CloudOps Engineer: AWS, CI/CD, FinOps | Hybrid Barcelona

AstraZeneca plc; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca plc in Barcelona is seeking a CloudOps Engineer to manage a SaaS platform across AWS, focusing on reliability, performance, cost efficiency, and security. You’ll handle CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and database integration with MongoDB and RDS Aurora.

The role blends onsite and remote work (3 days in-office, 2 days at home) and requires 3–5+ years in CloudOps/SRE, strong scripting, and collaboration with global teams. A healthcare and compliance-minded environment is emphasized.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years in CloudOps, DevOps, or SRE roles.
• Solid operational knowledge of AWS (EC2, RDS, IAM, S3, CloudWatch).
• Hands-on experience with MongoDB/RDS Aurora in production environments.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and automation (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Strong scripting ability (Python, Bash, or similar).
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Splunk, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• Operations-first: ensures systems run smoothly and reliably.
• Detail-oriented: diligent in monitoring, troubleshooting, and documenting.
• Collaborative: works with global teams and cross-functional partners.
• Growth mindset: eager to learn new technologies and grow into senior roles.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day AWS operations (EC2, RDS, EKS, S3, IAM, VPC).
• Perform lifecycle management tasks such as patching, scaling, and backups.
• Participate in incident response, troubleshooting, and on-call rotations.
• Operate and maintain CI/CD pipelines (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, 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 opportunities for savings (right-sizing, migrations, storage tiering).
• Partner with senior engineers to report and track cost efficiency.
• Operate and monitor MongoDB/RDS Aurora clusters (performance, backups, 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 (SOC 2, ISO, HIPAA).
• Work with security engineers to maintain audit readiness.

Skills

CloudOps/SRE

AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, IAM)

MongoDB/RDS Aurora

CI/CD pipelines

Scripting (Python, Bash)

Monitoring/Observability

On-call / Incident response

Communication & teamwork

Cost optimization

Operational excellence

Tools

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

MongoDB

RDS Aurora

Splunk

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

AWS CloudWatch

Job description

AstraZeneca plc in Barcelona is seeking a CloudOps Engineer to manage a SaaS platform across AWS, focusing on reliability, performance, cost efficiency, and security. You’ll handle CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and database integration with MongoDB and RDS Aurora.

The role blends onsite and remote work (3 days in-office, 2 days at home) and requires 3–5+ years in CloudOps/SRE, strong scripting, and collaboration with global teams. A healthcare and compliance-minded environment is emphasized.