Staff Engineer - DevOps

SUMMARY/JOB PURPOSE:

Exelixis is growing. Our IT Infrastructure needs to grow and evolve to continue to enable the business. We are looking for a Staff Engineer – DevOps to support the design and creation of cloud-based products and services to meet the technology needs of Exelixis.   This position will help define and design our cloud platform, which includes cloud automation tools and standards, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling, Azure subscription vending, and M365 platform process automations.  This position will also work with application support teams to re-define the interface between our Microsoft platform products and application installation and configuration processes. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Primary Responsibilities

• Enterprise Azure Landing Zone Greenfield Deployment: Architect, deploy, and optimize new Azure Landing Zones to establish secure, scalable, and compliant cloud environments from the ground up.
• GitHub CI/CD Pipelines: Design, implement, and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using GitHub Actions to streamline application delivery and infrastructure automation.
• M365 Governance via Code and 3rd Party Governance Tools: Develop and enforce Microsoft 365 governance policies using infrastructure-as-code approaches and integrate third-party governance solutions to ensure compliance, security, and operational efficiency.
• Entra ID Management via Code: Automate the management of Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) resources and policies using code-based solutions to enhance identity lifecycle management, access controls, and security posture.

Product Strategy & Roadmap (Product-Centric Focus)

• Assist in the development of technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.

Product Development & Delivery (Agile/Product Team Support)

• Participates in the successful completion of major initiatives or programs and leads small to medium size standard projects.
• Participate in end-to-end development processes, from ideation through CI/CD, security scanning, and production monitoring.
• Implement improvements to overall processes and development procedures.
• Applies complex and often long term strategies on specific projects.
• Participates in the successful completion of major initiatives or programs and leads small to medium size standard projects.

Stakeholder Management & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product and Business stakeholders to prioritize features and help set technical or business objectives of assignments. 
• Represents the department as the prime technical contact on contracts and projects.

Operational Excellence, Quality & Compliance

• Document infrastructure and work instructions for systems and applications, including architecture diagrams, runbooks and code-level commits / READMEs.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and resolution for critical system issues.

Subject Matter Expertise

• Serve as the SME for assigned capabilities, providing technical leadership and guidance.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• No supervisory responsibilities.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 7 years of related experience; or
• Associate’s degree and 9 years of experience; or
• Equivalant combination of education or years of experience
• Technical certification may be required

Experience:

• At least 5 years of experience in cloud infrastructure in a highly available and production environment.
• Experience working in a SOX and FDA regulated environment is a plus.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Advanced level knowledge of Microsoft Azure, especially with services related to hosting: Azure Virtual Machines, Azure SQL Database, Azure Automation, Azure Active Directory, etc.
• Intermediate level knowledge with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, especially Terraform.
• Azure DevOps Engineer or similar Azure certification preferred

Work Environment/Physical Demands:

Our office is a modern, open-plan space th