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You will own the DevOps automation roadmap end to end: CI/CD pipelines, code repository management, AI-assisted coding, and security policy enforced directly inside the pipeline rather than bolted on afterwards. This is an AI-native role. You will treat applications, agents, and policy-as-code as first-class parts of the toolchain, set the engineering standards that make automated delivery safe at scale, and continuously push the boundary of what can be automated in a secure and regulated environment.\nWho you’ll work with\nYou will be working in a team that partners closely with engineering teams, platform owners, cybersecurity, and external delivery partners across multiple regions. You will collaborate daily with developers, cloud and platform engineers, and security architects, bringing the toolchain, the guardrails, and the developer experience together. The team values engineering craftsmanship, shared accountability, and hands-on problem-solving, and works across a diverse technology landscape to deliver reliable, secure, and future-ready software.\nWhat you’ll do\nDefine and evolve the DevOps automation roadmap covering CI/CD, source control, artefact management, and AI-assisted engineering across Digital Technology\nDesign, build, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps and GitHub, from commit to production, including automated testing, quality gates, environment promotion, and release orchestration\nEstablish automated code quality checks using SonarQube, including static analysis, code coverage, duplication, maintainability, reliability, and security thresholds, with quality gates that block non-compliant pull requests, merges, and releases\nLead, coach, and develop a high-performing DevOps automation team, setting clear objectives, building technical and leadership capabilities, supporting career growth, and fostering an inclusive culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement\nAnticipate emerging technology and business needs and shape the capabilities of the future by defining the skills, platforms, ways of working, and talent development priorities required for an AI-enabled engineering organization\nOwn code repository management at scale: branching and versioning strategies, code review standards, reusable templates, artefact and dependency governance\nEmbed security and compliance policies directly into the pipelines through static and dynamic code scanning, dependency and secrets detection, SBOM generation, signed artefacts, and policy-as-code gates that produce automated audit evidence\nDrive adoption of AI coding assistants and agentic engineering practices, defining the guardrails, code-generation standards, review models, and measurement approach that turn them into real, safe productivity gains\nOwn the engineering metrics that matter, including deployment frequency, lead time for change, change failure rate, and recovery time, and use them to raise delivery performance, platform reliability, and developer experience\nInterested? For this role we’re looking for the following education, experience and skills\nBachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or another relevant field\nAt least 7 years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or CI/CD automation, including knowledge of pipelines and repository engineering in complex organizations\nDeep, hands-on expertise with Azure DevOps and GitHub: pipelines and actions, runners, branching strategies, infrastructure as code, containers, and cloud-native delivery on Azure\nHands-on experience with SonarQube or comparable code quality platforms, including rule profiles, quality gates, pull-request analysis, test coverage reporting, and integration with Azure DevOps and GitHub pipelines\nProven people management experience, with a strong track record of coaching, developing, and retaining technical talent, managing performance, and building effective teams across internal and external contributors\nProven DevSecOps experience with policy-as-code, and automated compliance controls in regulated environments\nAI-native mindset, with real experience using AI coding assistants and agents across the delivery lifecycle and a clear point of view on where autonomous engineering is heading\nExcellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical topics clearly and influence engineering and security decisions at different levels\n\nAre you ready to ‘go beyond’ to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!\nAbout us\nUCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are over 9.000 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.\nWhy work with us?\nAt UCB, we don’t just complete tasks, we create value. We aren’t afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equal opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that’s on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.\nAt UCB, we’ve embraced a hybrid-first approach to work, bringing teams together in local hubs to foster collaborative curiosity. 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