The Associate Director of Linux/Unix Systems Engineer, IQVIA
Health IT and clinical research company
Open for applications
Health IT and clinical research company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be a catalyst for innovation in healthcare, to drive healthcare forward every day, and make the extraordinary possible for patients.
Role
Who you are
- Specifically, we are searching for someone who brings fresh ideas, demonstrates a unique and informed viewpoint, and enjoys collaborating with a cross-functional team to develop real-world automation solutions and streamline operational efficiency at every level
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other highly technical, scientific discipline
- 5+ years of hands-on Linux system administration experience (Oracle Linux /RHEL/CentOS/)
- Strong scripting and programming skills: Bash, Python, and/or Go
- Experience with automation frameworks: Puppet, Ansible, Foreman, and/or Katello
- Code repository methodologies utilizing tools such as git
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools
- Knowledge of virtualization technologies (VMware) and identity management (Centrify), Windows AD
- Familiarity with database systems: Oracle, PostgreSQL, and/or MySQL
Desirable
- Experience in a 24/7 operations environment with follow-the-sun support model
- Track record of leading technical projects and managing infrastructure initiatives from design through implementation
- Designing and implementing opportunities discovered from identifying problems, performance bottlenecks, and areas for improvement
What the job involves
- IQVIA is looking to transform our ETS Linux operations from manual support to a modern framework built on automation and infrastructure as code
- We count on our Linux Systems Engineers to empower our users with a rich feature set, high availability, and stellar performance to pursue their missions
- As we expand our customer deployments, we are currently seeking an experienced Linux Systems Engineer to help join in modernizing our infrastructure through automation, orchestration, and scalable system design
- Contribute to a team of Linux Engineers to help the transformation of our global Linux infrastructure from reactive support to proactive automation, monitoring system health, configurations, and provisioning with a holistic view of the entire environment
- Help set KPIs relating to goals for the team from year to year based on what is required by IQVIA to get the job done
- Design and build automation frameworks, tooling, and infrastructure-as-code solutions to eliminate manual processes and enable self-service capabilities across the platform
- Enhance system reliability, consistency, and deployment velocity through automated configuration management, orchestration, and standardized operational practices
- Measure and optimize system performance while developing automation strategies that scale ahead of customer needs, reduce operational toil, and drive continuous improvement
- Provide engineering expertise and operational support for multiple large-scale, distributed Linux environments, building repeatable solutions that reduce manual intervention and improve efficiency
- Gather and analyze metrics from both operating systems and applications to assist in performance tuning and fault finding
- Partner with development teams to improve services through rigorous testing and release procedures
- Participate in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning
- Create sustainable systems and services through automation and uplifts
- Balance feature development speed and reliability with well-defined service level objectives
Our take
IQVIA is a world leader in analytics and clinical research in the life sciences sector. Formed from a merger between IMS Health and Quintiles, it has over 40 years of experience in the sector, growing to become one of the world’s largest contract research organisations, with a network spanning more than 100 countries.
Since its founding, IQVIA has outperformed the market and is focusing on expanding biosimilar firms such as Humira. Humira provides generic drugs from existing medications without needing further data analysis. However, IQVIA’s involvement in new areas of research is likely to offset this trend.
With global medicine spending on track to reach £2.6 trillion by 2030, IQVIA is focusing its efforts on oncology and immunology, the most profitable sectors in pharmaceutical development. It is also building out its technological infrastructure, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence. While it is frank about the limitations of this technology within the sector, it greatly augments the data-handling capabilities of health science teams. Development in this sector is key to IQVIA’s growth plans, which are on track with Q1 2026 seeing an 8.4% increase in year-on-year revenue.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jun 2013
$1m
GRANT
Total funding: $1m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Telemedicine
- Critical illness coverage
- Prescription coverage
- Disability, accidental death, pet and life insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Mental health support
- Well-being programs and events
- Flexible work environment
- Time off for leisure, personal time and corporate holidays
- Parental leave for birth or adoption
- Paid leave for other life matters (i.e., illness, bereavement, jury duty, military service, etc.)
- Training systems
- AI talent marketplace tool
- Leadership training programs
- Employee recognition programs
- Mentorship programs
- Service awards
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid volunteer day
- Donation matching
- Employee resource groups
- Office events
- Environmental commitments
- UN Global Impact member
- Retirement and savings plans
- Identity theft protection
- Commuter benefits
Company HQ
Research Triangle, Durham, NC
Leadership
Ari Bousbib
(CEO & Chairman)Was previously CEO of IMS Health, one of the parent companies of IQVIA. Before that held senior leadership positions at United Technologies Company, including COO of Otis and eventually becoming President of the UTC group with responsibility for 150,000 employees.
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