Sr Staff Devops Engineer

Bring more to life. 

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?  

At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.   

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life. 

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.  

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career. 

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible. 

The Sr Staff DevOps Engineer is responsible for hands‑on delivery and technical leadership of DevOps and release engineering platforms, ensuring automation, reliability, and compliance across enterprise software delivery. 

This position reports to the Sr Staff DevOps Engineer and is part of the Enterprise Engineering team and will be a Global role.

What you will do: 

• Design, build, and operate CI/CD pipelines and DevOps platforms supporting modern, cloud‑native applications  

• Implement and improve automation across build, test, release, and deployment processes with an automation‑first mindset  

• Actively contribute to platform reliability, scalability, and performance through monitoring, alerting, and proactive improvements  

• Support release engineering activities, including versioning, deployment strategies, and environment management  

• Implement DevSecOps practices, including security scanning, policy enforcement, and compliance controls in pipelines  

• Collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams to enable efficient and reliable software delivery  

• Contribute to modernization initiatives such as containerization, microservices CI/CD patterns, Infrastructure as Code, and GitOps workflows  

• Troubleshoot and resolve pipeline, deployment, and platform issues, participating in incident response and root cause analysis  

• Help define and improve operational metrics (e.g., pipeline performance, deployment success, reliability indicators)  

• Contribute to toolchain evaluation, adoption, and continuous improvement initiatives under guidance from DevOps leadership  

• Share knowledge, mentor less experienced engineers, and promote DevOps best practices within delivery teams 

Who you are:  

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field  

• Strong hands‑on experience in DevOps, release engineering, or platform engineering roles  

• Solid expertise in CI/CD tooling, cloud platforms, and DevSecOps practices  

• Practical experience with container technologies, cloud‑native architectures, and Infrastructure as Code  

• Experience working in Agile product teams and supporting iterative software delivery  

• Familiarity with enterprise standards, security requirements, and regulated environments (e.g., SOX, GxP)  

• Strong problem‑solving skills with a proactive and collaborative mindset  

• Ability to work effectively in a global, distributed team environment  

• Relevant DevOps, cloud, or platform certifications are a plus