Senior Engineer, Elanco Knowledge Solutions

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Your Role: Sr Engineer - EKS

We are looking for a technically strong, security-minded, outcome-driven Senior Engineer to take ownership of Elanco Knowledge Solutions (EKS) platforms. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on operational excellence, security hardening, modernization execution, vendor accountability, data-driven visibility. As the engineering anchor for EKS applications, you will ensure they are secure, resilient, compliant, and continuously improving. You will be a highly collaborative professional, working effectively with both internal teams and external resources to drive success. Additionally, you will apply your working knowledge of industry best practices and internal standards to ensure our technology remains aligned with both global benchmarks and Elanco's specific requirements.

Your Responsibilities:

. Act as a primary engineering contact for assigned applications.

. Drive vendor accountability through technical depth - not just follow-ups.

. Identify blockers early and remove them before they become escalations.

. Ensure scope, timeline, and quality standards are met.

. Perform root cause analysis on incidents and ensure durable fixes (not temporary patches).

. Contribute to modernization initiatives: Data modernization, Application isolation, architecture hardening

. Work hands-on with vendors during upgrades, refactoring, and improvements.

. Strengthen resilience, scalability, and performance.

. Improve deployment, access, and operational patterns.

. Perform structured reviews of Critical and High security alerts.

. Lead remediation in partnership with InfoSec, IAM, InfraOps, and AD teams.

. Deliver tangible improvements such as Credential rotation implementation, Access control enhancements, Authentication hardening

. Drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs) to closure.

. Support audit readiness with clear technical documentation.

. Proactively identify system vulnerabilities and close gaps before audits surface them.

. Contribute significantly to the Application Security Dashboard.

. Develop reporting that tracks security posture, incident trends, operational health

. Reduce vendor dependency by building internal analytics capability

. Ensure data accuracy, integrity and actionable insights

. Participate in technical reviews

. Align designs to enterprise security standards

. Ensure compliance without slowing delivery

. Communicate clearly across technical and business audiences.

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

. Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.

. 5-8 years of experience in enterprise SaaS or application engineering.

. Knowledge of relational database concepts, integration technologies, virtualization, and application interfaces.

. Familiarity with Public Cloud platforms, specifically Microsoft Azure or Google cloud Platform.

. ITSM and/or ITIL knowledge.

. Experience of working with third-party vendors in large organization.

. Experience with SQL for data queries to support troubleshooting, data extraction, and report generation.

. Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum environment.

. Familiarity with the concepts of DevSecOps, including Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) and source control (Git).

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):

. Understanding or interest of the animal health industry / life science industry.

. Experience with IOT projects.

. Reporting tools i.e., SSRS / Power BI.

. Knowledge of Databricks.

Additional Information:

• Travel:0%

• Location: India, Bangalore

Don't meet every single requirementStudies have shown underrecognized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!

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