Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer

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.

Essential Requirements:

Engineering

• 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. 

Deployment 

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

Optimisation

• 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

Troubleshooting

• 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. 

Desirable Requirements:

• Skillful in writing modular and reusable infrastructure code.
• Experience of working in agile teams using methodologies and use of Jira and Confluence.

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.

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.

📌Strong English communication skills required.

📌 Positions are open to Mexican Citizens and official residents of Mexico.

📍 Location: Guadalajara (hybrid - Expectation of working in the office 3 days a week)
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working give 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.

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.