and 12 years of experience

Preferred Qualifications

• BS or MS in computer science or related field
• 3+ years of experience as a full stack software development engineer shipping successful commercial products and/or services to customers using a SDLC process from start to finish
• 3+ years leading Jira and Confluence administration in a commercial product development environment
• Experience leading and balancing an effective support team who consult, fix problems, and train users on Jira and software engineering methodologies
• Experience using one or more general purpose programming languages, including but not limited to: Java, C, C++, Swift/Objective C, Python, Go, C#, or JavaScript.
• Knowledge and experience using containers (Docker) and Kubernetes
• Willing and able to learn new technology and mentor other specialists
• Leadership and communication skills to work with client partners in constructive and positive engagements

Our culture is what makes Amgen a special place to work. We have a powerful shared purpose around our mission - to serve patients. We respect one another, recognize contributions, and have embedded collaboration, trust, empowerment and inclusion in all that we do.

We equip all our staff members to live well-rounded, healthy lives. Amgen provides benefits for transgender employees and continues to pride itself on industry-leading, family-friendly offerings for families of all compositions. Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and uses its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Join Us

If you're seeking a career where you can truly make a difference in the lives of others, a career where you can work at the absolute forefront of biotechnology with the top minds in the field, you'll find it at Amgen.

Amgen, a biotechnology pioneer, discovers, develops and delivers innovative human therapeutics. Our medicines have helped millions of patients in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other but compete intensely to win. Together, we live the Amgen values as we continue advancing science to serve patients.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.