DevOps Lead

ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. In addition, we are building our capabilities in Translational Medicine and Precision Medicine as we believe the fields will transform how we think about medicine for individuals in the future. We are more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.

What you’ll do:

• Working in an Agile way with global Product, Project and Platform teams to build, manage and support AWS Cloud and infrastructure services.

• Develop and maintain IaC scripts.

• Ensure consistent deployment of infrastructure across multiple environments.

• As FinOps, managing cloud financial operations, optimizing costs, and ensuring efficient and transparent financial management across our AWS infrastructure.

• Close collaboration with product development team in addressing identified issues in software design, bottlenecks or/and manual configuration steps.

• Contributing to definition and implementation of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) processes and tools.

• Contributing to defining future system architectures which will improve stability and operational efficiency of the systems.

• Oversee application administration and operations to ensure optimal performance and reliability.

• Ensure compliance with security best practices and governance policies.

• Manage and mentor a team of 3rd party contractor DevOps engineers, providing guidance and technical expertise.

Required for the role:

• In depth Experience with setup, configuration and maintenance of Cloud service and Linux Operating system.

• In depth DevOps Experience with skills around automation and tools such as (but not limited to) Ansible, Github, Github actions, Lambda, Terraform, AWS cdk etc.

• Extensive experience in Cost Management and Monitor, Analyze and Optimize AWS spending trends to identify cost-saving opportunities.

• Experience with a range of automated deployment tools.

• Good knowledge of script languages, such as Python or shell scripts

• Experience in design scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud architectures and following security best practices.

• Experience in application administration and operations

• Stay current with industry trends, AWS capabilities, and DevOps technologies to continuously enhance skills and improve service offerings.

• Fluent oral and writing skills in English.

Desirable for the role:

• Experience in handling orchestration environment like Kubernetes / Docker

• Practical experience dealing with complex IT processes and applications

• Good knowledge in networking.

• Strong understanding and experience with ITIL frameworks and service management processes, Utilize ITIL processes to ensure the delivery of high-quality IT services and manage service lifecycle.

• Experience in monitoring tools and log management solutions (e.g Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, Splunk, etc.)

• AWS Certified (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect).

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

• Self-learner who'll seek and find knowledge needed for new concepts/solutions/technologies

• Strong communication skills on a technical and professional level as well as with service oriented

• Ability to organize self and others including effective scheduling, prioritization and time management skills, completing tasks to tight deadlines

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.