Senior CloudOps Engineer - Evinova

AstraZeneca; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca seeks a CloudOps Engineer to run our SaaS platform across Barcelona with a hybrid pattern: 3 days in the office, 2 days at home. You will support CI/CD pipelines, ensure reliability, optimize cloud spend, and manage MongoDB/RDS Aurora databases in production.

Responsibilities span cloud operations, automation, cost management, data support, observability, and security/compliance, collaborating with global teams to deliver a secure, scalable platform.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years in CloudOps, DevOps, or SRE roles.
• Solid AWS knowledge (EC2, RDS, IAM, S3, CloudWatch).
• Hands-on production experience with MongoDB and RDS Aurora.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and automation (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Strong scripting ability (Python, Bash, or similar).
• Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools (Splunk, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
• Good communication and teamwork skills; operations-first mindset.
• Detail-oriented, collaborative, and growth-minded.

Responsibilities

• Cloud Operations: manage day-to-day AWS tasks, patching, scaling and backups.
• CI/CD & Automation: maintain pipelines and improve deployment reliability.
• FinOps & Cost Management: monitor usage and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Database & Data Support: operate MongoDB/RDS Aurora clusters and troubleshoot.
• Observability & Monitoring: configure alerts with Splunk, Grafana, CloudWatch.
• Security & Compliance: follow IAM practices and assist with SOC 2/ISO/HIPAA compliance.

Skills

CloudOps

DevOps

SRE

Python

Bash

MongoDB

RDS Aurora

Monitoring

Observability

Collaboration

Communication

Growth mindset

Tools

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Splunk

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Role Barcelona onsite / 3 days at the office - 2 days at home

As a CloudOps Engineer, you’ll play a key role in the daily operations of our SaaS platform—supporting CI/CD pipelines, ensuring system reliability, optimizing costs, and helping manage cloud resources across multiple AWS accounts. You’ll bring practical DevOps skills, an operations-first mindset, and working experience with MongoDB to help us deliver a secure, reliable, and cost-efficient platform.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Operations

• 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.

CI/CD & Automation

• 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.

FinOps & Cost Management

• Monitor cloud usage and support cost-optimization initiatives.
• Assist in identifying opportunities for savings (e.g., right-sizing, compute migrations, storage tiering).
• Partner with senior engineers to report and track cost efficiency.

Database & Data Support

• 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.

Observability & Monitoring

• Configure monitoring and alerting with Splunk, Grafana, CloudWatch, and OpenTelemetry.
• Contribute to incident detection and response playbooks.
• Help define operational runbooks and dashboards.

Security & Compliance

• 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.

Required Experience & 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: enjoys ensuring systems run smoothly and reliably.
• Detail‑oriented: diligent in monitoring, troubleshooting, and documenting.
• Collaborative: works well with global teams and cross‑functional partners.
• Growth mindset: eag er to learn new technologies and grow into senior roles.

Desired Experience & Qualifications

• Kubernetes operations (Amazon EKS).
• AWS cost management tools and FinOps practices.
• Experience with other databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka).
• Exposure to healthcare compliance (HIPAA, GDPR, NIST).

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 is. 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.