Senior Manager - DevOps Engineering

AstraZeneca plc; India; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca plc is seeking a Senior Manager - DevOps Platform & Forward Engineering in India to lead a high-performing DevOps/Platform team. You will shape the enterprise platform strategy, governance, and automation using GitHub, Jira, Confluence, SonarQube, Artifactory, and related ecosystems to improve reliability and developer productivity.

You will drive sophisticated CI/CD initiatives, engage with stakeholders globally, and guide operations, upgrades, and improvements across platforms to

Qualifications

• Significant experience in DevOps engineering and enterprise platforms.
• Proven people management, leadership of technical teams, coaching, and development.
• Expertise in Jira, Confluence, GitHub, GitHub Actions, SonarQube, Artifactory, ALM and Load Runner.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD concepts and tooling, including self-hosted runners in EKS.
• Experience resolving complex technical issues across platforms and integrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of DevOps/Platform Engineers for delivery.
• Provide advanced technical leadership across enterprise engineering and platforms.
• Own operational service delivery with reliability, supportability and performance.
• Lead upgrades, migrations, integrations, and service improvements.
• Balance business need, technical complexity and capacity to prioritize work.
• Distinguish routine support from complex engineering and assign accordingly.
• Oversee resolution of difficult issues, incidents, and CI/CD challenges.
• Advise engineers on options, implications, and delivery decisions.

Skills

DevOps engineering

Team leadership

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Jira

Confluence

SonarQube

Artifactory

CI/CD

Self-hosted Runners

EKS

AWS

Automation scripting

Python

Shell scripting

PowerShell

Microfocus ALM

Load Runner

Tools

Microfocus ALM

Load Runner

Job description

Job Title: Senior Manager - DevOps Platform & Forward Engineering

GCL: E

Introduction to role:

Are you ready to turn world-class DevOps platforms into a force multiplier for speed, quality, and reliability across a global enterprise? In this role, you will lead the engineering foundations that power how teams build, test, secure, and ship software that enables our mission to transform patient outcomes. Your work will ensure our core platforms are resilient, scalable, and simple to use-so product and engineering teams can move with confidence.

You will guide a high-performing team to elevate our use of GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jira, Confluence, SonarQube, Artifactory, and related ecosystems, balancing operational excellence with bold engineering improvements. As we accelerate our shift to a more digital and data-led business, you will shape the capabilities, standards, and automations that unlock impact at scale. Could you see yourself leading the service strategy while also rolling up your sleeves to solve complex CI/CD challenges and lead change?

Accountabilities:

• Team Leadership and Development: Lead, manage, and develop a team of DevOps/Platform Engineers, driving capability, engagement, performance, and delivery.
• Enterprise Platform Technical Leadership: Provide advanced technical leadership across enterprise engineering and DevOps platforms including GitHub, GitHub Actions, GitHub Co-Pilot, Jira, Confluence, SonarQube, and Jfrog Artifactory & Eco Systems.
• Operational Service Ownership: Own operational service delivery for supported platforms, ensuring reliability, supportability, and performance against agreed expectations and standards.
• Strategic Initiatives and Change Delivery: Lead upgrades, migrations, integrations, platform enhancements, and service improvements that reduce toil and increase developer productivity.
• Demand Management and Prioritization: Assess and balance business need, technical complexity, urgency, and capacity to sequence high-value work.
• Work Differentiation and Assignment: Apply expert judgment to distinguish routine support from complex engineering, matching problems to the right skills and delivery approach.
• Sophisticated Problem Resolution and Risk Management: Oversee the resolution of difficult technical issues, escalations, recurring incidents, CI/CD challenges, and platform risks spanning multiple services.
• Guide Guidance and Collaborator Engagement: Advise engineers and project teams on technical options, operational implications, risk trade-offs, and delivery decisions to drive the best outcomes.
• Service Model and Process Improvement: Define, implement, and improve support models, workflows, and service processes for efficiency, quality, and consistency.
• Metrics, Reporting, and Insights: Establish and review service metrics and reporting to inform decisions and drive continuous improvement.
• Influence and Innovation: Align internal and external stakeholders to a clear service direction and champion innovation through automation, AI adoption, and better ways of working.
• Governance and Compliance Alignment: Ensure platform services and engineering align with enterprise standards, security requirements, architectural principles, and operational controls.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Significant experience in DevOps engineering, enterprise platforms, or technical service delivery in a complex interpersonal environment.
• Proven people management experience, including leadership of technical teams, performance management, coaching, and capability development.
• Sophisticated technical expertise in enterprise engineering platforms and tooling, particularly Jira, Confluence, GitHub, GitHub Actions, SonarQube, and Artifactory, Microfocus ALM and Load Runner.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD concepts, tools, and fixing, including GitHub Actions and Self-Hosted Runners in the EKS Clusters.
• Demonstrated experience in leading or coordinating the solving of complex technical and operational issues across platforms, services, and integrations.
• Strong experience in operational service leadership, including support models, prioritization, SLA delivery, incident management, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to solve difficult but defined problems that may span multiple areas, applying expert judgment to develop practical solutions.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Experience in an international corporate setting with geographically dispersed collaborators and teams .
• Experience within DevOps or platform engineering functions.
• Knowledge of AWS or other cloud environments.
• Experience with automation and scripting, including Python, Shell, or PowerShell.
• Exposure to Kubernetes, containers, or related modern engineering platforms.
• Experience with REST APIs, platform integrations, and interoperability.
• Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and service reporting tools.
• Experience in applying AI to improve engineering workflows, support services, or productivity.

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