AVP Platform Engineering & DevOps

Agilent Technologies Inc. is a global leader in the life sciences, diagnostics, and applied markets. They are seeking a leader to build and scale the internal platform that powers its global R&D organization, responsible for architecting and operating the engineering infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Own the design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise-wide CI/CD pipelines across the R&D organization, leveraging tools such as Azure DevOps, GitLab, and Jenkins
• Establish a standardized, scalable platform that accelerates developer productivity and software delivery consistency
• Define and enforce platform engineering best practices across teams and regions
• Lead adoption of Infrastructure as Code principles across all environments, including compute, networking, container orchestration (Kubernetes), and artifact management
• Drive cloud-native platform capabilities across AWS and Azure environments to support SaaS and hybrid deployments
• Ensure platforms are reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient
• Evolve operations from reactive monitoring to predictive, AI-enabled observability, proactively identifying and resolving performance and scalability risks
• Establish operational metrics, dashboards, and feedback loops to continuously improve platform reliability and availability
• Partner with Security and Compliance teams to embed automated security and compliance controls directly into CI/CD pipelines
• Ensure regulatory and quality requirements are met through automation, without introducing friction into developer workflows
• Lead and develop global platform engineering and DevOps teams
• Harmonize tools, processes, and ways of working across diverse engineering organizations
• Foster a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and customer-centric platform thinking

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of progressive leadership experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or cloud infrastructure roles
• Demonstrated experience scaling cloud-based or SaaS platforms in complex, global environments
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence senior technical stakeholders
• Platform Engineering & DevOps Leadership
• CI/CD Architecture & Automation
• Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure)
• Infrastructure as Code & Kubernetes
• AI-Enabled Monitoring & Operations
• DevSecOps & Compliance Automation
• Strong communication, collaboration, and people leadership skills