Sr. Manager, DevOps Team Lead, Access Automation

Job Description

About This Role 
Biogen is seeking a proven DevOps Team Lead who has expertise pulling together the appropriate analysts, developers, configurators, testing, documentation, and other resources necessary to deliver a defined sprint (or set of sprints) as per an approved project. Often working with a set team focused on a particular subject or application area, the DevOps Team Lead functions as a very hands-on project manager that brings technical skill leadership to the team not just task and deadline management. The DevOps Team Lead will work with IT and business customers to gather requirements and work with the Stakeholder Success Lead or Product Owner in planning sprints and releases mindful of the overall plans for the application. This senior leader will report directly to the Head of Access Automation within our Cybersecurity organization and lead a team of ~3-5 development resources.  Access Automation is a cornerstone of Biogen’s application security and GXP/Quality compliance programs.  This role will ultimately impact every key application user in the corporation and is a critical customer-facing leadership position within our Cybersecurity organization. 

What You’ll Do 
•    Work directly with stakeholders and with Stakeholder Success Leads to ensure that Identity & Access Automation services meet their needs and expectations. 
•    Lead the hands-on design, development and integration of our next generation Access Automation solution
•    Ensure that sprints are of high quality and meet or exceed stakeholder expectations
•    Coordinate the efforts of development teams with that of operations teams to streamline the development process and build and evolve an automated, secure, and scalable continuous delivery pipeline with high-quality releases to end users.
•    Drive adoption and improvement of the Agile / DevOps approach to system development at Biogen. 
•    Increase the adoption of continuous build, inspection, testing, automated deployment and performance monitoring approaches to ensure maximum uptime and optimal performance in the Production environment.
•    Ensure that Access Automation solutions are delivered in compliance with organizational policies, standards, and regulatory requirements. Align with business governance bodies and procedures to ensure appropriate input across relevant stakeholder functions. 
•    Ensure that all IT solutions are delivered within the allocated budget targets. 
 

Qualifications

Who You Are 
You are resourceful and driven to deliver a superior customer experience. You have demonstrable experience troubleshooting complex processes, finding the root cause and driving continuous improvement.  You are able to adapt to different stakeholders’ technical abilities and communicate effectively with business and IT professionals. 

Required Skills 
•    8+ years of IT experience, including 3-5 years of service delivery, project management,  and/or service management across Identity platforms & services
•    Knowledge across Identity Governance Administration (IGA) platforms (Sailpoint), Identity Assurance platforms (MS Active Directory, Azure, Okta) and PAM platforms (CyberArk).
•    Stakeholder Relationship Management
•    Program/Project Management
•    Agile Methodology
•    Requirements Definition and Management 
•    Release and Deployment
•    Change Control
•    Systems Development Management
•    Integration and System Testing
•    Test Planning and Execution
•    User Acceptance Testing (UAT) 
•    Solution Planning 
•    Demand Management

Preferred Skills
•    MSP Service Delivery Management
•    MSP Service Delivery Operations - Application Development and Delivery
•    Software Configuration
•    Contract Management
•    SLA Management
•    Vendor Management

Education:  Undergraduate degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience required

Additional Information

The base compensation range for this role is $119,700 to $191,800. Base salary is determined by a combination of factors including, but not limited to, job related years of relevant experience, internal equity, and location of the job. Additionally, this role is eligible for participation in Biogen’s LTI grants and other incentive programs. Biogen offers a full range of benefits that include medical, dental, life, long and short-term disability insurances, vacation, end-of-year shutdown, and 401K participation and matching contributions. 

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