Senior CloudOps Engineer - Evinova

Evinova; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca in Barcelona is seeking a CloudOps Engineer to support our SaaS platform, with 3 days onsite and 2 at home. You will manage AWS resources, run CI/CD pipelines, and optimize costs while ensuring reliability and security.

You’ll work with MongoDB/RDS Aurora, implement monitoring with Splunk, Grafana, and CloudWatch, and collaborate with global teams. This role suits a hands-on operator who thrives in an operations-first environment and seeks growth into senior positions.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in CloudOps, DevOps, or SRE roles.
• 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: eager to learn new technologies and grow into senior roles.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day AWS operations (EC2, RDS, IAM, S3, 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, compute 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

AWS

MongoDB

CI/CD

Python

Bash

Monitoring

IAM

Teamwork

Tools

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Splunk

Grafana

CloudWatch

OpenTelemetry

EKS

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 op erational 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).

Date Posted 20-oct-2026

Closing Date 30-oct-2026

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.