Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer

Join us as a Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer...

At AstraZeneca, we turn ideas into life changing medicines. Working here means being ambitious, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. We’re passionate about the potential of science to address the unmet needs of patients around the world. We commit to those areas where we believe we can really change the course of medicine and bring big new ideas to life.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Cloud Enablement team, working with colleagues across AstraZeneca to design and engineer cloud solutions in our multi cloud environment.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who craves working with new tech in the cloud and is looking for responsibility, ownership and variety. You will be regularly challenged with new technologies, services and ways of working in a large enterprise-scale environment.

Role Overview

Part of a global team , we are looking for a Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer to work primarily with AWS, Azure and GCP technologies to enable project, product and platform teams to bring value to AstraZeneca through the use of Cloud.

• We’re looking for someone who can collaborate across a variety of teams and roles – Architects, Product Owners, Data Scientists and Software Developers in order to engineer high quality cloud solutions

• There is also a focus, where appropriate, on enabling project, product and platform teams to deliver independently, so automation, self-service, provision of guardrails, and baking of process and governance into workflow and technology is a factor.

Requirements of the role

• In depth experience with setup, configuration and maintenance of Cloud services

• Proficient in designing scalable and resilient cloud architectures. 

• Experience with architecting solutions using cloud-native services and technologies. 

• Expertise in IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, AWS CloudFormation) for automating infrastructure provisioning. 

• Skilful in writing modular and reusable infrastructure code.

• Experience of working in agile teams using methodologies and use of Jira and Confluence.

• Proven expertise in AWS, Azure or GCP (preferably at least 2)

Deployment 

• Proficient in scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash) for automation. 

• Experience in developing scripts to streamline deployment processes. 

• Experience in setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. 

Security and Compliance 

• Good understanding of cloud security principles and best practices. 

• Experience implementing security controls in cloud environments. 

• Familiarity with identity and access management concepts in cloud platforms

• Expertise in understanding, remediating and reporting risks in and out of scope of the role.

• Experience in optimizing cloud resources for cost efficiency.

• Ability to identify and address performance bottlenecks in cloud environments. 

• Expertise in designing scalable architectures to handle varying workloads. 

• Knowledge of auto-scaling configurations and strategies

• Ability to lead incident response efforts in case of system outages or security incidents. 

• Strong diagnostic skills for identifying root causes of issues. 

• Proficient in troubleshooting complex cloud infrastructure problems. 

Collaboration & Communication

• Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams. 

• Ability to work closely with developers, operations, and other stakeholders. 

• Effective communication of design decisions and rationale to non-technical stakeholders

• 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.

• Must be able to find time to develop technical and non-technical skills, even during peak demand cycles

Styles, Values and Attitudes

• Recognise that our work is part of a value chain supporting Patients in need – urgency is needed.

• Must have a positive can-do approach

• Prepared to adjust known methods to fit in with processes, customer requirements and find new ways of doing things.

• Know when to take initiative, speak up and be prepared to do so.

• Passion to learn and develop new tech skills as required supporting the multi cloud environment.

Date Posted

Closing Date

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 authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.