Job Title - Senior Python Developer Career Level - D2
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\xe2\x80\x99s most serious disease. But we\xe2\x80\x99re more than one of the world\xe2\x80\x99s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca we\xe2\x80\x99re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.

ABOUT OUR IT TEAM

It\xe2\x80\x99s a dynamic and results-oriented environment to work in \xe2\x80\x93 but that\xe2\x80\x99s why we like it. There are countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether that\xe2\x80\x99s 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

As a DevOps Engineer you will support solution development, take responsibility for delivery:

• Design, implement, and maintain AWS infrastructure and services to support our applications.
• Writing maintainable, tested code and delivering software that meets user requirements.
• Collaborate with development teams to understand application requirements and deploy scalable and reliable solutions.
• Automate and streamline the deployment and operation processes, emphasizing infrastructure as code (IaC) principles.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for continuous delivery.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize AWS infrastructure for performance and cost.
• Ensure security best practices are implemented in the AWS environment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of cloud-based services.
• Provide technical guidance and support to team members and stakeholders.

You\'ll be part of a team of engineers who work closely with IT colleagues in UK, US, Sweden, India and Mexico. We have business partners and team members spread globally, so you would need a collaborative delivery approach to be successful. We prefer to use Agile but choose the appropriate approach for the project. Do you have a real passion for delivering well engineered data and analytics solutions? Because this will make you stand out from other specialists. REQUIRED QUALITIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree or equivalency (Computer Science or similar engineering discipline)
• 7+ years overall IT industry experience
• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar role.
• Strong expertise in AWS services (Compute, Storage, RDS, Serverless, Network, Security, etc.)
• Proficient in scripting languages such as Python, Shell.
• Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Terraform, CDK, Ansible).
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub, etc.).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Solid understanding of networking concepts and security best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer) are a plus.
• Hands-on experience designing available, cost-efficient, fault-tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on AWS(preferred)
• Hands-on experience using compute, storage, database and application integration AWS (preferred) services
• Extensive experience architecting, designing and programming applications in an AWS (preferred) Cloud environment for large regulated businesses.
• Contributing to the design of Robust systems with an eye on the long term maintenance and support of the application
• Leveraging reusable code modules to solve problems across team and organization
• Hands on programming skills in Python, Understanding of packaging for python
• Understanding of web technologies (e.g. load balancers, http, ssl)
• Hands-on experience with AWS deployment and management services
• Experience with seamless/automated build pipelines used for release management across all environments.
• Experience building sophisticated and highly automated infrastructure. Prior success in automating a real-world production environment.
• Knowledge of recommended best practices 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
• Work directly with Product Owners to deliver data products in a collaborative and agile environment

DESIRED QUALITIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

• Experience with Python and good have AWS CDK Typescript
• Experience with native Cloud data services AWS.
• Experience in DevOps, using continuous integration and continuous development
• Experience in Shell Scripting, SQL
• Experience in Docker containers
• Understanding of data analysis \xe2\x80\x93 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
• Practitioner of AGILE methodology

GOOD TO HAVE:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.
• Strong test-driven development skills
• Experience with behaviour-driven development is a major plus
• Experience with Elasticsearch
• Familiarity with the following AWS service stack preferred: S3, Lambda, Glue, Athena, ECS, CloudWatch.
• Working experience with any other programming languages like Java.
• Working experience of any of the workflow technology like AirFlow/Luigi/Nextflow
• Experience in any of the Cloud Compliance tool
• Experience having worked in a Matrixed organization in a Hub spoke model
• Experience in Life Science domain, and exposure to validated platforms is an advantage.

OVERALL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 7+ years of experience WHY JOIN US? We\xe2\x80\x99re a network of high-reaching self-starters who contribute to something far bigger. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering premier technology and data solutions. We\xe2\x80\x99re not afraid to take ownership and run with it. Empowered with unrivalled freedom. Put simply, it\xe2\x80\x99s because we make a significant impact. Everything we do matters. SO, WHAT\xe2\x80\x99S NEXT? Are you already envisioning yourself joining our team? Good, because we\xe2\x80\x99d love to hear from you! Click the link to apply and we\xe2\x80\x99ll 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.