Senior Consultant- DevOps Engineer

Job Title: Senior Consultant- DevOps Engineer

Career Level: D3

Introduction to role

Are you ready to disrupt an industry and change lives? At AstraZeneca, we are a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, and commercializing life-changing medicines. Our unique workplace culture fosters innovation and collaboration, empowering employees to express diverse perspectives and feel valued for their ideas and creativity. As a Senior Consultant- DevOps Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in leading the design, development, and implementation of comprehensive platform solutions that enable AstraZeneca to discover and develop new innovative medicines. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise, where your work will have a direct impact on patients and transform our ability to develop life-changing medicines.

Accountabilities

In this dynamic role, you will be accountable for delivering platform services using agile methodologies. You will provide technical leadership, architectural governance, and support to Platform Engineers, programs, project teams, and capability networks. Your responsibilities will include leading project execution, resource deployment, and ensuring projects are completed on schedule and within budget. You will design and code solutions, work with stakeholders to identify requirements, manage test case development, and ensure compliance with guidelines and standards. Additionally, you will maintain awareness of industry trends, proactively identify opportunities for improvement, coach and mentor engineers, and foster collaboration within and across teams.

Essential Skills/Experience

• Experience with cloud-based provisioning, monitoring, and troubleshooting (preferably AWS and VMware vSphere)

• Proven Atlassian (Jira, Confluence, Crowd) Data Center Administration (Deploying new systems, Platform Upgrades)

• Experience with MFALM Administration

• Experience with MF LRE Administration

• Technical Authority in DevOps Practices & techniques

• Excellent communication and relationship management skills

• Experience working in a global organization where stakeholders and project team members are geographically dispersed

• Quick learner, demonstrated ability to learn new technologies, programming/scripting languages as necessary

• Technical Degree (B.E/B.Tech)

• Experience with at least one Tomcat/WebLogic/Node.js

• Experience with at least one of Oracle, Postgres, MYSQL

• Experience with at least one of Ansible

• Expert in Linux or Windows administration

• Expert in scripting using Shell Script/Python/PowerShell

• Expertise with variety of build, release and management processes Jenkins/GitHub Actions

• Expert in DVCS such as Git

• Knowledge of build release and configuration management practices, including branch-based development and patch/merging oriented workflow.

Desirable Skills/Experience

• Master’s degree

• Scrum Master Certification

• Docker/Kubernetes

• Oracle/MySQL DBA skills

• ELK Monitoring

• Application server support

• MongoDB

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 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 or transforming roles. With investment behind us, there's no slowing us down. Here you'll find a place to innovate, take ownership, and make a meaningful impact through data, analytics, AI, machine learning, and more.

Ready to make a difference? Apply now to join our team and be part of something bigger!

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.