What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Engineer - DevOps position at 3m?
3M has a long-standing reputation as a company committed to innovation. We provide the freedom to explore and encourage curiosity and creativity. We gain new insight from diverse thinking, and take risks on new ideas. Here, you can apply your talent in bold ways that matter. Job Description: Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company you choose will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies, and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers. The Impact You’ll Make in this Role As a Senior DevOps Engineer on the Platform Services team, you will have the opportunity to apply your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. In this role, you will make an impact by: Building and maintaining the internal developer platform on Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA), owning the CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and environment automation that application teams depend on to deliver software. Driving software supply chain security from commit to production, including image security scanning, pipeline security gates, admission controls, and staged artifact promotion across environments. Defining and enforcing platform policy as code, governing what runs in our clusters, how environments are provisioned, and how secrets and access are managed at scale. Leading platform improvement initiatives, mentoring team members, and partnering with application teams, security teams, and cloud infrastructure teams to deliver a reliable, secure, and developer-friendly platform. Evaluating and adopting emerging platform capabilities, including self-service developer tooling, observability, automated certificate management, and supply chain integrity practices. Your Skills and Expertise To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or higher, completed and verified prior to the start date. Minimum of seven (7) years in DevOps and Platform Engineering. Minimum of five (5) years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes or OpenShift platforms. Hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift. Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include: Hands-on experience with ROSA, including cluster administration, RBAC, namespace lifecycle management, and Kubernetes/OpenShift admission controls with policy as code. Strong experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Tekton, ArgoCD, and Helm for automated and reliable application delivery. Solid understanding of software supply chain security principles, including SLSA, image signing and verification, vulnerability scanning, and policy enforcement at deployment gates. Good knowledge of Kubernetes networking concepts and CNI tools such as Cilium and Calico, along with AWS services including IAM, networking, certificate management, Step Functions, and Lambda. Proficiency in scripting and infrastructure automation using Bash and/or Python, along with experience using observability tools for metrics, alerting, and actionable dashboards; Red Hat or AWS certifications are a plus. Work Location: Hebbal, Bangalore (Karnataka), Hybrid Mode Supporting Your Well-being 3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @3M. Safety is a core value at 3M. All employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement. Please note: your application may not be considered if you do not provide your education and work history, either by: 1) uploading a resume, or 2) entering the information into the application fields directly. 3M Global Terms of Use and Privacy Statement Carefully read these Terms of Use before using this website. Your access to and use of this website and application for a job at 3M are conditioned on your acceptance and compliance with these terms. Please click on the following links and select the country where you are applying for employment to review the applicable Terms of Use (link here) and Privacy Policy (link here). Before submitting your application, you will be asked to confirm your agreement with the terms. At 3M we apply science in collaborative ways to improve lives daily as our employees connect with customers all around the world. Learn more about 3M's creative solutions to global challenges at www.3M.com or on Twitter @3M or @3MNews.