Lead DevOps Engineer

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This role is in support of Cencora's global pharma consulting services marketed through our PharmaLex business. The purpose of this role is to own and lead the DevOps function, helping teams ship software faster and more safely by building and improving Azure infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, driving automation and a shift-left culture, and mentoring engineers — based in Poland or the UK.

• Define and drive the DevOps Vision and using Agile best practices
• Set direction, standards, and best practices for the team
• Lead the design of scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure and delivery pipelines
• Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines for multiple applications and services
• Align DevOps initiatives with engineering, product, and business goals
• Ensure high-quality engineering is demonstrated across the team
• Design, deploy and maintain cloud infrastructure (Azure)
• Mentor engineers and promote knowledge sharing
• Facilitate clear communication between the different departments
• Advocate DevOps culture across the teams looking to shift-left wherever possible

• 6+ years in DevOps/Cloud/Platform Engineering roles
• 2+ years in a technical leadership or team lead capacity
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (VMs/networking/Storage, AKS, App Services, Keyvault)
• Deep experience with Kubernetes in production environments
• Strong infrastructure as code experience, mainly Terraform/Helm
• Strong CI/CD experience, ideally with Azure DevOps
• Functional development/coding ability with at least one language - Golang/Python/PowerShell/bash
• Strong understanding of networking, security, and cloud architecture
• Experience working in cross-functional engineering teams
• Familiar with observability platforms
• Cloudflare/Edge/WAF knowledge - will be a plus
• LLM experience - will be a plus
• Minimum of 5 GCSEs at grades A–C (9–4) including Maths and English, or equivalent high school diploma

Salary range (gross, Poland): 27,000 – 35,000 PLN per month.

What Cencora offers: Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.

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Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements.