AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines. As a FTSE 100 company with a presence in over 100 countries, it operates at a massive scale, employing nearly 90,000 people worldwide across therapy areas such as Oncology, Rare Diseases, and Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism. In Spain, AstraZeneca maintains a robust presence with its commercial headquarters in Madrid and a significant global innovation hub in Barcelona. The company is a major employer for international talent, particularly in clinical research, data science, and regulatory affairs. Their Spanish operations are characterized by a multicultural environment and a strong emphasis on professional development, making them a top choice for expatriates in the life sciences sector.

AstraZeneca was formed in 1999 through the merger of the Swedish company Astra AB and the British Zeneca Group PLC. It has since evolved into a global pharmaceutical leader, notably playing a key role in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

CloudOps Engineer - Evinova

AstraZeneca

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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).

Join Evinova and redefine healthcare with us.

Date Posted

17-jun-2026

Closing Date

30-jun-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.