Senior DevOps Engineer

About McKesson Compile

Established in 1833, McKesson is a US Fortune 10 global leader in healthcare supply chain management solutions, retail pharmacy, healthcare technology, community oncology, and specialty care. We partner with life sciences companies, manufacturers, providers, pharmacies, governments, and other healthcare organizations to help provide the right medicines, medical products, and healthcare services to the right patients at the right time, safely and cost effectively.

Based in Bangalore India, McKesson Compile’s data is a comprehensive, full linked system of record for the US Healthcare market, with intelligence on 2M+ healthcare professionals (HCPs) and over 800K facilities. Compile’s data includes high capture medical and pharmacy claims, closed capture Medicare claims (100%), along with best-in-class provider affiliations and customer master.

At McKesson we deliver careers with purpose and potential. Our focus on better health starts with creating an inclusive environment with strong values where you can build a fulfilling career. You can count on us to provide you with resources and opportunities to grow and be your best, while contributing to our pursuit of improving lives.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experiencedSenior DevOps Engineer to join McKesson Specialty Health Technology Products LLC. This role is heavily focused onapplication support, production stability, and operational excellence in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

The ideal candidate will play a critical role in supporting and optimizingCI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and application platforms, ensuring high availability, reliability, and performance across multiple environments. You will work closely withDevelopment, QA, Database, and SRE teams to support the fullsoftware development lifecycle (SDLC), production operations, and release management.

This role requires strong experience inproduction support, incident management, and proactive monitoring, along with a clear understanding of thecriticality of healthcare production systemsand requires working in a rotating 24x5 support model, with quarterly shift rotations and periodic primary/secondary on-call responsibilities, including weekend coverage.

Key Responsibilities

• Application & Production Support

  • Provide L2/L3 support for applications running inAzure AKS Kubernetes clusters.

  • Actively monitor production systems usingDynatrace, Azure Monitor, and other observability tools.

  • Handleon-call support, respond to incidents, perform troubleshooting, and driveroot cause analysis (RCA).

  • Ensure system stability, performance, and quick resolution of production issues.
     

• CI/CD & Release Management

  • Design, maintain, and support CI/CD pipelines usingGitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps.

  • Supportrelease deployments across environments (DEV, QA, PROD).

  • Collaborate with teams to improverelease cycles, deployment reliability, and rollback strategies.

  • Ensure smooth coordination during releases with Dev, QA, and DB teams.
     

• Cloud & Platform Operations

  • Manage and supportAzure cloud infrastructure, including AKS, networking, and storage.

  • Work withKubernetes (AKS) for application deployment, scaling, and troubleshooting.

  • Supportservice mesh (Istio) configurations and traffic management.
     

• Automation & Infrastructure

  • Implement automation using scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell, terraform,) to improve operational efficiency.

  • Support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices where applicable.

  • Automating repetitive task through Agentic AI
     

• Monitoring, Logging & Security

  • Utilize tools likeDynatrace, Azure Monitor, and logging platforms to ensure observability.

  • Integrate and support security and code quality tools such asWiz CLI and SonarQube.

  • Proactively identify potential risks and ensure compliance with enterprise security standards.
     

• Cross-Team Collaboration

  • Work closely withDevelopment, QA, Database, and SRE teams to resolve issues and improve system performance.

  • Support troubleshooting across application layers including APIs, services, and databases.

  • Participate in troubleshooting war rooms and critical incident calls.
     

• ServiceNow & Operational Excellence

  • Manage and track incidents, changes, and service requests usingServiceNow.

  • Ensure proper documentation, ticket updates, and adherence toSLA/OLA expectations.

  • Contribute torunbooks, SOPs, and knowledge base documentation.
     

• Continuous Improvement & Mentorship

  • Mentor junior engineers and improve overall DevOps and operational practices.

  • Identify automation and optimization opportunities to reduce manual effort.

  • Drive adoption of DevOps best practices with a focus on reliability and supportability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).

• 3+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or application support roles.

• Strong experience inproduction support and incident management.

• Hands-on experience with:

  • CI/CD tools: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps

  • Cloud: Azure (preferred)

  • Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (AKS)

  • Service Mesh: Istio

  • Monitoring: Dynatrace, Azure Monitor

  • Security/Quality Tools: Wiz CLI, SonarQube

  • ITSM: ServiceNow

• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash).

• Experience supportingfull SDLC, releases, and multi-environment deployments.

• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues acrossapplications, infrastructure, and databases.

• Strong understanding ofproduction criticality, uptime requirements, and healthcare systems sensitivity.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work across multiple teams.

• Willingness to participate inon-call rotation and support critical systems.

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