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AstraZeneca

Global pharmaceutical company developing prescription medicines

CloudOps Engineer

Cloud EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBarcelona, SpainNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Three to five or more years of experience in CloudOps, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering roles.
  • Operational knowledge of AWS, including EC2, RDS, IAM, S3, and CloudWatch.
  • Hands-on production experience with MongoDB or RDS Aurora.
  • Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and automation using ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
  • Scripting ability in Python, Bash, or a similar language.
  • Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools, including Splunk, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
  • Good communication and teamwork skills.
  • An operations-first approach and interest in maintaining reliable systems.
  • Attention to detail in monitoring, troubleshooting, and documentation.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with global teams and cross-functional partners.
  • Eagerness to learn new technologies and grow into senior roles.

Responsibilities

  • Support day-to-day AWS operations using EC2, RDS, EKS, S3, IAM, and VPC.
  • Perform lifecycle management tasks, including patching, scaling, and backups.
  • Participate in incident response, troubleshooting, and on-call rotations.
  • Operate and maintain CI/CD pipelines using ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins.
  • Improve deployment reliability through automation and scripting.
  • Support engineering teams in deploying services and environments.
  • Monitor cloud usage and support cost-optimization initiatives.
  • Assist in identifying savings opportunities through right-sizing, compute migrations, and storage tiering.
  • Partner with senior engineers to report and track cost efficiency.
  • Operate and monitor MongoDB and RDS Aurora clusters for performance, backups, and scaling.
  • Troubleshoot database issues in collaboration with senior engineers.
  • Support integration of MongoDB and/or RDS Aurora with application workloads.
  • Configure monitoring and alerting with Splunk, Grafana, CloudWatch, and OpenTelemetry.
  • Contribute to incident detection and response playbooks.
  • Help define operational runbooks and dashboards.
  • Follow IAM security practices and apply least-privilege policies.
  • Support patching, logging, and compliance tasks related to SOC 2, ISO, and HIPAA.
  • Work with security engineers to maintain audit readiness.

Desired Qualifications

  • Kubernetes operations, including Amazon EKS.
  • AWS cost-management tools and FinOps practices.
  • Experience with other databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Kafka.
  • Exposure to healthcare compliance, including HIPAA, GDPR, and NIST.

About the Company

AstraZeneca

Global pharmaceutical company developing prescription medicines

AstraZeneca develops and markets prescription medicines and vaccines worldwide, with a focus on oncology, cardiovascular/metabolic, respiratory, and infectious diseases. Its products work by targeting specific biological pathways or cells, using small-molecule therapies, biologics, and vaccines to treat diseases or prevent infections. It differentiates itself through its dual heritage from Sweden and the UK, a broad pipeline, and strong R&D and collaborations that move from discovery to patient access. Its goal is to improve people’s health by discovering, developing, and delivering medicines and vaccines to patients worldwide.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Founded
1913

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