DevOps Lead 1697

About SimoTech

SimoTech provides manufacturing automation and IT systems
engineering, project management and validation services. We partner with life
sciences companies to design, build, operate and optimise critical process
automation systems that deliver fast track project delivery, operational
efficiency, improve manufacturing agility and achieve regulatory compliance.

Why SimoTech

What is it like to work at SimoTech? With a strong
collaborative teamwork culture based on respect, trust and excellence, we play
a critical partnering role to our clients’ life -changing supply of products to
patients. In return, there is excellent salary, benefits, career progression,
educational support and much more.  

DevOps Lead Engineer 1697

SimoTech has a new opportunity for an DevOps Lead Engineer to
join our team, supporting a large -scale greenfield implementation for a state -of -the -art
biotech manufacturing campus on site in Limerick, Ireland.

Working closely with development, operations and QA teams
your core responsibility will be to successfully design, configure, and maintain MES CI/CD
pipelines to support reliable and repeatable MES deployments. As DevOps
Lead Engineer you will take ownership of MES standards, applications/tools, and
the MES environment, forming the basis of the MES program.  

The ideal candidate will have proven experience as a Lead
or Senior DevOps Engineer with experience deploying configuration changes
across development, test and
live production environments. This includes experience using version control
for MES configuration, expertise in CI/CD pipelines, and
supporting automated testing.

Key
Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy, and support CI/CD pipelines that
  enable consistent, reliable, and repeatable MES releases across development,
  testing, and production environments.
  
• Lead the design, implementation, and continuous
  improvement of CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and DevOps tooling to
  enable secure, reliable, and repeatable MES deployments across all
  environments.
  
• Own the DevOps toolchain and environment lifecycle,
  including source control, infrastructure provisioning, configuration
  management, version control, environment governance, and release management.
  
• Manage and support MES platforms and environments,
  including Emerson Syncade, ensuring platform performance, availability,
  resilience, security, and operational health through effective monitoring,
  logging, and alerting.
  
• Establish and maintain development standards,
  branching strategies, code review practices, change control processes, and
  release governance aligned with regulated manufacturing and GxP requirements.
  
• Collaborate with MES vendors, system integrators,
  QA teams, and internal stakeholders to deliver scalable infrastructure -as -code,
  deployment automation, and integrated quality assurance capabilities.
  
• Lead the provisioning and management of secure,
  scalable, and resilient infrastructure supporting MES applications, while
  serving as the primary escalation point for complex deployment and operational
  issues.
  
• Support Computer System Validation (CSV), audit
  readiness, disaster recovery, and business continuity activities through robust
  documentation, audit trails, deployment records, and compliance -driven
  operational practices.
  
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the
  software delivery lifecycle by eliminating deployment bottlenecks, improving
  operational efficiency, and enhancing key delivery and reliability metrics
  (including DORA measures).
  

Requirements

Key Requirements

• Extensive experience leading DevOps and MES platform
  delivery with Emerson Syncade, including deployment, configuration, patching,
  upgrades, and operational support.
  
• Strong expertise in CI/CD, infrastructure -as -code,
  automation, and environment management using tools such as Azure DevOps,
  Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Bash, and Python.
  
• Proven ability to manage enterprise software delivery
  lifecycles, including release management, change control, environment
  promotion, and configuration governance.
  
• Experienced in regulated pharmaceutical and life sciences
  environments, with strong knowledge of GxP CSV, GAMP 5, validation
  documentation (IQ/OQ/PQ), and compliance requirements.
  
• Strong troubleshooting, security, and operational support
  capabilities, including vulnerability management, security hardening, and
  resolution of complex deployment issues.
  
• Solid understanding of MES integrations with SAP, LIMS,
  historian systems, shop -floor connectivity, containerisation technologies
  (Docker/Kubernetes), and OT/IT convergence within manufacturing environments.
  
• Ability to work in a hybrid model, with 3 days per week
  based on -site and 2 days working remotely.
  

Benefits

What SimoTech Can
Offer

• Role
  provides a high degree of autonomy to allow the successful candidate to reach
  their full potential.
  
• Develop
  new skills and enhance technical ability by working with innovative
  technologies in a multi -disciplined environment.
  
• Opportunity
  to work with large corporate clients on exciting capital projects.