Senior Engineer - AWS Devops

Job Title: Senior Engineer - AWS Devops

Career Level - D1

Introduction to role

AstraZeneca is looking for a dynamic Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to support and help build its AWS Cloud Infrastructure. Join us in our mission to transform our ability to develop life-changing medicines by leveraging cutting-edge technology and data.

Accountabilities

As an AWS DevOps Engineer, you will be working in the “Automate and Orchestrate” team (A&O), which aims to provide enterprise-grade self-service automation capabilities in a secure, observable, and scalable way. The A&O team is part of the DataOps team, which focuses on enabling engineers to process and transform data through ETL pipelines, providing services to orchestrate and automate any type of process, enhancing and supporting existing underlying technologies (AWS, Talend, Jenkins, DataKitchen…), and working with Data Engineering teams to implement reusable patterns and self-service. You will have the opportunity to design the building blocks of the AWS Infrastructure that will support its services. This is a rare chance to see, learn, and contribute to the foundation of our AWS Cloud solution.

Essential Skills/Experience

• Experience working on Linux/Windows-based infrastructure.

• Experience working on Infrastructure As Code (Cloudformation, Terraform, Ansible…).

• Experience with the following AWS services: EC2, ECS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, VPC.

• Exposure to AWS Cloud Engineering and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Github Actions…).

• Good understanding of AWS networking and security configuration.

• Good knowledge of bash scripting.

• Good Knowledge of SQL.

• Proficient with Git (Github, Bitbucket …).

• Proficient with at least one of these programming languages: Python, Groovy, Java.

Desirable Skills/Experience

• Exposure to scalable and HA (High Availability) architectures.

• Exposure to noSQL technologies, such as Mongo DB, Dynamo DB.

• Experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar software engineering role.

• Experience writing automated tests (Unit) and improving code quality.

• Exposure to Kubernetes cluster administration.

• Exposure to AWS services such as EFS, SQS, RDS, Service Catalog, Secret Manager, Cost Management.

• Employ monitoring, alerting and self-healing during design and development.

• Exposure to Vault secrets manager.

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, our work has a direct impact on patients' lives. We empower the business to perform at its peak by combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. Our dynamic environment offers countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether it's exploring new technologies in hackathons or transforming the roles and work of colleagues. Here you can innovate, take ownership, and run with it. We support your personal and professional journey with recognition, coaching, and motivation

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Ready to make a meaningful impact? Apply now and join us in our mission to develop life-changing medicines!

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.