JOB TITLE: CLOUD ENGINEER

CAREER LEVEL: D1

Leverage technology to impact patients and ultimately save lives

Do you have expertise in, and passion for, information technology? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact the IT strategy in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? If so, AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that

focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.

ABOUT OUR IT TEAM

It’s a dynamic and results-oriented environment to work in – but that’s why we like it. There are countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether that’s exploring new technologies in hackathons, or redefining the roles and work of colleagues, forever. Shape your own path, with support all the way. Diverse minds that work cross- functionally and broadly together.

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Bachelors Degree or equivalency (Computer Science or similar engineering discipline)
• 4+ years overall IT industry experience
• Hands-on experience designing available, cost-efficient, fault-tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on AWS
• Hands-on experience using compute, storage, database and application integration AWS services
• Hands-on experience with AWS deployment and management services
• Extensive experience architecting, designing and programming applications in an AWS Cloud environment for large regulated businesses.
• Understanding of packaging for python
• Understanding of web technologies (e.g. load balancers, http, ssl)
• Understanding and Experience demonstrating GIT as source code control and part of a deployment pipeline
• Hands on programming skills in Python
• Excellent knowledge in OOPS, Data-Structure concepts
• Working knowledge and experience with Oracle Data base.
• Knowledge of Oracle PLSQL packages and table structures.
• Working knowledge in Talend ETL tool.
• Experience building sophisticated and highly automated infrastructure. Prior success in automating a real-world production environment.
• Experience with seamless/automated build pipelines used for release management across all environments.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.
• Ability to identify which AWS services meet a given technical requirement
• Knowledge of recommended standard methodologies for building secure and reliable applications on the AWS platform
• In-depth knowledge of at least one high-level programming language, associated frameworks, idioms and best practices
• Experience of building unit tests, integration tests, system tests and acceptance tests
• Must be able to communicate fluently in English, both written and verbal

ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIRED

• Experience in DevOps, using continuous integration and continuous development
• Experience in Shell Scripting, SQL
• Understanding of data analysis – profiling, investigating, interpreting and documenting data structures
• Experience with continuous integration tools (e.g. Jenkins & Bamboo)
• Experience with deployment methodologies and DevOps principles such as immutability
• Hands on familiarity with CloudFormation or Terraform
• Experience architecting highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability and high availability
• Familiarity with data modelling techniques
• Familiar with Agile project delivery methodology

WHY JOIN US ?

We’re a network of results-oriented self-starters who give to something far bigger. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering extraordinary technology and data solutions.

We’re not afraid to take ownership and run with it. Empowered with unrivalled freedom. Put simply, it’s because we make a significant impact. Everything we do matters.

SO, WHAT’S NEXT?

Are you already envisioning yourself joining our team? Good, because we’d love to hear from you! Click the link to apply and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.

WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?

Our Social Media, Follow AstraZeneca on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/1603/

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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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.