Lead Consultant - Cloud Solutions Engineer

Job Title: Lead Consultant - Cloud Solutions Engineer

Career Level - E

Introduction to Role:
Join our dynamic Cloud Engineering team as we expand our capabilities and evolve our DevOps practices. This is a unique opportunity for those who thrive in working with cutting-edge cloud technologies and are eager to take on responsibility and variety in their work. You will be regularly challenged with new technologies, services, and ways of working in a large enterprise-scale environment. 

Accountabilities:
As a Lead Consultant (Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer), you will help us build, engineer, and design Cloud-based solutions and tooling to support DevOps and development capabilities. You will work alongside multiple DevOps and development teams, contributing new ideas to the multi-hybrid Cloud platform and services we support. Your role will involve working in an Agile way with global Product, Project, and Platform teams to build, manage, and support a range of Public Cloud and infrastructure services. You will also have the opportunity to lead initiatives within the team, forming squads to deliver. 

Essential Skills/Experience:
- In-depth experience with setup, configuration, and maintenance of Cloud service.
- Experience and familiarity with a range of automated deployment tools.
- Ability to learn and develop new tech skills as required supporting the multi-hybrid cloud strategy.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team or independently to deliver objectives.
- Experience of working in agile teams using methodologies such as SCRUM and SAFe and use of Jira and Confluence.
- Experience in cloud design.
- Experience in system maintenance, recovery, and administration across Linux and Windows.
- DevOps Experience with skills around automation and tools such as (but not limited to) Github, Github actions, CloudFormation, Lambda, Terraform, etc.
- Demonstrate the capability to problem solve, look for solutions and communicate these openly in a timely manner.

- Trustworthy with sensitive information.
- Positive can-do approach.
- Prepared to adjust known methods to fit in with processes, customer requirements, and find new ways of doing things.
- Initiative taker who is prepared to speak up.
- Customer-focused mindset.
- Research and Development aspirations.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, we are committed to making a meaningful impact. Our work directly impacts patients by transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak by combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. We dare to lead, applying our problem-solving mindset to identify and tackle opportunities across the whole enterprise. Our spirit of experimentation is lived every day through events like hackathons. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering world-class technology and data solutions.

Are you ready to disrupt an industry and change lives? Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise. Make the impossible possible by building partnerships and ecosystems, creating new ways of working, and driving scale and speed to deliver exponential growth. Apply now!

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.