Senior Platform / DevOps Engineer II (Azure)

Senior Platform / DevOps Engineer II (Azure)

We're seeking a Senior Platform / DevOps Engineer to drive automation-at-scale and lead Kubernetes enablement across Walgreens' cloud ecosystem. This role will design and deliver automation capabilities while acting as a Kubernetes SME, helping teams operationalize workloads efficiently. You will play a key role in advancing platform engineering principles through Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, and reusable automation frameworksenabling self-service, standardization, and reduced toil for product teams. You'll work closely with engineering, security, and cloud operations teams to design resilient, codified, and policy-driven platforms that scale across diverse environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep) to automate provisioning and configuration of Azure resources
• Design and maintain self-service automation frameworks that empower teams to deploy applications and infrastructure consistently across environments
• Act as Kubernetes SME, supporting scalable, secure, and automated AKS clusters with GitOps-driven workflows (ArgoCD or Flux)
• Optimize AKS workload deployment with Helm, pod scheduling strategies, resource quotas, and multi-tenant security boundaries
• Integrate and enforce Policy as Code using OPA / Gatekeeper and Azure Policy to maintain governance and compliance posture
• Collaborate across teams to codify CI / CD pipelines and reduce drift through declarative deployments and automation-first approaches
• Lead initiatives to implement Observability as Code using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana; standardize telemetry collection across platforms
• Drive adoption of Configuration as Code (Ansible / Chef / Puppet) to manage baseline consistency and state enforcement
• Proactively identify platform performance, reliability, or security issues and resolve them through repeatable automation
• Coach and mentor engineers, championing platform best practices and a "you build it, you run it" culture

About Walgreens

Founded in 1901, Walgreens has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members, and communities.

The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com / benefits More company information is available at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com.

External Basic Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Job Function : Information Technology

Common Location : 102 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL 60015-05104-01102-2

Pay Grade ID : CORP-F3

Pay Type : Salaried

Start Rate : 127500

Max Rate : 204000